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The Women in Business Law EMEA Awards 2025 celebrated and recognised elite firms championing inclusion within the workplace and industry with a dinner in London on 25th June.
The winners for the 15th annual WiBL EMEA Awards are announced
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Firm Awards
Jurisdiction
Lawyer of the Year
In-House
Spotlight
Rising Star
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Career Development - CEEMEA

Al Tamimi & Company

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Career Development - Western Europe

Arthur Cox

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Diverse Women Lawyers - CEEMEA

Wolf Theiss

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Diverse Women Lawyers - Western Europe

Schellenberg Wittmer

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Gender Diversity - CEEMEA

Wolf Theiss

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Gender Diversity - Western Europe

Baker McKenzie

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Innovative Firm of the Year

Olaniwun Ajayi

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Pro Bono Firm of the Year

Ellex Valiunas

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Women in Business Law - International Firm

Baker McKenzie

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Women in Business Law - National Firm

Arthur Cox

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Work-Life Balance

DORDA

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US firm in EMEA Women in Business Firm of the Year

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher

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Africa

Olaniwun Ajayi

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Austria

DORDA

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Baltics

Ellex

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Benelux

Bird & Bird

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France

Regimbeau

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Germany

Baker McKenzie

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Greece

Karatzas & Partners

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Ireland

Matheson

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Israel

Herzog Fox & Neeman

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Italy

Portolano Cavallo

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Middle East & North Africa

Al Tamimi & Company

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Poland

EY Law Poland

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Portugal

PLMJ

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Romania

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang

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Scandinavia

Castrén & Snellman

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Serbia

BDK Advokati

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Spain

Cuatrecasas

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Switzerland

Schellenberg Wittmer

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Türkiye

Esin Attorney Partnership, member firm of Baker McKenzie International, a Swiss Verein

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Ukraine

Aequo

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United Kingdom

Dentons

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Antitrust & Competition

Anna-Marie Curran, A&L Goodbody

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Aviation

Manuela Krach, Morgan Lewis & Bockius

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Banking & Finance - International

Reena Gogna, Paul Hastings

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Banking & Finance - National

Yona Goshen-Gottstein, Agmon with Tulchinsky

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Commercial Arbitration

Vilija Vaitkutė Pavan, Ellex Valiunas

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Copyright

Manon Rieger-Jansen, Bird & Bird

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Corporate Governance

Diane Lamarche, White & Case

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Debt Capital Markets

Elaine Keats, Linklaters

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Energy, Natural Resources & Mining

María Pilar García Guijarro, Watson Farley & Williams

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Environment

Alison Fanagan, A&L Goodbody

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Equity Capital Markets

Pam Shores, Linklaters

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Financial Regulation

Caroline Meinertz, Clifford Chance

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Insurance & Reinsurance

Sandra Lodewijckx, Lydian

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International Trade

Anzhela Makhinova, Sayenko Kharenko

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Investment Funds

Ellen Cramer-de Jong, A&O Shearman

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Labour & Employment

Katarina Åhlberg, Bird & Bird

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Life Sciences

Laura Orlando, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

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Litigation

Karyn Harty, Dentons

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M&A - International

Ani Kusheva, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

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M&A - National

Myra Garrett SC, William Fry

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Patent

Ann De Clercq, De Clercq & Partners

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Privacy & Data Protection

Guadalupe Sampedro, Cooley

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Private Client & Wealth Management

Patricia Guerra, MLL Legal

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Private Equity

Eleanor Shanks, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

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Product Liability

Louisa Caswell, Dentons

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Project Finance

Caroline Miller Smith, White & Case

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Real Estate

Sarah Mahood, Greenberg Traurig

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Restructuring & Insolvency

Caroline Texier, Paul Hastings

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Shipping & Maritime

Marion Coukidou-Madella, Chrysses Demetriades

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Structured Finance & Securitisation

Jessica Littlewood, Clifford Chance

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Tax

Susanne Schreiber, Bär & Karrer

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Tax Dispute Resolution

Joana Lobato Heitor, MFA Legal

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Technology, Media and Telecoms

Roelien van Neck, Bird & Bird

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Trademark

Michaela Ring, Hoffmann Eitle

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Transfer Pricing

Karolina Viberg, KPMG

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White Collar Crime

Simone Nadelhofer, Schellenberg Wittmer

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In-House Team of the Year

Grupo Visabeira S.A.

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In-House Rising Star

Buğse Kılıç, MAT Filtrasyon Teknolojileri A.S. (MAT Global)

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General Counsel of the Year

Alina Dumitrascu, PPC Romania

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ESG Leader of the Year

Assunção Cristas, VdA

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Outstanding Achievement Award

Penny Gilbert, Powell Gilbert

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Thought Leader of the Year - CEEMEA

Izabela Zielińska-Barłożek, Wolf Theiss

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Thought Leader of the Year - Western Europe

Catherine Karatzas, Karatzas & Partners

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Arbitration

Raeesa Rawal, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

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Banking & Finance - International

Jenny Choi, Weil Gotshal & Manges

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Banking & Finance - National

Lisa Tait, Matheson

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Corporate/M&A - International

Joanna Roberts, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

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Corporate/M&A - National

Sinéad Crowley, Arthur Cox

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Intellectual property

Ida Woltran, DORDA

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Litigation

Renata Madariaga, White & Case

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Tax

Kara Heggs, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom