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
Career Development - CEEMEA
Al Tamimi & Company
Career Development - Western Europe
Arthur Cox
Diverse Women Lawyers - CEEMEA
Wolf Theiss
Diverse Women Lawyers - Western Europe
Schellenberg Wittmer
Gender Diversity - CEEMEA
Wolf Theiss
Gender Diversity - Western Europe
Baker McKenzie
Innovative Firm of the Year
Olaniwun Ajayi
Pro Bono Firm of the Year
Ellex Valiunas
Women in Business Law - International Firm
Baker McKenzie
Women in Business Law - National Firm
Arthur Cox
Work-Life Balance
DORDA
US firm in EMEA Women in Business Firm of the Year
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Africa
Olaniwun Ajayi
Austria
DORDA
Baltics
Ellex
Benelux
Bird & Bird
France
Regimbeau
Germany
Baker McKenzie
Greece
Karatzas & Partners
Ireland
Matheson
Israel
Herzog Fox & Neeman
Italy
Portolano Cavallo
Middle East & North Africa
Al Tamimi & Company
Poland
EY Law Poland
Portugal
PLMJ
Romania
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
Scandinavia
Castrén & Snellman
Serbia
BDK Advokati
Spain
Cuatrecasas
Switzerland
Schellenberg Wittmer
Türkiye
Esin Attorney Partnership, member firm of Baker McKenzie International, a Swiss Verein
Ukraine
Aequo
United Kingdom
Dentons
Antitrust & Competition
Anna-Marie Curran, A&L Goodbody
Aviation
Manuela Krach, Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Banking & Finance - International
Reena Gogna, Paul Hastings
Banking & Finance - National
Yona Goshen-Gottstein, Agmon with Tulchinsky
Commercial Arbitration
Vilija Vaitkutė Pavan, Ellex Valiunas
Copyright
Manon Rieger-Jansen, Bird & Bird
Corporate Governance
Diane Lamarche, White & Case
Debt Capital Markets
Elaine Keats, Linklaters
Energy, Natural Resources & Mining
María Pilar García Guijarro, Watson Farley & Williams
Environment
Alison Fanagan, A&L Goodbody
Equity Capital Markets
Pam Shores, Linklaters
Financial Regulation
Caroline Meinertz, Clifford Chance
Insurance & Reinsurance
Sandra Lodewijckx, Lydian
International Trade
Anzhela Makhinova, Sayenko Kharenko
Investment Funds
Ellen Cramer-de Jong, A&O Shearman
Labour & Employment
Katarina Åhlberg, Bird & Bird
Life Sciences
Laura Orlando, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
Litigation
Karyn Harty, Dentons
M&A - International
Ani Kusheva, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
M&A - National
Myra Garrett SC, William Fry
Patent
Ann De Clercq, De Clercq & Partners
Privacy & Data Protection
Guadalupe Sampedro, Cooley
Private Client & Wealth Management
Patricia Guerra, MLL Legal
Private Equity
Eleanor Shanks, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
Product Liability
Louisa Caswell, Dentons
Project Finance
Caroline Miller Smith, White & Case
Real Estate
Sarah Mahood, Greenberg Traurig
Restructuring & Insolvency
Caroline Texier, Paul Hastings
Shipping & Maritime
Marion Coukidou-Madella, Chrysses Demetriades
Structured Finance & Securitisation
Jessica Littlewood, Clifford Chance
Tax
Susanne Schreiber, Bär & Karrer
Tax Dispute Resolution
Joana Lobato Heitor, MFA Legal
Technology, Media and Telecoms
Roelien van Neck, Bird & Bird
Trademark
Michaela Ring, Hoffmann Eitle
Transfer Pricing
Karolina Viberg, KPMG
White Collar Crime
Simone Nadelhofer, Schellenberg Wittmer
In-House Team of the Year
Grupo Visabeira S.A.
In-House Rising Star
Buğse Kılıç, MAT Filtrasyon Teknolojileri A.S. (MAT Global)
General Counsel of the Year
Alina Dumitrascu, PPC Romania
ESG Leader of the Year
Assunção Cristas, VdA
Outstanding Achievement Award
Penny Gilbert, Powell Gilbert
Thought Leader of the Year - CEEMEA
Izabela Zielińska-Barłożek, Wolf Theiss
Thought Leader of the Year - Western Europe
Catherine Karatzas, Karatzas & Partners
Arbitration
Raeesa Rawal, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
Banking & Finance - International
Jenny Choi, Weil Gotshal & Manges
Banking & Finance - National
Lisa Tait, Matheson
Corporate/M&A - International
Joanna Roberts, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Corporate/M&A - National
Sinéad Crowley, Arthur Cox
Intellectual property
Ida Woltran, DORDA
Litigation
Renata Madariaga, White & Case