Inaugural Women in Business Law Awards: winners announced

International Tax Review is part of Legal Benchmarking Limited, 1-2 Paris Garden, London, SE1 8ND

Copyright © Legal Benchmarking Limited and its affiliated companies 2025

Accessibility | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Modern Slavery Statement

Inaugural Women in Business Law Awards: winners announced

ladies150.png

Over 200 of Europe’s leading female lawyers, politicians and barristers descended on London’s Claridges hotel on June 29 for Euromoney Legal Media Group’s inaugural Women in Business Law Awards.

Keynote speaker Cherie Booth, QC, and guest speakers barrister and best-selling author, Constance Briscoe, and Royal Mail compliance director, Anne Fletcher, were among the guests who joined in celebrating the achievements of those firms setting the standard in terms of female-friendly work practices, and women leading the field in the legal sector across Europe.

Former UK Attorney General Baroness Scotland picked up the lifetime achievement prize.

While in the firm categories, Hogan Lovells was named best international firm for women in business law and Freshfields secured the best gender diversity initiative by international firm award for its implementation of Gender Justice Week, a 16 day initiative to raise awareness about gender violence.

Covering 21 jurisdictions and 26 practice areas, the event was held in aid of Africa Justice Foundation with 5% of the night’s profits donated to the charity, and over £2500 raised in the evening’s charity raffle.

A full list of winners is detailed below.

For more information, contact Claudia Tan at ctan@euromoneyplc.com

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS

Best in banking and finance

Farmida Bi, Norton Rose

Best in commercial arbitration

Judith Gill QC, Allen & Overy

Best in competition and antitrust

Deirdre Trapp, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Best in copyright

Lisa Peets, Covington & Burling

Best in corporate governance

Daniela Weber-Ray, Clifford Chance

Best in energy and natural resources

Fiona Hobbs, Linklaters

Best in environment

Corinne Lepage, Huglo Lepage & Associés

Best in insolvency and restructuring

Rebecca Jarvis, Linklaters

Best in insurance and reinsurance

Katherine Coates, Clifford Chance

Best in international trade

Lourdes Catrain, Hogan Lovells

Best in internet/IT

Alexandra Neri, Herbert Smith

Best in investment funds

Isabelle Lebbe, Arendt & Medernach

Best in labour and employment

Mirjam de Blécourt, Baker & McKenzie

Best in litigation

Lista Cannon, Fulbright & Jaworksi

Best in media

Lisbeth Savill, Olswang

Best in M&A

Vanessa Knapp, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Best in patent

Nicola Dagg, Allen & Overy

Best in product liability

Isabel Foley, Arthur Cox

Best in real estate

Malgorzata Pietrzak-Paciorek, Baker & McKenzie Gruszczyñski & Partners

Best in shipping and maritime

Helen Noble, Matheson Ormsby Prentice

Best in structured finance and securitisation

Tamara Box, Berwin Lerwin Paisner

Best in tax

Sarah Priestly, Weil Gotshal & Manges

Best in telecommunications

Marjolein Geus, Bird & Bird

Best in trademark

Verena Von Bomhard, Hogan Lovells

Best in tax dispute resolution

Penny Hamilton, Pump Court Tax Chambers

Best in transfer pricing

Agata Uceda, DLA Piper

Best in trusts and estates

Susan O’Connell, McCann FitzGerald

Best in white collar crime

Louise Delahunty, Sullivan & Cromwell

Best in-house women lawyer

Maria da Cuna, British Airways

Outstanding achievement

Shami Chakrabarti, Liberty

Lifetime achievement

Patricia Scotland QC, Baroness Scotland of Asthal, 4 Paper Buildings

COUNTRY WINNERS

Best firm in Austria

bpv Hügel

Best firm in Belgium

Hoyng Monegier

Best firm in the Czech Republic

Randl Partners

Best firm in Denmark

Gorrissen Federspiel

Best firm in Finland

Castrén & Snellman

Best firm in France

Bredin Prat

Best firm in Germany

Hengeler Mueller

Best firm in Greece

Karatzas & Partners

Best firm in Hungary

Szecskay Attorneys at Law

Best firm in Ireland

Arthur Cox

Best firm in Italy

Gianni Origoni Grippo & Partners

Best firm in Kazakhstan

Linkage & Mind

Best firm in Luxembourg

Arendt & Medernach

Best firm in the Netherlands

Van Doorne

Best firm in Poland

Kacprzak Attorneys-at-law

Best firm in Portugal

PLMJ

Best firm in Romania

Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen

Best firm in Russia

Hogan Lovells (CIS)

Best firm in the Slovak Republic

Cechová & Partners

Best firm in Spain

Cuatrecasas Gonçalves & Pereira

Best firm in Sweden

Vinge

Best firm in Turkey

Senol Hukuk Bürosu

Best firm in the UK

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

FIRM AWARDS

Best gender diversity initiative by international firm

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Best gender diversity initiative by national firm

Van Doorne

Best gender diversity initiative by regional firm

Castrén & Snellman

Best international firm for women in business law

Hogan Lovells

Best national firm for women in business law

Van Doorne

Best regional firm for women in business law

Addleshaw Goddard

Best international law firm for minority women lawyers

Linklaters

The most innovative international firm

Allen & Overy

The talent management award

Norton Rose

more across site & shared bottom lb ros

More from across our site

Saffery cautioned that documentation requirements in new government proposals must be limited if medium-sized companies are not exempted from TP
The global minimum tax deal is not viable without US participation, Friedrich Merz has argued
Section 899 of the ‘one big beautiful’ bill would have spelled disaster for many international investors into the US, but following its shelving, attention turns to the fate of the OECD’s pillars
DLA Piper’s co-head of tax for the US and Latin America tells ITR about her fervent belief in equal access to the law, loving yoga, and paternal inspirations
Tax expert Craig Hillier agrees with the comparison of pillar two to using a sledgehammer to crack a nut
The amount is reported to be up 57% from the £5.6bn that the UK tax agency believes was underpaid in the previous year
The US president also unveiled a new 50% levy on copper imports; in other news, a UK wealth tax proposal has been criticised by the Institute for Fiscal Studies
Wim Wuyts, who had been head of the specialist tax network since 2017, is moving on to a new role with WTS’s Belgian member firm
MNEs are increasingly using algorithmic tools in TP. Sahasranshu Dash argues that data ethics should therefore plug directly into the TP design process
The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales also queried whether HMRC resources could be better spent scrutinising larger entities
Gift this article