Americas Women in Business Law Awards: 2014 winners INDIVIDUAL AWARDS Best in antitrust/competition Christine Varney, Cravath Swaine & Moore Best in aviation Anita Mosner, Holland & Knight Best in banking & finance (inc. project finance) Jennifer Hobbs, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Best in capital markets Stacy Kanter, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom Best in commercial arbitration Julie Bédard, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom Best in copyright Annette Hurst, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe Best in corporate governance Alison Ressler, Sullivan & Cromwell Best in energy, natural resources & mining Karen Wong, Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy Best in environment Adriana Mathias Baptista, TozziniFreire Advogados Best in financial regulation Sharon Nelles, Sullivan & Cromwell Best in insolvency & restructuring Carole Neville, Dentons Best in insurance & reinsurance Robin Cohen, Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman Best in investment funds Kathleen Walsh, Latham & Watkins Best in labor & employment Elise Bloom, Proskauer Rose Best in life sciences Elizabeth Holland, Kenyon & Kenyon Best in litigation Judy Barrasso, Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver Best in media & entertainment Randi Singer, Weil Gotshal & Manges Best in mergers and acquisitions Catherine Dargan, Covington & Burling Best in patent Rachel Krevans, Morrison & Foerster Best in private equity Eileen Nugent, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom Best in real estate Janis Boyarsky Schiff, Holland & Knight Best in structured finance (incl securitization & derivatives) Laura Palma, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Best in tax Erika Nijenhuis, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Best in tax dispute resolution Jennifer Fuller, Fenwick & West Best in trademark Dale Cendali, Kirkland & Ellis Best in transfer pricing Patricia Gimbel Lewis, Caplin & Drysdale Best in wealth management Diana Zeydel, Greenberg Traurig Best corporate lawyer in Latin America Claudia Barrero, Prietocarrizosa Best finance lawyer in Latin America María Gabriela Grigioni, PAGBAM Best intellectual property lawyer in Latin America Laura Collada, Dumont Bergman Bider & Co Best litigator in Latin America Eliane Cristina Carvalho, Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados Best tax lawyer in Latin America Carolina Flores, Arias & Muñoz Rising star: corporate Harriet Pearson, Hogan Lovells Rising star: IP Kristen Fancher, Greenberg Traurig Rising star: litigation Catherine Schumacher, Kaye Scholer Rising star: tax Amy Rubin, Weil Gotshal & Manges The best female lawyers from across the continent congregated at Essex House in New York on June 5 to celebrate Euromoney Legal Media Group’s third annual Americas Women in Business Law Awards. Carol Frohlinger, co-founder of Negotiating Women, gave the keynote speech to an audience of in-house and private practice attorneys who had gathered to celebrate 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 the Americas. Guests also heard statements and speeches from the outstanding practitioner winner Kathleen Sullivan of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, and the lifetime achievement winner Judge Carol Bagley Amon. In the firm categories, O’Melveny & Myers was named best international firm for women in business law, and also received the prize for best international mentoring program. In other international categories, Latham & Watkins collected the award for most innovative firm, Morrison & Foerster was named the best firm for work- life balance, Davis Polk & Wardwell was rewarded for the best gender diversity initiative and White & Case picked up the award for best international firm for talent management. A full list of winners is detailed below. For more infor- mation, please contact Stephanie Stevenson on [email protected]
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Americas Women inBusiness Law Awards:2014 winners
INDIVIDUAL AWARDSBest in antitrust/competition Christine Varney, Cravath Swaine & Moore
Best in aviationAnita Mosner, Holland & Knight
Best in banking & finance (inc. project finance)Jennifer Hobbs, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Best in capital marketsStacy Kanter, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Best in commercial arbitrationJulie Bédard, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Best in copyrightAnnette Hurst, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Best in corporate governanceAlison Ressler, Sullivan & Cromwell
Best in energy, natural resources & miningKaren Wong, Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy
Best in environmentAdriana Mathias Baptista, TozziniFreire Advogados
Best in financial regulationSharon Nelles, Sullivan & Cromwell
Best in insolvency & restructuringCarole Neville, Dentons
Best in insurance & reinsuranceRobin Cohen, Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman
Best in investment fundsKathleen Walsh, Latham & Watkins
Best in labor & employmentElise Bloom, Proskauer Rose
Best in life sciencesElizabeth Holland, Kenyon & Kenyon
Best in litigationJudy Barrasso, Barrasso Usdin KuppermanFreeman & Sarver
Best in media & entertainmentRandi Singer, Weil Gotshal & Manges
Best in mergers and acquisitionsCatherine Dargan, Covington & Burling
Best in patentRachel Krevans, Morrison & Foerster
Best in private equityEileen Nugent, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher &Flom
Best in real estateJanis Boyarsky Schiff, Holland & Knight
Best in structured finance (incl securitization & derivatives)Laura Palma, Simpson Thacher &Bartlett
Best in taxErika Nijenhuis, Cleary Gottlieb Steen &Hamilton
Best in tax dispute resolutionJennifer Fuller, Fenwick & West
Best in trademarkDale Cendali, Kirkland & Ellis
Best in transfer pricingPatricia Gimbel Lewis, Caplin &Drysdale
Best in wealth managementDiana Zeydel, Greenberg Traurig
Best corporate lawyer in LatinAmericaClaudia Barrero, Prietocarrizosa
Best finance lawyer in LatinAmericaMaría Gabriela Grigioni, PAGBAM
Best intellectual property lawyer inLatin AmericaLaura Collada, Dumont BergmanBider & Co
Best litigator in Latin AmericaEliane Cristina Carvalho, MachadoMeyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados
Best tax lawyer in Latin AmericaCarolina Flores, Arias & Muñoz
Rising star: corporateHarriet Pearson, Hogan Lovells
Rising star: IPKristen Fancher, Greenberg Traurig
Rising star: litigationCatherine Schumacher, Kaye Scholer
Rising star: taxAmy Rubin, Weil Gotshal & Manges
The best female lawyers from across the continentcongregated at Essex House in New York on June 5 tocelebrate Euromoney Legal Media Group’s thirdannual Americas Women in Business Law Awards.
Carol Frohlinger, co-founder of Negotiating Women,gave the keynote speech to an audience of in-houseand private practice attorneys who had gathered tocelebrate the achievements of those firms setting thestandard in terms of female-friendly work practices,and women leading the field in the legal sector acrossthe Americas.
Guests also heard statements and speeches from theoutstanding practitioner winner Kathleen Sullivan ofQuinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, and the lifetimeachievement winner Judge Carol Bagley Amon.
In the firm categories, O’Melveny & Myers was namedbest international firm for women in business law, and
also received the prize for best international mentoringprogram. In other international categories, Latham &Watkins collected the award for most innovative firm,Morrison & Foerster was named the best firm for work-life balance, Davis Polk & Wardwell was rewarded forthe best gender diversity initiative and White & Casepicked up the award for best international firm for talentmanagement.
A full list of winners is detailed below. For more infor-mation, please contact Stephanie Stevenson [email protected]
REGIONAL AWARDS
LATIN AMERICA
ArgentinaBeretta Godoy
BrazilMachado Meyer Sendacz & OpiceAdvogados
Central AmericasArias & Muñoz
ChileCorreaGubbins
ColombiaPrietocarrizosa
EcuadorRomero Arteta Ponce Abogados
MexicoDumont Bergman Bider & Co
PanamaArias & Muñoz
PeruDelmar Ugarte Abogados
UruguayHughes & Hughes
VenezuelaEstudio Antequera Parilli & Rodríguez
NORTH AMERICA
CanadaCassells Brock & Blackwell
US MidwestDentons
US NortheastLatham & Watkins
US SouthBarrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman &Sarver
US West Sullivan & Cromwell
FIRM AWARDS
Best gender diversity initiative bynational firm (Latin America)Machado Meyer Sendacz & OpiceAdvogados
Best gender diversity initiative bynational firm (North America)McCarthy Tétrault
Best gender diversity initiative by inter-national firmDavis Polk & Wardwell
Best international firm Latin AmericapracticeShearman & Sterling
Most innovative international firmLatham & Watkins
Best firm for diversity (Latin America)Beretta Godoy
Best national firm for diversity (North America)Haynes and Boone
Best international firm for diversitySidley Austin
Best national mentoring program (Latin America)TozziniFreire Advogados
Best national mentoring program (North America)Fenwick & West
Best international mentoring programO’Melveny & Myers
Best national firm for work-life balance(Latin America)Galicia Abogados
Best national firm for work-life balance(North America)McCarthy Tétrault
Best international firm for work-lifebalanceMorrison & Foerster
Best national firm for pro bono work(Latin America)PAGBAM
Best national firm for pro bono work(North America)Fenwick & West
Best international firm for pro bono workCleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Best national firm for talent management(Latin America)Consortium
Best national firm for talent management(North America)Thompson Hine
Best international firm for talentmanagementWhite & Case
Best national firm for women in businesslaw (Latin America)Beretta Godoy
Best national firm for women in businesslaw (North America)McCarthy Tétrault
Best international firm for women inbusiness lawO’Melveny & Myers
IN-HOUSE AWARDS
Benchmark Litigation in-house awardEllen Agress, News Corporation
IFLR in-house awardLeslie Gardner, JPMorgan
Managing IP in-house awardSarah Deutsch, Verizon
International Tax Review in-house awardSarah McGill, PepsiCo
Best in-house team (over 50 lawyers)Google
Best in-house team (under 50 lawyers)Questcor Pharmaceuticals
Outstanding practitioner awardKathleen Sullivan, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart &Sullivan
Lifetime achievement awardJudge Carol Bagley Amon, Chief Judge, USDistrict Court for the Eastern District of New York
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