LMG Asia Women in Business Law Awards 2011 – Shortlist announced

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The shortlist for the inaugural Euromoney Legal Media Group Asia Women in Business Law Awards has been announced. For the nominees in the individual practice…

The shortlist for the inaugural Euromoney Legal Media Group Asia Women in Business Law Awards has been announced. For the nominees in the individual practice areas and firm awards, please see below.

The dinner, in association with the Hong Kong Corporate Counsel Association and the IPBA, will include keynote addresses by Anne Chen, President of the Hong Kong Federation of Women Lawyers and Christine Wong, Head of Legal Services and Chief Counsel at HKEx.

The awards ceremony will take place on Thursday December 8th at The Hong Kong Jockey Club. To reserve your place please email Melanie Petch at [email protected] or call +44 20 7779 8836.

Other awards that will be announced at the dinner include Outstanding and Lifetime Achievement Awards and a number of awards for individual inhouse lawyers.

The individuals and firms nominated are based on preliminary research and submissions. If you would like to discuss the nominations with one of the Euromoney Legal Media Group team please email [email protected].

Practice Area nominees

Banking and finance

Emma Casdagli, Reed Smith Richards Butler

Joanne Evans, Blake Dawson

Yvonne Ho, Allen & Overy

Wang Ling, King & Wood

Vicki Liu, Allen & Overy

Wilailuk Okanurak, Linklaters

Effie Vasilopoulos, Sidley Austin

Dina Wadia, JSA

Capital markets

Bonnie Chan, Davis Polk & Wardwell

Rachel Eng, WongPartnership

Teresa Ko, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Celia Lam, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Reiko Sakimura, Clifford Chance

Philippa Stone, Freehills

Chun Wei, Sullivan & Cromwell

Xiaolei Yang, King & Wood

Competition/ antitrust

Kala Anandarajah, Rajah & Tann

Gina Cass-Gottlieb, Gilbert + Tobin

Caroline Coops, Mallesons Stephen Jaques

Linda Evans, Clayton Utz

Susan Ning, King & Wood

Sandra Seah, ATMD Bird & Bird

Pallavi S Shroff, Amarchand Mangaldas

Eriko Watanabe, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

Corporate governance

Elspeth Arnold, Blake Dawson

Kelly S Austin, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher

Hilda Chiu, Stephenson Harwood

Akiko Kikuchi, PwC Aarata

Alison Lansley, Mallesons Stephen Jaques

Harume Nakano, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto

Dispute resolution

Deborah Barker SC, KhattarWong

Joan Fitzhenry, Baker & McKenzie

Sally Harpole, Sally Harpole & Co

Frances Kao, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

Brigitte Markovic, Clayton Utz

Kim Rooney, Gilt Chambers

Pallavi Shroff, Amarchand Mangaldas

May Tai, Herbert Smith

Energy and natural resources

Anna Howell, Herbert Smith

Anne Hung, Baker & McKenzie

Brigid McArthur, Greenwood Roche Chisnall

Rebecca Major, Herbert Smith

Ratana Poonsombudlert, Chandler & Thong-ek

Clarinda Tjia-Dharmadi, Latham & Watkins

Nicola Wakefield-Evans, Mallesons Stephen Jaques

Ingrid W Zhu-Clark, Dewey & LeBoeuf

Insolvency and restructuring

Julia Charlton, Charltons

Nini N Halim, Hutabarat Halim & Rekan

Elaine Lo, Mayor Brown JSM

Karen O'Flynn, Clayton Utz

Arfat Selvam, Duane Morris Selvam

Donna Wacker, Clifford Chance

IP litigation

Karen Abraham, Shearn Delamore & Co

Odette Gourley, Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Charmaine Koo, Deacons

Mitsuko Miyagawa, TMI Associates

Sharon Qiao, Rouse

Anuradha Salhotra, Lall Lahiri & Salhotra

Prathiba Singh, Singh & Singh

Darani Vachanavuttivong, Tilleke & Gibbins

Labour and employment

Cynthia Chung, Deacons

Susan de Silva, ATMD Bird & Bird

K Lesli Ligorner, Paul Hastings

Fiona Loughrey, Simmons & Simmons

Helen McKenzie, Blake Dawson

Phillipa Muir, Simpson Grierson

Jennifer Van Dale, Baker & McKenzie

Pattie Walsh, DLA Piper

M&A/PE

Susan de Silva, ATMD Bird & Bird

Z Julie Gao, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

Pip Greenwood, Russell McVeagh

Lee Suet-Fern, Stamford Law

Marie McDonald, Blake Dawson

Akiko Mikumo, Weil Gotshal & Manges

Zia Mody, AZB & Partners

Poh Lee Tan, Baker & McKenzie

Offshore

Kristy Calvert, Ogier

Christine Chang, Maples and Calder

Lee Syin Long, Walkers

May Lin Low, Barker Adams

Michele Wan, Walkers

Lilian Woo, Conyers Dill & Pearman

Patent and trade mark prosecution

Linda Chang, Rouse

Ella Cheong, Ella Cheong

Anne Choi, Wilkinson & Grist

Frances Drummond, Norton Rose

Sheena Jacob, ATMD Bird & Bird

Ai-Leen Lim, Bird & Bird

Michelle Ma, Liu Shen & Associates

Gladys Mirandah, Patrick Mirandah Co

Real estate

Lilian Chiang, Deacons

Penny Goh, Allen & Gledhill

Sue Kench, Mallesons Stephen Jaques

Angela Lee, Baker & McKenzie

Julie Levis, Clayton Utz

Dao Nguyen, Mayer Brown JSM

Margaret Soh, Allen & Gledhill

Rising star

Bingna Guo, O'Melveny & Myers

Alison Hern, DLA Piper

Mei Fern Johnson, Russell McVeagh

Cindy Lo, Allen & Overy

Yemi Tépé, Clifford Chance

Felicity Wong, Sidley Austin

Hiroko Yotsumoto, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto

Corinna Yu, Paul Weiss

Shipping

Vivian Ang, Allen & Gledhill

Pauline Barratt, Jones Fee

Delphine Chen, Formosa Transnational

Rosita Lau, Ince & Co

Gina Lee-Wan, Allen & Gledhill

Barbara Versfelt, Lowndes Jordan

Danella Wilmshurst, HWL Ebsworth

Structured finance

Bonnie Dixon, Atsumi & Sakai

Connie Heng, Clifford Chance

Catherine Hustead, Allen & Overy

Sushma Jobanputra, Jones Day

Mary Matson, Linklaters

Rosabel Ng, WongPartnership

Yvonne Siew, Allen & Overy

Michelle Taylor, Orrick

Tax

Shefali Goradia, BMR Taxand

Teresa Farac, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu

Goh Ka Im, Shearn Delamore

Yvonne Law Shing Mo-han, Deloitte

Ayesha MacPherson, KPMG

Josephine Peng, Lee & Li

Adeline Wong, Baker & McKenzie

Cassie Wong, PwC

TMT

Connie Carnabuci, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Jeanette Chan, Paul Weiss

Michelle Chan, Herbert Smith

Vivien Chan, Vivien Chan & Co

Gigi Cheah, Norton Rose

Gabriela Kennedy, Hogan Lovells

Sheila McGregor, Gilbert + Tobin

Irene Zeitler, Freehills

Transfer pricing

Helen Fazzino, PwC

Theresa Goh, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu

Janaiporn Khantasomboon, PwC

Eunice Kuo, Deloitte & Touche

Diana Maitland, Deloitte

Joanne Su, Ernst & Young

Jessica Tien, Ernst & Young

Tomoko Wada, KPMG

Firm of the year nominees

Best gender diversity initiative by national firm

Chapman Tripp

FJ & G Saram

Harry Elias Partnership

LCS & Partners

Mori Hamada & Matsumoto

Best gender diversity initiative by international firm

Allen & Overy

ATMD Bird & Bird

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Hogan Lovells

Latham & Watkins

Mayer Brown JSM

Paul Hastings

Best international firm China practice

Allen & Overy

Baker & McKenzie

Clifford Chance

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Paul Hastings

Most innovative international firm

Allen & Overy

Baker & McKenzie

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Hogan Lovells

Latham & Watkins

Best firm for talent management

Allen & Overy

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Hogan Lovells

Latham & Watkins

Tilleke & Gibbins

Vilaf

WongPartnership

Best international firm for women in business law

Allen & Overy

Baker & McKenzie

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Hogan Lovells

Latham & Watkins

Norton Rose

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