View profiles for the leading female transactional lawyers in the world, based in Europe, Middle East and Africa, and interviews with featured individuals discussing gender in the legal profession 

 

FEATURED WOMEN LEADERS

Yulia Kyrpa - Aequo

Maja Žgajna - CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz

Diana Dimova - Kinstellar

Miri Kimhi - Fischer Behar Chen Well Orion & Co

Kate Downey - Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson

Tara Doyle - Matheson

Tanja Luginbühl - Lenz & Staehelin

Christina Papanikolopoulou - Zepos & Yannopoulos

 

INTERVIEWS 

Managing partner of Kinstellar in Sofia, Diana Dimova, disucsses why she feels women are well-represented in the Bulgarian legal market and at her firm

 

Dentons Europe Dąbrowski & Partners partner Aldona Kowalczyk evaluates gender equailty in the Polish legal market, including positives like the work of The Women in Law Foundation and issues with employment law

 

Managing partner of Akin Gump in Moscow, Natalia Baratiants, discusses her opinion on and experiences with gender equality in the legal profession in Russia and how her firm encourages diversity

 

Head of insolvency and restructuring at Lenz & Staehelin in Switzerland, Tanja Luginbüh, evaluates how the Swiss legal market and her firm are address are addressing gender diversity, and where the market could do more

 

WOMEN LEADERS BY JURISDICTION

 

ANGOLA

Catarina Levy Osório - ALC Advogados

Fátima Freitas - Fátima Freitas Advogado

Paulette Lopes - FBL Advogados

 

AUSTRIA

Edith Hlawati - CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati

Ursula Rath - Schoenherr

 

BAHRAIN / SAUDI ARABIA

Julie Alexander - Baker McKenzie

 

BELARUS

Tatiana Emelianova - VMP Vlasova Mikhel & Partners

 

BELGIUM

Helga Van Peer - Allen & Overy

Sylvia Kierszenbaum - Allen & Overy

Marieke Wyckaert - Eubelius

Deborah Janssens - Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

 

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Nedžida Salihović-Whalen - CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz

Naida Čustović - Wolf Theiss in cooperation with local lawyers

 

BULGARIA

Violetta Kunze - Djingov Gouginski Kyutchukov & Velichkov

Zdravka Ugrinova - Djingov Gouginski Kyutchukov & Velichkov

Diana Dimova - Kinstellar

Katerina Kraeva - Wolf Theiss

 

CHANNEL ISLANDS: GUERNSEY

Frances Watson - Mourant Ozannes

 

CHANNEL ISLANDS: JERSEY

Jacqueline Richomme - Mourant Ozannes

 

CYPRUS

Nancy Erotocritou - Harneys

 

CZECH REPUBLIC

Helen Rodwell - CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang

 

DENMARK

Rikke Schiøtt Petersen - Gorrissen Federspiel

Piya Mukherjee - Horten

Marianne Philip - Kromann Reumert

Pernille Bigaard - Sundgaard Advokater

 

EGYPT

Sara Hinton - Ibrachy Legal Consultancy

Ragia Omran - Zaki Hashem & Partners

Mona Zulficar - Zulficar & Partners

 

ESTONIA

Kristel Raidla-Talur - Cobalt

Marina Kotkas - Cobalt

Piret Jesse - Sorainen

Kadri Kallas - TGS Baltic

 

FINLAND

Selinda Näse - Avance

Niina Nuottimäki - Borenius

Merja Kivelä - Castrén & Snellman

Päivi Toivari - Krogerus

Tarja Wist - Waselius & Wist

Tanja Törnkvist - White & Case

 

FRANCE

Diana Billik - Allen & Overy

Christine Poyer-Rufenacht - Allen & Overy

Valérie Lemaitre - Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

Marie‑Laurence Tibi - Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

Aline Cardin - Clifford Chance

Delphine Siino Courtin - Clifford Chance

Joanna Gumpelson - De Pardieu Brocas Maffei

Marie Bouvet-Guiramand - Gide Loyrette Nouel

Laetitia Lemercier - Gide Loyrette Nouel

Martine Samuelian - Jeantet

Véronique Delaittre - Linklaters

Victoria Westcott - Reed Smith

Agathe Soilleux - Weil Gotshal & Manges

Emmanuelle Henry - Weil Gotshal & Manges

Paule Biensan - White & Case

Alexandra Bigot - Willkie Farr & Gallagher

Nathalie Duguay - Willkie Farr & Gallagher

Sharon Lewis - Hogan Lovells

 

GEORGIA

Unana Gogokhia - BGI Legal

 

GERMANY

Anne Grewlich - Ashurst

Barbara Mayer-Trautmann - Clifford Chance

Bettina Steinhauer - Clifford Chance

Eva Reudelhuber - Gleiss Lutz

Daniela Favoccia - Hengeler Mueller

Alexandra Hagelüken - Latham & Watkins

 

GHANA

Marian Ekua Hayfron-Benjamin - Ashong Benjamin & Associates

Merene Benyah - JLD & MB Legal Consultancy

Zoe Phillips Takyi-Appiah - JLD & MB Legal Consultancy

Rosa Kudoadzi - Sesi Legal

 

GREECE

Athanasia Tsene - Bernitsas Law

Catherine Marie Karatzas - Karatzas & Partners

Christina Papanikolopoulou - Zepos & Yannopoulos

 

HUNGARY

Csilla Andrékó - Andrékó Kinstellar

Anikó Kircsi - CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang-Ormai és Társai

Erika Papp - CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang-Ormai és Társai

 

IRELAND

Catherine Duffy - A&L Goodbody

Grainne Hennessy - Arthur Cox

Tara O'Reilly - Arthur Cox

Tara Doyle - Matheson

Catherine Deane - McCann FitzGerald

Hilary Marren - McCann FitzGerald

Myra Garrett - William Fry

 

ISRAEL

Maya Issacharov - Amit Pollak Matalon & Co

Miri Kimhi - Fischer Behar Chen Well Orion & Co

Elite Elkon - Gornitzky & Co

Ilanit Landesman Yogev - Herzog Fox & Neeman

Janet Levy Pahima - Herzog Fox & Neeman

Tani Zahavi - Meitar Law Offices

Miriam Haber - Raveh Haber & Co

Noa Meidan - Tadmor & Co Yuval Levy & Co

 

ITALY

Emanuela Da Rin - Bonelli Erede Pappalardo

Catia Tomasetti - Bonelli Erede Pappalardo

Carola Antonini - Chiomenti

Tanja Svetina - Clifford Chance

Monica Colombera - Legance

Claudia Parzani - Linklaters

Paola Leocani - Simmons & Simmons

 

JORDAN

Jumana Toukan - Ali Sharif Zu'bi Advocates & Legal Consultants

 

KENYA

Rosa Nduati-Mutero - Anjarwalla & Khanna

Sonal Sejpal - Anjarwalla & Khanna

Rainbow Field - Coulson Harney

Alexandra Kontos - Walker Kontos

 

LATVIA

Dace Silava-Tomsone - Cobalt

Eva Berlaus - Sorainen

Inese Hazenfusa - TGS Baltic

Andra Rubene - TGS Baltic

 

LEBANON

Randa Abousleiman - Abousleiman & Partners

Chadia El Meouchi - Badri and Salim El Meouchi Law Firm

 

LITHUANIA

Simona Oliškevičiūtė-Cicėnienė - Cobalt

Akvilė Bosaitė - Cobalt

Joana Baublytė-Kulvietė - Walless

Dovilė Burgienė - Walless

 

LUXEMBOURG

Michèle Eisenhuth - Arendt & Medernach

Toinon Hoss - Elvinger Hoss Prussen

Josée Weydert - NautaDutilh

Margaretha Wilkenhuysen - NautaDutilh

 

MOZAMBIQUE

Rita Furtado - Couto Graça & Associados

Fernanda Lopes - Fernanda Lopes & Associados

 

NETHERLANDS

Femke Bierman - Allen & Overy

Sigrid Jansen - Allen & Overy

Karine Kodde - Allen & Overy

Annelies van der Pauw - Allen & Overy

Mariëtte van't Westeinde - Loyens & Loeff

Michaëla Ulrici - NautaDutilh

Petra Zijp - NautaDutilh

Heleen Kersten - Stibbe

Felicia Kemi Segun - Adepetun Caxton-Martins Agbor & Segun

 

NIGERIA

Kofo Dosekun - Aluko & Oyebode

Olubunmi Fayokun - Aluko & Oyebode

Oghogho Makinde - Aluko & Oyebode

Seyi Bella - Banwo & Ighodalo

Zelda Akindele - Templars

Myma Belo-Osagie - Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie

Yinka Edu - Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie

Ozofu Olatunde Ogiemudia - Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie

 

NORWAY

Camilla Skøie Mørkve - Schjødt

 

OMAN

Mary Allan - CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang

 

POLAND

Agnieszka Janicka - Clifford Chance Janicka Krużewski Namiotkiewicz

Aldona Kowalczyk - Dentons Europe Dąbrowski & Partners

Magdalena Skowrońska - Domański Zakrzewski Palinka

 

PORTUGAL

Maria Castelos - Campos Ferreira Sá Carneiro & Associados

Maria João Ricou - Cuatrecasas

Vanda Cascão - VdA Vieira de Almeida

Teresa Empis Falcão - VdA Vieira de Almeida

Paula Gomes Freire - VdA Vieira de Almeida

 

ROMANIA

Madalina Rachieru-Postolache - Clifford Chance Badea

Cristina Reichmann Virtopeanu - CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang

Andreea Toma - Leroy & Asociaţii

Mona Muşat - Muşat & Asociaţii

Adina Chilim-Dumitriu - Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen

Ruxandra Maria Bologa - Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen

Adriana Gaspar - Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen

Alina Radu - Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen

Narcisa Oprea - Schoenherr & Asociaţii

Miruna Suciu - Suciu Popa

 

RUSSIA

Natalia Baratiants - Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld

Victoria Bortkevicha - Clifford Chance

Laura Brank - Dechert

Olga Revzina - Herbert Smith Freehills

 

SERBIA

Tijana Kojović - BDK Advokati

Jelena Gazivoda - JPM Janković Popović Mitić

 

SLOVAK REPUBLIC

Katarína Čechová - Čechová & Partners

Soňa Hekelová - Schoenherr Slovakia

 

SLOVENIA

Maja Žgajnar - CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz

Nina Šelih - Šelih & Partnerji

 

SOUTH AFRICA

Lisa Botha - Allen & Overy

Kathleen Wong - Allen & Overy

Ulrike Naumann - Bowman Gilfillan

Jay Govender - Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

Jacqueline King - Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

Pippa Reyburn - ENSafrica

Brigette Baillie - Herbert Smith Freehills

Karen Couzyn - Webber Wentzel

Sally Hutton - Webber Wentzel

Safiyya Patel - Webber Wentzel

Angela Simpson - Webber Wentzel

 

SPAIN

Yolanda Azanza - Clifford Chance

Mónica Martín de Vidales - Garrigues

Verónica Romaní Sancho - Gómez-Acebo & Pombo

Paloma Fierro - Linklaters

 

SWEDEN

Elisabet Lundgren - Linklaters

Eva Hägg - Mannheimer Swartling

Malin Leffler - Roschier

Louise Brorsson Salomon - Vinge

Maria-Pia Hope - Vinge

Christina Kokko - Vinge

Charlotte Levin - Vinge

Paula Röttorp - Hannes Snellman

 

SWITZERLAND

Tanja Luginbühl - Lenz & Staehelin

Dunja Koch - Froriep

 

TANZANIA

Lucy Sondo - Abenry & Co

Shamiza Ratansi - ATZ Law Chambers

 

TUNISIA

Donia Hedda Ellouze - Cabinet Hedda-Ellouze Ellouze & Belajouza-Felli

 

TURKEY

Meltem Akol - Akol Law

Zeynep Çakmak - Çakmak

Güniz Gökçe - GKC Partners

Piraye Kuranel Başol - Hergüner Bilgen Özeke

Senem Denktaş - Hergüner Bilgen Özeke

Elvan Aziz - Paksoy

Sera Somay - Paksoy

Selin Bayar - Pekin & Bayar

Itır Sevim-Ciftci - CIFTCI Law Firm

 

UKRAINE

Anna Babych - Aequo

Yulia Kyrpa - Aequo

Iryna Pokanay - Asters

Natalia Selyakova - Dentons

Parya Badie - Allen & Overy

 

UNITED KINGDOM

Cathy Bell-Walker - Allen & Overy

Angela Clist - Allen & Overy

Helen Burton - Ashurst

Kirstene Baillie - Fieldfisher

Kate Downey - Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson

Penny Angell - Hogan Lovells

Lene Malthasen - Latham & Watkins

Aedamar Comiskey - Linklaters

Fiona Hobbs - Linklaters

Rebecca Jarvis - Linklaters

Farmida Bi - Norton Rose Fulbright

Tamara Box - Reed Smith

Mei Lian - Paul Hastings

Nilufer von Bismarck - Slaughter and May

Vanessa Blackmore - Sullivan & Cromwell

Margaret Chamberlain - Travers Smith

Jacky Kelly - Weil Gotshal & Manges

Caroline Miller Smith - White & Case

Melissa Butler - White & Case