The Women in Business Law Awards presented their virtual awards ceremony on Thursday, December 10th, 2020. The presentation provided an opportunity to provide recognition for the achievements of the leading women in the legal profession, as well as celebrate progressive initiatives for gender diversity, mentorship, minority women, talent management, and work-life balance.
The shortlist for the Women in Business Law Asia have been announced. For the 2020 winners, please see below. The full shortlist can be found at https://awards.womeninbusinesslaw.com/Asia-shortlist
Firm Initiatives
Best gender diversity initiative by a national firm
MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Best national firm mentoring programme
Khaitan & Co
Best national firm for minority women lawyers
WongPartnership
Best national firm for talent management
Khaitan & Co
Best national firm for work-life balance
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
Best national firm for women in business law
WongPartnership
Best firm for pro bono work
Baker McKenzie
Best gender diversity initiative by an international firm
Baker McKenzie
Best international firm mentoring programme
White & Case
Best international firm for minority women lawyers
Linklaters
Best international firm for talent management
Baker McKenzie
Best international firm for work-life balance
Freshfields
Best international firm for women in business law
DLA Piper
Best international firm China practice
Freshfields
Best international firm Hong Kong SAR practice
DLA Piper
Most innovative firm
Linklaters
Practice Area
Aviation
Grace Li, Baker McKenzie FenXun
Banking
Manisha Shroff, Khaitan & Co
Capital markets - Debt
Indri Pramitsawari Guritno, Hadiputranto Hadinoto & Partners (HHP Law Firm)
Capital markets - Equity
Kaya Proudian, White & Case
Commercial arbitration
Brenda Horrigan, Herbert Smith Freehills
Competition and antitrust
Fay Zhou, Linklaters
Copyright
Amita Haylock, Mayer Brown
Energy, natural resources, and mining
Linh Doan, Watson Farley Williams
Financial services regulatory
Karen Man, Baker McKenzie
Insurance and reinsurance
Wang Ying Shuang, Rajah & Tann
International trade and shipping
Madeline Leong, Watson Farley Williams
Investment funds
Anne-Marie Godfrey, Akin Gump
Labor and employment
Liu Lu, River Delta Law Firm 江三角律师事务所
Life sciences
Hanshou Zhou, Jingtain & Gongcheng
Litigation
Vanita Bhargava, Khaitan & Co
M&A
Li Chen, Shearman & Sterling
Offshore
Fiona Chan, Appleby
Patents
Ping Gu, Zhong Lun Law Firm
Privacy and data protection
Karen Hon Fun Lee, Mayer Brown
Private clients and trusts
Dawn Quek, Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow
Private equity
Gunjan Shah, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
Project finance
Carolyn Dong, DLA Piper
Real estate
Chou Ching, Rajah & Tann
Restructuring and insolvency
Naomi Moore, Akin Gump
Structured finance and securitisation
Deemple Budhia, Russell McVeagh
Tax
Adeline Wong, Wong & Partners
Tax dispute resolution
Kristy Keating, EY
Technology, media, and telecommunications
Liz Blythe, Russell McVeagh
Trademark
Vaishali Mittal, Anand and Anand
Transfer pricing
Theresa Goh, Deloitte
White collar crime
Alina Arora, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
Rising Stars
Corporate
Natashaa Shroff, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
Finance
Aisyah Rahmarani Siregar, Assegaf Hamzah & Partners
IP
Amy Seung Hyun Oh, Kim & Chang
Litigation
Alcina Chew, Tan Kok Quan Partnership
Tax
Wai Kar Wye, Allen & Gledhill
In-house
Carrie Suen, Ant Financial
Datin Veronica Selvananyagy, AIA Bhd
Datin Tanya Marie Coelho, Astro Malaysia Holdings Berhad
Karen Guo, Novo Nordisk
Lee-Peng Chow, Carlsberg A/S
Meng Choo Cheah, Sephora Southeast Asia
Jurisdiction
Australia
Baker McKenzie
Brunei
Abrahams Davidson & Co
China
East & Concord Partners
Hong Kong SAR
ELLALAN
India
Anand and Anand
Indonesia
SSEK Legal Conultants
Japan
Freshfields
Malaysia
Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill
Myanmar
VDB Loi
New Zealand
Russel McVeagh
Pakistan
Akhund Forbes Hadi
Philippines
Quisumbing Torres
Singapore
WongPartnership
South Korea
Lee & Ko
Sri Lanka
FJ & G de Saram
Taiwan
Tsar & Tsai Law Firm
Thailand
Linklaters
Vietnam
Vision & Associates
Outstanding achievement
Fiona Nott, The Women’s Foundation