The Women in Business Law Awards presented their virtual award ceremony on Thursday, December 10, 2020. The presentation provided an opportunity to recognize the achievements of leading women in the legal profession and to celebrate progressive initiatives in gender diversity and mentoring, minority women, talent management and work-life balance.
The shortlist for Women in Business Law Asia has been announced. The winners for 2020 can be found below. The full selection list can be found at https://awards.womeninbusinesslaw.com/Asia-shortlist
Corporate initiatives
Best initiative on gender diversity in a national company
MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Best national corporate mentoring program
Khaitan & Co.
Best national law firm for minority lawyers
WongPartnership
Best national talent management company
Khaitan & Co.
Best national company for work-life balance
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co.
Best national law firm for women in business law
WongPartnership
Best company for volunteer work
Baker McKenzie
Best initiative to promote gender diversity in an international company
Baker McKenzie
Best international company mentoring program
White & case
Best international law firm for minority lawyers
Linklaters
Best international talent management company
Baker McKenzie
Best international company for work-life balance
Freshfields
Best international law firm for women in business law
FOR Piper
Best international company China practice
Freshfields
Best international company Hong Kong SAR practice
FOR Piper
Most innovative company
Linklaters
Exercise area
aviation
Grace Li, Baker McKenzie FenXun
Banking
Manisha Shroff, Khaitan & Co.
Capital Markets – Debt
Indri Pramitsawari Guritno, Hadiputranto Hadinoto & Partner (HHP law firm)
Capital Markets – Equity
Kaya Proudian, White & Case
Commercial arbitration
Brenda Horrigan, Herbert Smith Freehills
Competition and antitrust law
Fay Zhou, Linklaters
Copyright ©
Amita Haylock, Mayer Brown
Energy, natural resources and mining
Linh Doan, Watson Farley Williams
Financial Services Regulator
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
Work and employment
Liu Lu, River Delta Law Firm
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 Office
Data protection and privacy
Karen Hon Fun Lee, Mayer Brown
Private customers and trusts
Dawn Quek, Baker McKenzie Wong and Leow
Private equity
Gunjan Shah, Shardul Amarch and Mangaldas & Co.
Project finance
Carolyn Dong, DLA Piper
Real estate
Chou Ching, Rajah & Tann
Restructuring and bankruptcy
Naomi Moore, Akin Gump
Structured finance and securitization
Deemple Budhia, Russell McVeagh
VAT
Adeline Wong, Wong & Partners
Settlement of tax disputes
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 Amarch and Mangaldas & Co.
Rising stars
Corporate
Natashaa Shroff, Shardul Amarch and Mangaldas & Co.
Finances
Aisyah Rahmarani Siregar, Assegaf Hamzah & Partners
IP
Amy Seung Hyun Oh, Kim & Chang
Litigation
Alcina Chew, partnership with Tan Kok Quan
VAT
Wai Kar Wye, Allen and Gledhill
In the house
Carrie Suen, Ant Financial
Datin Veronica Selvananyagy, AIA Bhd
Datin Yanya Marie Coelho from 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
Abraham’s Davidson & Co.
China
East & Concord partners
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
ELLALAN
India
Anand and Anand
Indonesia
SSEK legal advisor
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
Sarams FJ & G.
Taiwan
Tsar & Tsai Law Office
Thailand
Linklaters
Vietnam
Vision & Associates
Outstanding performance
Fiona Nott, Women’s Foundation
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