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
Maja Žgajna - CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz
Miri Kimhi - Fischer Behar Chen Well Orion & Co
Kate Downey - Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
Tanja Luginbühl - Lenz & Staehelin
Christina Papanikolopoulou - Zepos & Yannopoulos
INTERVIEWS
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
BAHRAIN / SAUDI ARABIA
Julie Alexander - Baker McKenzie
BELARUS
Tatiana Emelianova - VMP Vlasova Mikhel & Partners
BELGIUM
Helga Van Peer - Allen & Overy
Sylvia Kierszenbaum - Allen & Overy
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
CHANNEL ISLANDS: GUERNSEY
Frances Watson - Mourant Ozannes
CHANNEL ISLANDS: JERSEY
Jacqueline Richomme - Mourant Ozannes
CYPRUS
CZECH REPUBLIC
Helen Rodwell - CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
DENMARK
Rikke Schiøtt Petersen - Gorrissen Federspiel
Marianne Philip - Kromann Reumert
Pernille Bigaard - Sundgaard Advokater
EGYPT
Sara Hinton - Ibrachy Legal Consultancy
Ragia Omran - Zaki Hashem & Partners
Mona Zulficar - Zulficar & Partners
ESTONIA
FINLAND
Merja Kivelä - Castrén & Snellman
Tanja Törnkvist - White & Case
FRANCE
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
Véronique Delaittre - Linklaters
Victoria Westcott - Reed Smith
Agathe Soilleux - Weil Gotshal & Manges
Emmanuelle Henry - Weil Gotshal & Manges
Alexandra Bigot - Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Nathalie Duguay - Willkie Farr & Gallagher
GEORGIA
GERMANY
Barbara Mayer-Trautmann - Clifford Chance
Bettina Steinhauer - Clifford Chance
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
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
Catherine Deane - McCann FitzGerald
Hilary Marren - McCann FitzGerald
ISRAEL
Maya Issacharov - Amit Pollak Matalon & Co
Miri Kimhi - Fischer Behar Chen Well Orion & 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
Tanja Svetina - Clifford Chance
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
LEBANON
Randa Abousleiman - Abousleiman & Partners
Chadia El Meouchi - Badri and Salim El Meouchi Law Firm
LITHUANIA
Simona Oliškevičiūtė-Cicėnienė - Cobalt
Joana Baublytė-Kulvietė - Walless
LUXEMBOURG
Michèle Eisenhuth - Arendt & Medernach
Toinon Hoss - Elvinger Hoss Prussen
Margaretha Wilkenhuysen - NautaDutilh
MOZAMBIQUE
Rita Furtado - Couto Graça & Associados
Fernanda Lopes - Fernanda Lopes & Associados
NETHERLANDS
Annelies van der Pauw - Allen & Overy
Mariëtte van't Westeinde - Loyens & Loeff
Felicia Kemi Segun - Adepetun Caxton-Martins Agbor & Segun
NIGERIA
Kofo Dosekun - Aluko & Oyebode
Olubunmi Fayokun - Aluko & Oyebode
Oghogho Makinde - Aluko & Oyebode
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
RUSSIA
Natalia Baratiants - Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Victoria Bortkevicha - Clifford Chance
Olga Revzina - Herbert Smith Freehills
SERBIA
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
Ulrike Naumann - Bowman Gilfillan
Jay Govender - Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr
Jacqueline King - Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr
Brigette Baillie - Herbert Smith Freehills
Safiyya Patel - Webber Wentzel
Angela Simpson - Webber Wentzel
SPAIN
Yolanda Azanza - Clifford Chance
Mónica Martín de Vidales - Garrigues
Verónica Romaní Sancho - Gómez-Acebo & Pombo
SWEDEN
Elisabet Lundgren - Linklaters
Eva Hägg - Mannheimer Swartling
Louise Brorsson Salomon - Vinge
Paula Röttorp - Hannes Snellman
SWITZERLAND
Tanja Luginbühl - Lenz & Staehelin
TANZANIA
Shamiza Ratansi - ATZ Law Chambers
TUNISIA
Donia Hedda Ellouze - Cabinet Hedda-Ellouze Ellouze & Belajouza-Felli
TURKEY
Piraye Kuranel Başol - Hergüner Bilgen Özeke
Senem Denktaş - Hergüner Bilgen Özeke
Itır Sevim-Ciftci - CIFTCI Law Firm
UKRAINE
UNITED KINGDOM
Cathy Bell-Walker - Allen & Overy
Kirstene Baillie - Fieldfisher
Kate Downey - Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
Lene Malthasen - Latham & Watkins
Farmida Bi - Norton Rose Fulbright
Nilufer von Bismarck - Slaughter and May
Vanessa Blackmore - Sullivan & Cromwell
Margaret Chamberlain - Travers Smith
Jacky Kelly - Weil Gotshal & Manges