Inaugural AmericasWomen in Business Law Awards: WinnersannouncedMay 24, 2012

FIRM AWARDSBest gender diversity initiative by national firmThompson Hine – Spotlight on women

Best gender diversity initiative by international firmCadwalader Wickersham & Taft – Women’sleadership initiative

Best international firm Latin America practice Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

Most innovative international firmSullivan & Cromwell

Best firm for minority women lawyersCovington & Burling – Diversity at Covingtoncampaign

Best mentoring programSkadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom – Mentoringinitiative

Best firm for work-life balancePaul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison – Work/lifebalance program

Best firm for pro bono workHogan Lovells

Best national firm for talent managementMcCarthy Tétrault – Parental leave program

Best international firm for talent managementSidley Austin – Committee on retention andpromotion of women (CRPW)

Best national firm for women in business lawKenyon & Kenyon

Best international firm for women inbusiness lawLatham & Watkins

REGIONAL AWARDSArgentinaBeretta Godoy

BrazilTozziniFreire Advogados

Central AmericasArias & Muñoz

ChileCorreaGubbins

ColombiaGomez-Pinzon Zuleta Abogados

EcuadorRomero Arteta Ponce Asociados

MexicoBufete Quijano

PanamaArias & Muñoz

Peru Estudio Echecopar

UruguayHughes & Hughes

VenezuelaD’Empaire Reyna

CanadaMcCarthy Tétrault

US MidwestSchiff Hardin

US NortheastSkadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

US SouthFulbright & Jaworski

US WestCovington and Burling

America’s leading female lawyers celebratedat Euromoney Legal Media Group’s inauguralAmericas Women in Business Law Awards atEssex House in New York last night.

New York City Council Member Gale A Brewerdelivered the keynote address to an audienceof in-house and private practice attorneys.The lawyers had gathered to celebrate theachievements of the firms setting the standardin terms of female-friendly work practices, andwomen leading the field in the legal sectoracross the Americas.

Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky, formerUnited States Trade Representative collectedthe Outstanding Achievement award andBrooksley Born, former chair of the US

Commodity Futures Trading Commission,picked up the Lifetime Achievement prize.

In the firm categories, Latham & Watkins wasnamed best international firm for women inbusiness law. Cadwalader Wickersham & Taftcollected the best gender diversity initiativeby international firm, Sullivan & Cromwell wasnamed most innovative firm, Skadden ArpsSlate Meagher & Flom was rewarded for itsmentoring program and Sidley Austin pickedup the best international firm for talentmanagement.

A full list of winners is listed below. For moreinformation contact Melanie Petch atmpetch@euromoneyplc.com

INDIVIDUAL AWARDSAntitrust/competitionMargaret Zwisler, Latham & Watkins

AviationMaria Regina Mangabeira Albernaz Lynch,Motta Fernandes Rocha -Advogados

Banking & financeMargaret Peponis, Cleary Gottlieb Steen &Hamilton

Capital marketsStacy Kanter, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher& Flom

Commercial arbitrationJulie Bédard, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher& Flom

CopyrightDale Cendali, Kirkland & Ellis

Corporate governanceHolly Gregory, Weil Gotshal & Manges

Energy, natural resources & miningKarol Lyn Newman, McDermott Will &Emery

EnvironmentMichèle Corash, Morrison & Foerster

Financial regulationAnnette Nazareth, Davis Polk & Wardwell

Insolvency & restructuringMarcia Goldstein, Weil Gotshal & Manges

Insurance & reinsuranceMary Kay Vyskocil, Simpson Thacher &Bartlett

Investment fundsStephanie Breslow, Schulte Roth & Zabel

Labor & employmentBettina Plevan, Proskauer Rose

Life sciences M. Patricia Thayer, Sidley Austin

LitigationKathy Patrick, Gibbs & Bruns

Media & entertainmentMarissa Román Griffith, Akin Gump StraussHauer & Feld

Mergers & acquisitionsDiane Kerr, Davis Polk & Wardwell

PatentMargaret Boulware, Boulware & Valoir

Private equityFranci Blassberg, Debevoise & Plimpton

Real estateMeredith Kane, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton& Garrison

Rising starMarguerite Sullivan, Latham & Watkins

Structured finance Anna Glick, Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft

TaxCarrie Smit, Goodmans

Tax dispute resolutionRosemarie Wertschek QC, McCarthyTétrault

TrademarkLinda McLeod, Finnegan

Transfer pricingPatricia Gimbel Lewis, Caplin & Drysdale

Wealth managementPatricia Annino, Prince Lobel Glovsky Tye

Outstanding achievementAmbassador Charlene Barshefsky

Lifetime Achievement Brooksley Born

IN-HOUSE WINNERSBenchmark Litigation in-house awardSara E Moss, Estée Lauder

International Financial Law Review in-house awardSarah Lee, Bank of America Merrill Lynch

International Tax Review in-house award Janice Lucceshi, Akzo Nobel

Managing IP in-house awardLucy Nichols, Nokia

Best in-house team with under-50 lawyers Estée Lauder

Best in-house team with over 50 lawyersCiti