Welcome to the 2018 edition of Managing Intellectual Property’s Top 250 Women in IP. This special publication recognises female practitioners in private practice who have performed exceptionally for their clients and firms in the past year. Some of them were also involved in IP advocacy and/or corporate social responsibility initiatives in their jurisdictions.
These leading female practitioners have been selected from our general IP stars list, which will be officially announced next month. The list is based on information obtained during the research for this year's edition of IP STARS. The research was concluded in February 2018. Please note that our firm rankings and individual listings are subject to change each year. If you have any feedback or questions please contact us at research@managingip.com
Congratulations to all who made this year’s list!
ASIA-PACIFIC
COUNTRY |
NAME |
FIRM |
| Australia | Marion Heathcote | Davies Collison Cave |
| Australia | Joanne Martin | FB Rice |
| Australia | Sue Gilchrist | Herbert Smith Freehills |
| Australia | Melinda Upton | DLA Piper |
| Australia | Lisa Lennon | Gilbert + Tobin |
| Australia | Miriam Stiel | Allens |
| Australia | Odette Gourley | Corrs Chambers Westgarth |
| Australia | Lisa Taliadoros | Jones Day |
| China | Linda Chang | Rouse |
| China | Spring Chang | Chang Tsi & Partners |
| China | Ai-Leen Lim | AWA Asia |
| China | Rachel Li-Mei Tan | Rouse |
| China | Annie Tsoi | Deacons |
| China | Catherine Zheng | Deacons |
| China | Christine Yiu | Bird & Bird |
| China | Tian Tian | Fangda Partners |
| Hong Kong | Gabriela Kennedy | Mayer Brown JSM |
| Hong Kong | Charmaine Koo | Deacons |
| Hong Kong | Jacqueline Lui | Eagle IP |
| Hong Kong | Alison Wong | Bird & Bird |
| India | Rachna Bakhru | RNA IP |
| India | Archana Shanker | Anand & Anand |
| Indonesia | Nidya Kalangie | SKC Law |
| Indonesia | Prudence Jahja | Januar Jahja & Partners |
| Japan | Michiru Takahashi | Jones Day |
| Japan | Mitsuko Miyagawa | TMI Associates |
| Malaysia | Karen Abraham | Shearn Delamore & Co |
| Malaysia | Kherk Ying Chew | Wong & Partners (Baker McKenzie) |
| Singapore | Audrey Goh | Viering Jentschura & Partner |
| Singapore | Jo-Ann See | Amica Law |
| Singapore | Lorraine Anne Tay | Bird & Bird ATMD |
| South Korea | Jihyun Kim | Bae Kim & Lee |
| South Korea | Jeong Won Lee | FirstLaw PC |
| South Korea | Young Kim | Kim & Chang |
| South Korea | Min Son | Hanol IP & Law |
| Taiwan | Crystal J Chen | Tsai Lee & Chen |
| Taiwan | Peggy Wu | Top Team International Patent & Trademark Office |
| Thailand | Say Sujintaya | Baker McKenzie |
| Thailand | Darani Vachanavuttivong | Tilleke & Gibbins |
EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA
| Belgium | Annick Mottet Haugaard | Lydian |
| Belgium | Ann De Clercq | De Clercq & Partners |
| Belgium | Fabienne Brison | Hoyng Rokh Monegier |
| Belgium | Florence Verhoestraete | NautaDutilh |
| Belgium | Mireille Buydens | Janson Baugniet |
| Belgium | Véronique Pede | Cape IP Law |
| Czech Republic | Jana Traplová | Traplová Hakr Kubát |
| Denmark | Susie Arnesen | Løje Arnesen & Meedom |
| Denmark | Lone Prehn | Zacco |
| Denmark | Anette Rasmussen | Awapatent |
| Finland | Hanna-Maija Elo | Properta Attorneys |
| Finland | Ella Mikkola | Bird & Bird |
| France | Catherine Mateu | Armengaud Guerlain |
| France | Cyra Nargolwalla | Cabinet Plasseraud |
| France | Anne-Charlotte Le-Bihan | Bird & Bird |
| France | Laëtitia Bénard | Allen & Overy |
| France | Sabine Agé | Véron & Associés |
| France | Caroline Casalonga | Casalonga |
| France | Aurélia Marie | Cabinet Beau de Loménie |
| France | Sophie Micallef | Hoyng Rokh Monegier |
| France | Raphaëlle Dequiré-Portier | Gide Loyrette Nouel |
| Germany | Sandra Pohlman | df-mp |
| Germany | Christine Kanz | Hoyng Rokh Monegier |
| Germany | Olga Bezzubova | Jones Day |
| Germany | Cordula Schumacher | Arnold Ruess |
| Greece | Helen Papaconstantinou | Dr Helen G Papaconstantinou & Partners |
| Hungary | Katalin Szamosi | SBGK |
| Hungary | Eszter Szakács | Danubia (Sár & Partners) |
| Iceland | Valborg Kjartansdóttir | Sigurjónsson & Thor |
| Iceland | Ásdís Magnúsdóttir | Arnason Faktor |
| Ireland | Laura Scott | William Fry |
| Ireland | Niamh Hall | FRKelly |
| Ireland | Patricia McGovern | DFMG Solicitors |
| Ireland | Olivia Catesby | Tomkins |
| Israel | Ena Pugatsch | Reinhold Cohn & Partners |
| Israel | Svetlana Stadler | Reinhold Cohn & Partners |
| Israel | Hadassa Waterman | Ehrlich & Fenster |
| Israel | Cynthia Webb | Webb & Co |
| Israel | Ronit Barzik-Soffer | Reinhold Cohn & Partners |
| Israel | Dor Cohen Zedek | Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz |
| Israel | Ellen Shankman | Ellen B Shankman & Associates |
| Italy | Gabriella D Modiano | Modiano & Partners |
| Latvia | Ruta Olmane | Metida |
| Latvia | Ingrida Karina-Berzina | Cobalt |
| Lithuania | Reda Žabolienė | Metida |
| Netherlands | Anne Marie Verschuur | NautaDutilh |
| Netherlands | Lilian Hesselink | De Vries & Metman |
| Netherlands | Marlous Stal-Hilders | NLO Shieldmark |
| Nigeria | Lara Kayode | O Kayode & Co |
| Nigeria | Uche Nwokocha | Aluko & Oyebode |
| Norway | Ingvild Hanssen-Bauer | Kvale |
| Norway | Camilla Vislie | Thommessen |
| Norway | Kristine Rekdal | Bryn Aarflot |
| Norway | Ida Gjessing | Grette |
| Poland | Krystyna Szczepanowska - Kozlowska | Allen & Overy |
| Poland | Elżbieta Traple | Traple Konarski Podrecki & Partners |
| Poland | Ewa Kacperek | Hogan Lovells |
| Poland | Alicja Piotrowicz | Kulikowska & Kulikowski |
| Portugal | Ana Teresa Pulido | PLMJ |
| Romania | Margareta Oproiu | Cabinet M Oproiu |
| Romania | Ana-Maria Baciu | Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen |
| Russia | Natalia Stepanova | Gorodissky & Partners |
| Russia | Julianna Tabastajewa | Gowling WLG |
| Russia | Natalia Gulyaeva | Hogan Lovells |
| Scotland | Gill Grassie | Brodies |
| South Africa | Nola Bond | Kisch IP |
| South Africa | Mariëtte du Plessis | Adams & Adams |
| South Africa | Christine Strutt | Von Seidels |
| South Africa | Louise Myburgh | Spoor & Fisher |
| South Africa | Bernadette Versfeld | Webber Wentzel |
| South Africa | Gaelyn Scott | ENSafrica |
| South Africa | Kelly Thompson | Adams & Adams |
| Spain | Sonia Santos | Grau & Angulo |
| Spain | Verena von Bomhard | BomhardIP |
| Spain | Imogen Fowler | Hogan Lovells |
| Spain | Laura Alonso | Hoyng Rokh Monegier |
| Sweden | Karin Cederlund | Sandart & Partners |
| Sweden | Inga-Lill Andersson | Awapatent |
| Turkey | Selma Ünlü | NSN Law Firm |
| Turkey | Özge Atilgan Karakulak | Gün + Partners |
| Turkey | Işik Özdoğan | Moroğlu Arseven |
| Ukraine | Antonina Pakharenko-Anderson | Pakharenko & Partners |
| United Arab Emirates | Sara Holder | Rouse |
| United Arab Emirates | Joycia Young | Clyde & Co |
| United Kingdom | Nicola Dagg | Kirkland & Ellis |
| United Kingdom | Penny Gilbert | Powell Gilbert |
| United Kingdom | Liz Cohen | Bristows |
| United Kingdom | Marjan Noor | Allen & Overy |
| United Kingdom | Catherine Wolfe | Boult Wade Tennant |
| United Kingdom | Bethan Hopewell | Powell Gilbert |
| United Kingdom | Sally Britton | Mishcon de Reya |
| United Kingdom | Arty Rajendra | Osborne Clarke |
| United Kingdom | Kate Swaine | Gowling WLG |
| United Kingdom | Sara Ashby | Wiggin |
| United Kingdom | Rowena Price | Gill Jennings & Every |
| United Kingdom | Catherine Wiseman | Barker Brettell |
| United Kingdom | Carrollanne Lindley | Kilburn & Strode |
| United Kingdom | Rachel Alexander | Wiggin |
| United Kingdom | Susan Kirsch | Carpmaels & Ransford |
| United Kingdom | Lucy Samuels | Gill Jennings & Every |
| United Kingdom | Katharine Stephens | Bird & Bird |
| United Kingdom | Clare Tunstall | Pinsent Masons |
| United Kingdom | Sarah Wright | CMS |
AMERICAS
| Argentina | Mercedes Bullrich | Berton Moreno + Ojam |
| Argentina | Laura de Achával | Ferrer Reyes Tellechea & Bouché |
| Argentina | Iris Quadrio | Marval O’Farrell & Mairal |
| Brazil | Elisabeth Kasznar Fekete | Kasznar Leonardos |
| Brazil | Elisabeth Siemsen do Amaral | Dannemann Siemsen Bigler & Ipanema Moreira |
| Canada | Judith Robinson | Norton Rose Fulbright |
| Canada | Nancy Pei | Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh |
| Canada | Dominique Hussey | Bennett Jones |
| Canada | Sana Halwani | Lenczner Slaght |
| Canada | Alison Hayman | Cassels Brock & Blackwell |
| Canada | Justine Wiebe | Borden Ladner Gervais |
| Canada | May Cheng | Osler Hoskin & Harcourt |
| Canada | Allyson Whyte Nowak | Norton Rose Fulbright |
| Canada | Marijo Coates | Deeth Williams Wall |
| Canada | Eileen McMahon | Torys |
| Canada | Jane B H Steinberg | Gowling WLG |
| Canada | Lisa Melanson | McCarthy Tétrault |
| Canada | Julie Desrosiers | Fasken |
| Canada | Jordana Sanft | Norton Rose Fulbright |
| Caribbean | Dianne Daley | Foga Daley |
| Chile | Ariela Agosin | Albagli Zaliasnik |
| Chile | Paulina Bardón | Claro & Cia |
| Chile | Loreto Bresky | Alessandri |
| Colombia | María Fernanda Castellanos | Brigard & Castro |
| Colombia | Ana María Castro Wey | Lloreda Camacho & Co |
| Colombia | Luz Clemencia de Páez | Cavelier Abogados |
| Mexico | Laura Collada | Dumont Bergman Bider & Co |
| Mexico | Heidi Lindner | Arochi & Lindner |
| Panama | Marissa Lasso de la Vega Ferrari | Alfaro Ferrer & Ramirez |
| Peru | Maria del Carmen Arana | Estudio Colmenares & Asociados |
| Peru | Magali García | Allende & Garcia |
| United States | Sally Abel | Fenwick & West |
| United States | Meredith Martin Addy | Tabet DiVito & Rothstein |
| United States | Jennifer Albert | Goodwin Procter |
| United States | Andrea Anderson | Holland & Hart |
| United States | Christa Anderson | Keker & Van Nest |
| United States | Erika Harmon Arner | Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner |
| United States | Karen Artz Ash | Katten Muchin Rosenman |
| United States | Stephanie Bald | Kelly IP |
| United States | Shannon Bloodworth | Perkins Coie |
| United States | Felicia Boyd | Barnes & Thornburg |
| United States | Juanita Brooks | Fish & Richardson |
| United States | Cheryl Burbach | Hovey Williams |
| United States | Amy Cahill | Cahill IP |
| United States | Cristina Carvalho | Arent Fox |
| United States | Dale Cendali | Kirkland & Ellis |
| United States | Arlene Chow | Hogan Lovells |
| United States | Sarah Columbia | McDermott Will & Emery |
| United States | Jan Conlin | Ciresi Conlin |
| United States | Jennifer Coplan | Sidley Austin |
| United States | Pamela Cox | Marshall Gerstein & Borun |
| United States | Denise De Mory | Bunsow De Mory LLP |
| United States | Jennifer Dean | Drinker Biddle & Reath |
| United States | Mandy Wilson Decker | Stites & Harbison |
| United States | Lisa Dunner | Dunner Law |
| United States | Daralyn Durie | Durie Tangri |
| United States | Tracy-Gene Durkin | Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox |
| United States | Dianne Elderkin | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld |
| United States | Roxanne Elings | Davis Wright Tremaine |
| United States | Eldora Ellison | Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox |
| United States | Vera Elson | Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati |
| United States | Amy Everhart | Everhart Law Firm |
| United States | Lisa Evert | Hitchcock Evert |
| United States | Lisa Ferri | Mayer Brown |
| United States | Barbara Fiacco | Foley Hoag |
| United States | Deborah Fishman | Arnold & Porter |
| United States | Claudia Wilson Frost | Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe |
| United States | Pamela Fulmer | Fulmer Ware |
| United States | Susan Glovsky | Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds |
| United States | Natalie Hanlon Leh | WilmerHale |
| United States | Elizabeth Holland | Goodwin Procter |
| United States | Annette Hurst | Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe |
| United States | Julia Huston | Foley Hoag |
| United States | Sharon Israel | Shook Hardy & Bacon |
| United States | Karen Jacobs | Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell |
| United States | Brenda Jarrell | Choate Hall & Stewart |
| United States | Lynn Jordan | Kelly IP |
| United States | Heidi Keefe | Cooley |
| United States | Cynthia Kernick | Reed Smith |
| United States | Heather Kissling | Marshall Gerstein & Borun |
| United States | Sherry Knowles | Knowles Intellectual Property Strategies |
| United States | Lisa Kobialka | Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel |
| United States | Holly Kozlowski | Porter Wright Morris & Arthur |
| United States | Anna Kuhn | Pirkey Barber |
| United States | Teresa Lavoie | Fish & Richardson |
| United States | Irene Lee | Russ August & Kabat |
| United States | Lori Lesser | Simpson Thacher & Bartlett |
| United States | Leslie Lott | Lott & Fischer |
| United States | Jane Love | Gibson Dunn & Crutcher |
| United States | Victoria Maroulis | Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan |
| United States | Lisa Martens | Sheppard Mullin |
| United States | Julia Anne Matheson | Hogan Lovells |
| United States | Deanne Maynard | Morrison & Foerster |
| United States | Kathleen McCarthy | King & Spalding |
| United States | Leslie McDonell | Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner |
| United States | Molly McKay | McKay Patents |
| United States | Tina McKeon | Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton |
| United States | Linda McLeod | Kelly IP |
| United States | Heather Meeker | O'Melveny & Myers |
| United States | Sonal Mehta | Durie Tangri |
| United States | Salima Merani | Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear |
| United States | Mercedes Meyer | Drinker Biddle & Reath |
| United States | Denise Mingrone | Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe |
| United States | Helen Hill Minsker | Banner & Witcoff |
| United States | Deanna Tanner Okun | Adduci Mastriani & Schaumberg |
| United States | Cynthia Parks | Parks IP Law |
| United States | Lisa Pearson | Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton |
| United States | Lisa Pensabene | O'Melveny & Myers |
| United States | Jill Pietrini | Sheppard Mullin |
| United States | Lisa Pirozzolo | WilmerHale |
| United States | Catherine Polizzi | Morrison & Foerster |
| United States | Sasha Rao | Maynard Cooper & Gale |
| United States | Claudia Ray | Kirkland & Ellis |
| United States | Leah Reimer | Cantor Colburn |
| United States | Kecia Reynolds | PIllsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman |
| United States | Li-Hsien (Lily) Rin-Laures | RinLaures |
| United States | Pamela Ruschau | Leydig Voit & Mayer |
| United States | Margaret Sampson | Baker Botts |
| United States | Janet Satterthwaite | Potomac Law Group |
| United States | Stefani Shanberg | Morrison & Foerster |
| United States | Melanie Sharp | Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor |
| United States | Stephanie Sharron | Morrison & Foerster |
| United States | Stephanie Skaff | Farella Braun + Martel |
| United States | Jennifer Sklenar | Arnold & Porter |
| United States | Mindy Sooter | WilmerHale |
| United States | Claudia Stangle | Leydig Voit & Mayer |
| United States | Grace Han Stanton | Perkins Coie |
| United States | Sabrina Stavish | Sheridan Ross |
| United States | Amelia Steindorff | Reynolds Reynolds & Little |
| United States | Allison Strickland Ricketts | Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu |
| United States | Marcia Sundeen | Goodwin Procter |
| United States | Judith Szepesi | HIPLegal |
| United States | Monica Riva Talley | Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox |
| United States | Diana Torres | Kirkland & Ellis |
| United States | Colleen Tracy James | Mayer Brown |
| United States | Rhonda Trotter | Arnold & Porter |
| United States | Anita Varma | White & Case |
| United States | Cynthia Vreeland | WilmerHale |
| United States | Elizabeth Weiswasser | Weil Gotshal & Manges |
| United States | Dorothy Whelan | Fish & Richardson |
| United States | Amy Wigmore | WilmerHale |
| United States | Nancy Wolff | Cowan DeBaets Abrahams & Sheppard |
| Uruguay | Virginia Cervieri | Cervieri Monsuárez & Asociados |
| Venezuela | María Milagros Nebreda | Hoet Pelaez Castillo & Duque |