Global law firm Baker McKenzie and Estudio Echecopar, member firm of Baker & McKenzie International, have been shortlisted for a total of 22 Women in Business Law Americas Awards for 2024. The awards, launched in 2011, recognize the ground-breaking achievements by leading women lawyers across the Americas, as well as the most progressive law firms and in-house teams whose policies and initiatives support women in the practice of law.
Baker McKenzie and Estudio Echecopar were also shortlisted in several law firm award categories. The full listing is available here.
Baker McKenzie partners are finalists in the following areas:
- Eugenie Rogers, Rising Star –Arbitration
- Sali Wissa, Rising Star – Corporate
- Aleesha Fowler, Rising Star – Litigation
- Maria Eugenia Salazar, Arbitration Lawyer of the Year
- Jennifer Trock
o Aviation Lawyer of the Year
o Thought Leader of the Year - Cecilia Hong, Banking & Finance Lawyer of Year
- Alison Stafford Powell, International Trade Lawyer of Year
- Susan Eandi, Labor & Employment Lawyer of the Year
- Olivia Tyrrell, Life Sciences Lawyer of the Year
- Lisa Fontenot, Media & Entertainment Lawyer of the Year
- Michelle Heisner, Mergers & Acquisitions Lawyer of the Year
- Marina Hurtado Cruz, Patent Lawyer of the Year
- Helena Engfeldt, Privacy & Data Protection Lawyer of the Year
- Anastasia Herasimovich, Real Estate Lawyer of the Year
- Deb Dandeneau, Restructuring & Insolvency Lawyer of the Year
- Cynthia Cole, Technology Lawyer of the Year
Estudio Echecopar, member firm of Baker & McKenzie International, partners are finalists in the following areas:
- Teresa Tovar, Antitrust & Competition Lawyer of the Year
- María del Carmen Tovar, Arbitration Lawyer of the Year
- Ana María Arrarte
o Commercial Arbitration Lawyer of the Year
o Litigator of the Year - Liliana Espinosa, Corporate Lawyer of the Year
- Ines Vazquez, Energy Natural Resources & Mining Lawyer of the Year
- Mónica Pizarro, Labour & Employment Lawyer of the Year
Winners will be announced on June 13th at an in-person ceremony at the Union League Club in New York.