WARSAW – 30 June 2022 – Greenberg Traurig received two prestigious awards at the highly esteemed Euromoney Legal Media Group “Women in Business Law Awards 2022 Europe”:
- Women in Business Law International Firm
- Gender Diversity International Firm
The awards celebrate law firms that have developed strong innovative practices and projects that highlight gender diversity, as well as women lawyers working in business law. This year’s winners were announced at the live awards ceremony held on 23 June 2022 in London.
The awards were accepted on behalf of the firm by Warsaw office Senior Associate Joanna Kuc, who was shortlisted as Rising Star in the Corporate practice area. Also shortlisted were Greenberg Traurig Milan office Partner Francesca Torricelli for the Corporate Governance Lawyer of the Year and London Tax Shareholder Jessica Ganagasegaran as a Rising Star.
“We are honored that Greenberg Traurig has been selected as the 2022 Women in Business Law International Firm and the Gender Diversity International Firm by Euromoney. These exceptional awards follow the Poland Firm of the Year Award recognition, which we received last year. We are delighted that the firm’s efforts are recognized not only at an individual and national level, but also internationally – Europe-wide. It truly shows our firm’s definitive and coherent position to develop influential initiatives in gender diversity and to promote women in the practice of law at every level within the firm,” said Jolanta Nowakowska-Zimoch, Managing Partner of the Warsaw office.
In the 2021 edition of the Women in Business Law Awards, the Warsaw office of Greenberg Traurig won the prestigious Poland Firm of the Year Award. In 2020, Partner Agnieszka Stankiewicz was named “Best in Real Estate.” The award recognized her as the best female lawyer in Europe specializing in Real Estate. Jolanta Nowakowska-Zimoch won the title in the 2019.
The Europe Women in Business Law Awards are organized by Euromoney Legal Media Group. The award series honors firms that have developed progressive initiatives toward diversity and inclusion as well as women attorneys who are at the forefront of their practice areas and are leaders in business law. Criteria for the firm awards include the ratio of female-to-male lawyers (at all levels of seniority), the retention of women associates to partner level and relevant diversity initiatives. Individual winners are selected based on their professional accomplishments as well as advocacy and influence over the last 12 months.
Greenberg Traurig LLP
Greenberg Traurig, LLP is a global, multi-practice law firm with approximately 2400 attorneys serving clients from 43 offices in the United States, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.
GREENBERG TRAURIG Nowakowska-Zimoch Wysokiński sp.k. was named the 2021 Poland Firm of the Year award at the highly esteemed Euromoney Legal Media Group “Women in Business Law Awards 2021 Europe” and the 2021, 2019, 2018 Law Firm of the Year in Poland by International Financial Law Review (IFLR). The Warsaw office of Greenberg Traurig, LLP provides legal services to clients in Central Europe and beyond and consists of approximately 100 lawyers. Team members are regularly recognized as leaders in numerous practice areas. Chambers Global, Chambers Europe, IFLR1000 and EMEA Legal 500 consistently rank them among the top tiers the areas of Corporate/M&A, Capital Markets, Real Estate, Private Equity, Tax, Banking and Finance, Project Finance, Energy, Dispute Resolution, TMT and Antitrust/Competition.
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