View profiles for the leading female transactional lawyers in the world, based in Asia-Pacific, and interviews with featured individuals based in the region discussing gender in the legal profession

 

FEATURED WOMEN LEADERS

Rachel Eng - Eng and Co

Wang Shu - Han Kun Law Offices

Amy Chin - LCS & Partners

Vo Ha Duyen - VILAF

 

INTERVIEWS

Jakarta-based Hadiputranto Hadinoto & Partners partner, Indri Pramitaswari Guritno, discusses how her firm's flexible working policy attempts to support lawyers with families and the importance of training and mentoring in helping women achieve senior positions within the profession

 

Sidley Austin executive committee member and joint head of funds and derivatives, Effie Vasilopoulos, discusses challenges women and mothers in the legal profession have faced through the majority of her career, improvements in the last five years and how clients can play a role in improving diversity at law firms

 

WOMEN LEADERS BY JURISDICTION

 

AUSTRALIA

Karolina Popic - Allen & Overy

Sarah Dulhunty - Ashurst

Jennifer Schlosser - Ashurst

Kathy Santikos - Clayton Utz

Rebecca Maslen-Stannage - Herbert Smith Freehills

Philippa Stone - Herbert Smith Freehills

Yuen-Yee Cho - King & Wood Mallesons

 

CHINA

Shu Wang - Han Kun

Ling Huang - King & Wood Mallesons - China

Wang Ling - King & Wood Mallesons

Xiaolei Yang - King & Wood Mallesons

Xiaolian Zhang - King & Wood Mallesons

Catherine Chen - Zhong Lun Law Firm

Shirley Lu - Zhong Lun Law Firm

 

HONG KONG SAR

Anne-Marie Godfrey - Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld

Judy Lee - Appleby

Anna-Marie Slot - Ashurst

Connie Heng - Clifford Chance

Emma Davies - Clifford Chance

Amy Lo - Clifford Chance

Teresa Ko - Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Minny Siu - King & Wood Mallesons

Cathy Yeung - Latham & Watkins

Nathalie Hobbs - Linklaters

Mary Matson - Linklaters

Hannah Ha - Mayer Brown

Marcia Ellis - Morrison & Foerster

Lorna Xin Chen - Shearman & Sterling

Effie Vasilopoulos - Sidley Austin

Makiko Harunari - Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Celia Lam - Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Julie Gao - Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

Benita Yu - Slaughter and May

Michelle Taylor - Tiang & Co

Soo-Jin Shim - Weil Gotshal & Manges

 

INDIA

Zia Mody - AZB & Partners

Alka Bharucha - Bharucha & Partners

Nivedita Rao - Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas

Reeba Chacko - Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas

Mona Bhide - Dave & Girish & Co

Dina Wadia - J Sagar Associates

Manisha Shroff - Khaitan & Co

 

INDONESIA

Rita Taufik - Ali Budiardjo Nugroho Reksodiputro

Kanya Satwika - Assegaf Hamzah & Partners

Indri Pramitaswari Guritno - Hadiputranto Hadinoto & Partners

Linda Widyati - Linda Widyati & Partners

Melli Darsa - Melli Darsa & Co

Ira Eddymurthy - SSEK Legal Consultants

 

JAPAN

Reiko Sakimura - Clifford Chance

Satoko Kuwabara - Mori Hamada & Matsumoto

Miyuki Ishiguro - Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

 

MACAU SAR

Rita Martins - DSL Lawyers

Manuela António - Manuela António Lawyers and Notaries

Regina Ng - Manuela António Lawyers and Notaries

 

MALAYSIA

Lily Chea Li Tan - Albar & Partners

Grace Yeoh - Shearn Delamore & Co

Janet Looi - Skrine

Sook Kwan Chin - Zaid Ibrahim & Co

Lilian Liew - Zaid Ibrahim & Co

Mei Mei Loh - Zul Rafique & Partners

 

MYANMAR

Swee Gim Cheah - Kelvin Chia Yangon

 

NEW ZEALAND

Mei Nah - Mayne Wetherell

Cathy Quinn - MinterEllisonRuddWatts

 

PAKISTAN

Maheen Faruqui - Kabraji & Talibuddin

 

PHILLIPPINES

Monalisa Dimalanta - Puyat Jacinto & Santos

 

SINGAPORE

Margaret Chin - Allen & Gledhill

Mei Lim - Allen & Gledhill

Tze Gay Tan - Allen & Gledhill

Rachel Eng - Eng and Co

Stephanie Keen - Hogan Lovells Lee & Lee

Naomi Ishikawa - Milbank

Suet-Fern Lee - Morgan Lewis Stamford

Kaya Proudian - White & Case

Elaine Chan - WongPartnership

Gail Ong - WongPartnership

Susan Wong - WongPartnership

 

SOUTH KOREA

Hyunjoo Oh - Lee & Ko

Hyun Ju Helen Pak - Shin & Kim

 

TAIWAN

Amy Chin - LCS & Partners

 

THAILAND

Ratana Poonsombudlert - Chandler MHM

Wilailuk Okanurak - Linklaters

Passawan Navanithikul - Weerawong Chinnavat & Partners

 

VIETNAM

Oanh Nguyen - Baker & McKenzie 

Dao Nguyen - DN Legal

Vo Ha Duyen - VILAF

Quynh Doan Linh - Watson Farley & Williams in association with LVN & Associates