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

 

FEATURED WOMEN LEADERS

Jennifer Ezring - Cahill Gordon & Reindel

 

INTERVIEWS

New York based Kirkland & Ellis partner Erica Berthou discusses gender in the legal profession in the United States and her firm's accomplishments in promoting diversity and inclusion

 

New York Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton partner Margaret Peponis discusses gender disparity in the US legal proffession and how she and the firm participate in forums and groups focussed on advancing women lawyers

 

WOMEN LEADERS BY JURISDICTION

 

ARGENTINA

Maria Shakespere - Beccar Varela

 

BERMUDA

Kehinde George - ASW Law

 

BRAZIL

Maria Cristina Cescon - Cescon Barrieu Flesch & Barreto Advogados

Claudette Christian - Hogan Lovells

Isabel Costa Carvalho - Hogan Lovells

Adriana Pallis - Machado Meyer Sendacz Opice Advogados

 

CANADA

Catherine Doyle - Blake Cassels & Graydon

Pamela Huff - Blake Cassels & Graydon

Patricia Olasker - Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg

Karrin Powys-Lybbe - Torys

 

CAYMAN ISLANDS

Ingrid Pierce - Walkers

Caroline Williams - Walkers

 

COLOMBIA

Mariana Posse - Posse Herrera Ruiz

 

EL SALVADOR

Roberta Gallardo - Arias

Luisa Rivas - Arias

Ana Patricia  Portillo Reyes - Guandique Segovia Quintanilla

 

GUATEMALA

María Inés Arenales - BLP

 

HONDURAS

Evangelina Lardizábal - Arias

Jazna Vanessa Oquelí de Riera - García & Bodán

 

MEXICO

Pilar Mata Fernández - Mijares Angoitia Cortés & Fuentes

Vanessa Franyutti Jr - Nader Hayaux & Goebel

 

NICARUGA

Gloria María de Alvarado - Alvarado & Asociados

Bertha Argüello - Arias

 

PANAMA

Cristina Lewis de la Guardia - Galindo Arias & López

 

PARAGUAY

Perla Alderete - Vouga Abogados

Cynthia Fatecha - Vouga Abogados

 

PERU

Susan Castillo - Payet Rey Cauvi Pérez Abogados

 

UNITED STATES

Jennifer Ezring - Cahill Gordon & Reindel

Elizabeth Lenas - Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

Margaret Peponis - Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

Faiza Saeed - Cravath Swaine & Moore

Margaret Tahyar - Davis Polk & Wardwell

Nora Jordan - Davis Polk & Wardwell

Madlyn Gleich Primoff - Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Melissa Raciti-Knapp - Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Barbara Becker - Gibson Dunn & Crutcher

Linda Curtis - Gibson Dunn & Crutcher

Erica Berthou - Kirkland & Ellis

Linda Myers - Kirkland & Ellis

Jennifer Perkins - Kirkland & Ellis

Carol Hitselberger - Mayer Brown

Anna Pinedo - Mayer Brown

Elizabeth Raymond - Mayer Brown

Carolina Walther-Meade - Milbank

Karen Wong - Milbank

Joanne Soslow - Morgan Lewis & Bockius

Cathleen McLaughlin - Paul Hastings

Leigh Fraser - Ropes & Gray

Lisa Jacobs - Shearman & Sterling

Donna Parisi - Shearman & Sterling

Antonia Stolper - Shearman & Sterling

Cynthia Urda Kassis - Shearman & Sterling

Elizabeth Cooper - Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Jennifer Hobbs - Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Roxane Reardon - Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Kathryn Sudol - Simpson Thacher and Burlett

Eileen Nugent - Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

Allison Schneirov - Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

Alison Ressler - Sullivan & Cromwell

Marilyn French Shaw - Weil Gotshal & Manges

Marcia Goldstein - Weil Gotshal & Manges

Franca Harris Gutierrez - WilmerHale

Francesca Odell - Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

Stephanie Breslow - Schulte Roth & Zabel

 

URUGUAY

Geraldine Ifrán - Ferrere

Corina Bove - Guyer & Regules

Mariana Estradé - Hughes & Hughes

 

VENEZUELA

Maria Cecilia Rachadell - InterJuris Abogados

Gabriela Rachadell de Delgado - InterJuris Abogados