European Counsel Awards 2012
Shortlist
Competition
Individual
- Kaarli Harry Eichhorn - General Electric Company
- Marc Funk - Lonza AG
- Paloma Castro - LVMH
- Patrick Noonan - Nexans
- Marian Mraz - Orange Slovensko as
Team
- France Telecom España SA
- Poste Italiane
- Ryanair
- The Coca-Cola Company
- UPM-Kymmene Oyj
Corporate Tax
Individual
- José María Vallejo - Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA
- Cristiana Di Felice - Fininvest
- Zach Citron - GE Capital Europe Ltd
- Wim van Leeuwen - Prologis
- Fernando Araujo - Semapa
Employment
Individual
- Valentina Merlo - Alpiq Energia Italia SpA
- Claudio Minerdo - Barclays Bank plc
- Richard Devereux - Intel Corporation
- Suraya Mailvaganam - JP Morgan
Team
- American Express
- Caterpillar France
- Diageo plc
- The Coca-Cola Company
General Commercial
Individual
- Svenja Geissmar - Arsenal Holdings plc
- Sheena Singla - Essar Energy plc
- Daniela Lanticina - General Logistics Systems Italy
- Miguel Bermudo - Heineken España SA
- Francisco Pedro Balsemão - Impresa SGPS SA
- Ulrich Bissinger - McDonald's Deutschland Inc
- Elena Corra - Tecnica Group SpA
- Karel D'Hulst - Watts Industries Europe BV
Team
- ACE Limited
- Chanel
- Getma
- Pepe Jeans SL
- The Coca-Cola Company
- URSA
- Vestas Mediterranean
- Yahoo! Europe
Intellectual Property
Individual
- Ravinder Chahil - Actavis
- Marilyne Serafin - Longchamp
- Jürgen Schneider - QIAGEN
- Sheila Henderson - Richemont
- Sebastian Meyer - Schwan-STABILO Schwanhäußer GmbH & Co KG
- Rosario Samayoa - The Osborne Group
Team
- AB Tetra Pak
- Bayer AG
- GlaxoSmithKline (TM team)
- Jemella Limited
- PPR
- Swarovski AG
Litigation
Individual
- Annette Brennand - Goldman Sachs International
- Luis Avila - Pullmantur
- Stephen Shapiro - SABMiller plc
- Robert Worthington - Santander UK
- Igor Blinov - Troika Dialog Group Limited
Team
- British American Tobacco Italia SpA
- Caterpillar Financial
- Evonik Services GmbH
- Rosneft
- Siemens AG
M&A
Individual
- Alasdair Murray - BP plc (formerly of Tullow Oil)
- Philippe Dechamps - Delhaize Group
- José Gómez de Barreda - Globalvia Infraestructuras SA
- Joel McDonald - Industrial Investors
- Henning Asche - Linde AG
- William Burnand - Terra Firma Capital Partners Ltd
Team
- Abertis Infraestructuras SA
- EADS
- Hewlett-Packard International Sàrl
- MSD Italia Srl
- Pfizer France
- Renaissance Capital
Regulatory (financial services)
Individual
- Chris Allen - Barclays Capital
- Kristof Macours - BNP Paribas Fortis
- Dee Blake - ICE Clear Europe
- Lars Bergendal - Skandia Liv
Team
- Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA
- Commerzbank AG
- Grupo Ahorro Corporación
- ICAP plc
- Whitestar Servicing Company SA
Regulatory (non-financial services)
Individual
- Joaquín Aguirre - Gas Natural Fenosa
- Marilù Capparelli - Google
- Massimiliano Mio - RINA SpA
- Manuel Crespo de la Mata - Telefónica SA
- Isabel Tilly - Vodafone D2 GmbH
General Counsel of the Year
Individual
- Georges Dirani - BNP Paribas
- Kyla Mullins - EMI Music
- Dominic Kay - Four Seasons Health Care
- Nicolas Guérin - France Telecom Group
- Michael Herlihy - Smiths Group plc