We are delighted to announce the winners of our Diversity & Inclusion Asia-Pacific Awards 2020.
Congratulations to all the winners and highly commended firms, companies and individuals.
We have also launched our ‘Chambers Diversity & Inclusion Briefing: Asia Pacific Diversity, Inclusion and Pro Bono Trends in the Legal Profession 2020’ report highlighting case studies from leading firms and organisations.
The briefing provides best practice and actionable insights for creating a much more inclusive legal profession. It contains key case studies from Sony Pictures Networks Pvt. Ltd, Refinitiv and Samvād Partners on gender diversity in India and case studies from the Chambers D&I Asia -Pacific awards category winners from across the region.
You can download the report here
Chambers D&I Awards: Asia-Pacific 2020 – Winners
In-House (Individual) Future Leader – Gender Diversity
Winner: Eunice Lim , Legal Counsel, Diageo (Singapore)
Highly commended: Lena Chapple, Legal Counsel, Thales (Australia)
In-House (Individual) LGBT+ Lawyer of the Year
Winner: Mike Kung, Senior Counsel, Goldman Sachs (Hong Kong)
In-House (Individual) Gender Diversity Lawyer of the Year
Winner: Priya Sreenivasa, Head Legal, National Skill Development Corporation (India)
Highly commended: Jagriti Bhattacharyya, Chief Counsel for South Asia, Refinitiv (India)
Highly Commended: Jagriti Bhattacharyya,
Chief Counsel for South Asia, Refinitiv (India)
with James Watts, Deputy Editor – Chambers Asia-Pacific
Chambers Forum: Mumbai 2020
In-House (Individual) Gender Diversity Lawyer of the Year
Winner: Priya Sreenivasa, Head Legal, National Skill Development Corporation (India)
Highly commended: Jagriti Bhattacharyya, Chief Counsel for South Asia, Refinitiv (India)
Special Award for Advancing Disability Inclusion
Mr. Allan Man Equal Opportunities Commission
Mr. Peter Reading Equal Opportunities Commission
In-House Legal Teams (Company) Outstanding Employee Wellbeing Programme
Winner: Sony Pictures Networks Pvt. Ltd.
Sony Pictures Networks Pvt. Ltd representative
with James Watts, Deputy Editor – Chambers Asia-Pacific
Chambers Forum: Mumbai 2020
In-House Legal Teams (Company) Outstanding Company for D&I
Winner: Diageo
Private Practice (Individual) Outstanding Ally
Winner: Takeshi Nemoto, Partner, Nishimura & Asahi (Japan)
Highly commended: Sameer Khosa, Partner, Axis Law Chambers (Pakistan)
Private Practice (Individual) Generational Inclusion Lawyer of the Year
Winner: Ahmad Fikri Assegaf, Co-Founder/Partner, Assegaf Hamzah & Partners (Indonesia)
Highly commended: Ashima Obhan, Senior Partner, Obhan & Associates (India)
Private Practice (Individual) Cultural Inclusivity Lawyer of the Year
Winner: Bono Daru Adji, Managing Partner, Assegaf Hamzah & Partners (Indonesia)
Highly commended: Hikaru Oguchi, Partner, Nishimura & Asahi (Japan)
Private Practice (Individual) Future Leader: LGBT+ Lawyer
Winner: Nathan Eastwood, Senior Associate, Clifford Chance (Australia)
Highly commended: Maria Farooq, Senior Associate, Axis Law Chambers (Pakistan)
Private Practice (Individual) Future Leader: Gender Diversity
Winner: Lucy Wu, Associate, Ropes & Gray (Hong Kong)
Private Practice (Individual) Gender Diversity Lawyer of the Year
Winner: Fiona Cumming, Partner, Allen & Overy (Hong Kong)
Private Practice (Individual) Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year
Winner: Kosturi Ghosh, Partner, Trilegal (India)
Highly commended: Hong Tran, Partner, Mayer Brown (Hong Kong)
Private Practice (Individual) LGBT+ Lawyer of the Year
Winner: Ayako Kawano, Partner, White & Case (Japan)
Highly commended: Daniel Levison, Partner, Morrison & Foerster (Singapore)
Private Practice (Individual) Social Mobility Lawyer of the Year
Winner: Stacey Shortall, Partner, Minter Ellison Rudd Watts (New Zealand)
Private Practice (Firms) Outstanding Pro Bono Programme – Regional
Winner: Samvād Partners
Highly commended: Tilleke & Gibbins
Private Practice (Firms) Outstanding Pro Bono Programme – International
Winner: Mayer Brown
Private Practice (Firms) Outstanding Employee Wellbeing Programme
Winner: Assegaf Hamzah & Partners
Private Practice (Firms) Outstanding Firm for D&I – Regional
Winner: Nishimura & Asahi
Private Practice (Firms) Outstanding Firm for D&I – International
Winner: Minter Ellison
Video: Acceptance speech – Annette Kimmit, Chief Executive Officer & Managing Partner, MinterEllison
Private Practice (Individual) Lifetime Achievement Award: Gender Diversity
Winner: Rachel Eng, Managing Director, Eng & Co LLC (Singapore) – affiliated with PwC
Video: Acceptance speech – Rachel Eng, Managing Director, Eng & Co LLC (Singapore) – affiliated with PwC
Private Practice (Individual) Lifetime Achievement Award: LGBT+ Inclusion
Winner: Justin D’Agostino, Executive Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills
Video: Acceptance speech – Justin D’Agostino, Executive Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills
