Euromoney Legal Media Group shortlisted Mariella Både-Landell in Banking and finance and Elina Pesonen in Restructuring and insolvency as Europe’s Rising Stars in their practice areas. For the purposes of these awards, ‘Rising Stars’ are defined as lawyers under the age of 40.
3.10.2019
Mariella Både-Landell and Elina Pesonen Shortlisted as Europe’s Rising Stars
Euromoney Legal Media Group, a division of Euromoney Institutional Investor, comprises a wide range of legal publications including: Managing Intellectual Property; International Financial Law Review; IFLR1000; International Tax Review; Expert Guides; and Benchmark Litigation. It has also managed the successful Women in Business Law Awards in London, Hong Kong and New York since 2011.
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