To mark International Women's Day 2024, Law.com International is recognising the U.K. legal industry's most outstanding up-and-coming female lawyers, from across the industry's top law firms. With more than 120 entries, competition was fierce. Candidates were judged on: the quality of their client base; the scale, significance and complexity of their deals; their general market reputation and client feedback; the calibre of their mentors; and any other examples of career success and innovation. Taking all of this into account, Law.com International can now announce the final list of 25 women, aged under 40, who represent the best of what the U.K. market has to offer. Read on below to find out why these 25 rising stars were selected for this list. Clare Baker, Linklaters Position: Partner, since 2021 Practice Area: Investment funds Key Clients: China Investment Corporation, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, Mubadala, Universities Superannuation Scheme As head of Linklaters' global investor and fund secondaries practice, Baker has advised on a series of major private equity fund transactions in Europe in recent years, including mandates for investments into CVC Capital Partners, Permira, EQT, Cinven. As well as this, Baker frequently advises on bespoke arrangements and strategic partnerships—most recently advising Middle Eastern sovereign wealth investor, Mubadala, on its partnership with Ares on a $1 billion private credit platform. Despite toying with career paths including pursuing basketball or tennis (having grown up surrounded by sports in Australia), Baker says it seems she has always been destined to be a lawyer, having grown up in a family of six children, where negotiating skills were always necessary. With two young children of her own now, Baker says she realises how much of a role model her own mum was—having raised six children while reaching the top of the medical profession. To balance her own career with children, Baker sets herself weekly goals that are "important but flexible", such as family fajita night, and hitting the gym three times a week. While being careful to avoid sweeping generalisations, Baker says there is a unique perspective that women may offer in leadership roles—that of specific issues around motherhood, underrepresentation, and intersectionality, stating that "female leadership is important to ensure we have diversity of thought at the leadership level." Silvia Brünjes, Sullivan & Cromwell Position: Counsel, since 2023 Practice Area: Project finance & development Key Clients: Barrick Gold, First Quantum Minerals, ExxonMobil, Volkswagen, BP, Goldman Sachs' Infrastructure Funds Having been at Sullivan & Cromwell for just shy of 12 years, Brünjes says she always knew she wanted to be a lawyer. But this originally meant a lawyer in the marines. "I am not ashamed to confess that my inspiration came from watching the legal drama 'A Few Good Men'", she says. In the last year, she has been advising clients on large project financings, including advising Barrick Gold on a Pakistan project worth close to $7 billion in order to develop one of the world's largest undeveloped copper and gold deposits. She is also part of the team advising First Quantum, a Canadian based international mining company, on matters relating to its Zambian subsidiaries resolving matters with the Government of Zambia regarding the Kansanshi and Sentinel copper projects. Balancing this, plus her active membership of the firm's women's initiative committee, alongside raising three children under the age of four, is no easy feat. Yet Brünjes says that a quiet and mindful cup of coffee first thing, away from emails and all electronic devices, helps her to maintain her work-life balance and prioritise for the day ahead. Lisa Chang, Linklaters Position: Partner, since 2021 Practice Area: Corporate Key Clients: Rio Tinto, Tate & Lyle, Visa, Revolut In the last year, Chang has been leading the Linklaters team advising on the proposed sale of the Telegraph newspaper and Spectator magazine, marking one of the U.K.'s most high-profile sale processes in 2023. The transaction is still subject to a government review concerning foreign government ownership of key U.K. media assets. Alongside this, Chang is also co-head of the firm's U.K. technology sector, advising a wide variety of clients ranging from fund investors to tech companies, as well as being a member of the firm's generative AI steering committee. As she always had the urge to pursue a career in client service, Chang did for some time want to run her own hotel. Having had three children earlier in her career, she is also passionate about ensuring other female lawyers have the support they need when navigating these decisions, and as such is a mentor to many junior female lawyers on the firm's 'stepping forward' programme. Her own mother, Chang says, set an example for her that she hopes she can follow with her own children, working her way up the corporate ladder to a senior executive position at a large global company, all while raising her children at a time when women in Australia, especially those from ethnic minorities, faced even more hurdles in the corporate world than today. Chang has found that flexibility, as well as always trying to be there at the bookends of her children's days, has helped her to juggle her responsibilities. Jisun Choi, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom Position: Counsel, since 2021 Practice Area: Tax Key Clients: Euro Garages Group, ASDA, JAB Holdings, Willis Towers Watson Having developed logical thinking and problem-solving skills from her advanced maths studies at school, Choi now translates these skills to understand and interpret tax legislation. Choi has advised on the tax aspects of various multi-billion-pound mandates in the last year, including the Euro Garages Group's £2.07 billion sale of the majority of its Ireland and U.K. businesses to ASDA. She has been mentored by partners including tax veteran James Anderson and in 2021, she was appointed as the International Fiscal Association's U.K. branch reporter, and has spoken on topical European tax issues at panel events. In leadership, she says that women can bring a unique perspective to their roles, with studies having found that women tend to have greater cognitive empathy than men. Outside of work, her ideal weekends involve an outdoor walk or activity with her two young children after a good brunch. Having previously spent six months in Beijing studying Mandarin, Choi also hopes to pick her language studies up again soon, with the language being enjoyable to learn by nature of the similarities, differences and parallels she can draw to her native language, Korean. Lucy Gillett, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Position: Partner, since 2023 Practice Area: Corporate and M&A Key Clients: Bridgepoint, Melrose Gillett grew up around a family of musical talent, with her father a music teacher and her brother a professional musician. Yet despite playing both the saxophone and violin throughout her childhood, it soon became clear that she was better suited to a career involving the types of keys a computer keyboard has to offer. Working at one of the world's premier private equity law firms and with mentors including private equity stalwart Adam Signy, Gillett has established herself as an adviser to some of Europe's biggest buyout firms. Over the last 12 months she has advised Bridgepoint on its definitive agreements to add Energy Capital Partners to its group, creating a €57 billion global private markets asset manager. She also advised Melrose in the demerger of GKN's automotive, powder metallurgy and hydrogen businesses, and Apax Partners on its sale through a placing and off-market buyback of £51.5 million of shares in Baltic Classifieds. Other clients in recent years have included Silver Lake and HIG Capital. Gillett says her two young girls are her biggest inspiration, inspiring her "to be less grumpy and more patient almost every day." Kate Gough, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Position: Partner, since 2022 Practice Area: Global Projects Disputes Key Clients: URENCO, BAES and the UK Government Despite having been on maternity leave for nine months of 2023, Gough has undertaken a number of confidential matters, for both defence clients and for arbitrations, and has also been involved in advising Urenco on the expansion of its activities in the U.K. As a result, she led her team advising on a first-of-its-kind nuclear project. In the same year, she has also advised an energy company on its participation with the U.K. government's competition to support the development of carbon capture use and storage in the U.K. Gough juggles these responsibilities—alongside new motherhood—with teaching on complex procurement at King's College London, and is a member of the 30% Club, which seeks to boost the number of women in board seats and executive leadership. Regularly partaking in the firm's pro bono work, Gough works alongside charities including Save the Children, JUSTICE and the Human Dignity Trust. Finding the strength to balance all of these responsibilities, Gough draws one of her biggest inspirations from the works of Charlotte Bronte. "It might sound cliché", she says, but "Jane Eyre has been a significant inspiration for me. Since reading the book in school, her resilience and strength have stuck with me." Saira Henry, Dechert Position: Partner, since 2023 Practice Area: Antitrust & Competition Key Clients: Microsoft, Telenor and TikTok Fascinated by space, Henry dreamed of becoming an astronomer when she was growing up. But, with some reading around on a career in law, strengthened by watching legal dramas on television, an interest in a legal career came up quite early on. Since arriving at Dechert in 2023, Henry has become a trusted adviser to clients including Microsoft, Telenor and TikTok, among others. Within the last year, she has been representing Microsoft across multiple matters, including U.K. merger control issues concerning technology markets, platforms, AI and cloud services. She also regularly advocates on her clients' behalf before the European Commission, the CMA and the U.K. government following the introduction of the new standalone national security screening regime. According to Henry, women in leadership can bring unique qualities that enhance the effectiveness of the team or the organisation. She says: "Qualities that I have seen women demonstrate well include emotional intelligence, resilience and adaptability." As a senior member of Dechert's global women's initiative and black professionals alliance, Henry was also recently tasked with co-leading the firm's lateral partner integration efforts in London, and is currently leading a tech-focused pro bono mandate to provide advice for an initiative designed to expand digital inclusion. Deirdre Jones, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison Position: Partner, since 2023 Practice Area: Capital Markets Key Clients: Bain Capital, Investindustrial, BC Partners, Madison Dearborn Partners, Credit Suisse, PAI Partners Jones is one of the many London partners who have swapped out Kirkland & Ellis for Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison in recent months, moving along with Neel Sachdev, Roger Johnson, Kanesh Balasubramaniam and Matthew Merkle in the U.K. It follows a busy year in which she advised Guala Closures, a portfolio company of Investindustrial, on its €350 million high yield bond offering, as well as MoneyGram International, a portfolio company of Madison Dearborn Partners, on its own €500 million high yield bond offering. The Guala mandate involved a complex dividend recapitalisation and she has become known as someone who is able to design novel financing structures. She says that her biggest inspiration has been Neel Sachdev, who has been a constant sponsor of her career. Speaking of Jones, Sachdev said: "Deirdre's talent for these transactions is incredibly rare—not all lawyers can do this." Jones has balanced her work alongside her mentorship of many law students at her former university, UCLA School of Law, where she provides career advice, networking opportunities and interview training. When she can find spare time, she says that her ideal weekend would always involve time for yoga on a Saturday morning, as well as going to see a rugby match with her husband. Valerie Kenyon, Hogan Lovells Position: Partner, since 2018 Practice Area: Commercial Litigation Key Clients: Meta, Nissan, Amazon, Nike When she gets the chance, Hogan Lovells' Kenyon can be found studying for a practical jewellery diploma, having recently become a silversmith. Her creative side also shines through at work where in the last year she has worked on litigation described as "unprecedented" by the English Court. Advising clients on digital accessibility has also been a key mandate for her and her team, and she is currently looking ahead to help clients manage their future AI liability risk, whilst also leading the firm's global digital accessibility hub. She has been a frontrunner in bringing new technologies to consumers across the globe, including connected eyewear, AR/VR headsets, and smart products for the home, having been one of the key external lawyers to bring the very first 'internet of things' product for the home to market. At the firm, she has also supported multiple women through promotions, and is a mentor to colleagues with young families – juggling a busy home life herself with two small children. Her ideal weekends consist of paddleboarding, the perfect flat white and a trip to the coast. Kaisa Kuusk, Sidley Austin Position: Partner, since 2022 Practice Area: Private Equity Key Clients: Apollo, and other private equity firms Growing up, Kuusk always found different disciplines fascinating. For the better part of her teens, she toyed with the notions of historian, an entrepreneur or a doctor. She ended up working as a trusted legal adviser on some of the industry's most complex, multi-billion-dollar matters. In just the last 12 months, this has included advising an Apollo-affiliated fund on a bespoke structure featuring both a carve-in and carve-out through the acquisition of Ingenico from Worldline, for around €2.3 billion, as well as advising on an Apollo-affiliated fund's takeover bid for 100% of the shares of Applus Services, for approximately €1.4 billion. Outside of work, a love of reading has long been a favourite pastime of Kuusk's, with her favourites including the combination of the supernatural with satirical dark humour in Russian classic The Master and Margarita, as well as anything science fiction. Balancing such hobbies alongside her workload requires "continuous navigation". Rather than holding too tightly to "non-negotiables", simple things, like shifting a conference call by half an hour to have dinner with family or friends, make a huge difference, she says. Ludmilla Le Grand, Latham & Watkins Position: Counsel, since 2023 Practice Area: Antitrust & Competition Key Clients: Microsoft, Viasat, Apollo, Ericsson "By simply holding leadership positions, women serve as an inspiration to the younger generation", says Le Grand, who firmly believes that seeing something can be done empowers other people to do the same. As a relatively young mother, she says she has been inspired throughout her career by "a diverse group of women who have made the family/ work 'juggle' appear manageable in a variety of ways." Having only joined the firm in 2022 from Linklaters, Le Grand has already made her mark on the team, guiding significant clients over the last year, including both Viasat and Microsoft. She, along with the wider Latham team, advised the latter in connection with the U.K. CMA's investigation of the company's cloud computing services, as well as in relation to confidential investigations into the same sector in a number of other jurisdictions. Coming from Brazilian heritage, Le Grand is also a member of Latham's Hispanic and Latin American lawyers group, as well as the women lawyers group. Currently, she is leading the creation of a milestone event surrounding parallel merger control, which will see senior figures from the CMA, the European Commission, Meta and RBB Economics unite in a panel discussion on key merger control developments, as well as the impact of interventions. Outside of work, she is also a mother to an energetic three-year-old, with whom spending quality time and being present is her top non-negotiable, whether that's doing the nursery run, or being involved in the local community. "It's a constant work in progress", she says, "and may evolve with time—but currently those are the non-negotiables." Romi Lepetska, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Position: Counsel, since 2023 Practice Area: Antitrust & Competition Key Clients: American Express, Citigroup, Phillip Morris, Samsung, global pharmaceutical clients and Fortune 500 multinationals Having joined Cleary in 2012, London-based Lepetska quickly found support in various mentors at the firm. Both Robbert Snelders and Maurits Dolmans in the firm's competition group supported her from the moment when she first joined", bringing "a good dose of Dutch humour and frankness" to the job. She now returns the favour by helping junior associates, mentoring many on their well-being as well as work-related matters. In the last year, she has represented Phillip Morris in its appeal against the Dutch and Belgian competition authorities' initial indirect exchange of information decisions, raising issues that concern everyday commercial behaviour – like, when does the occasional receipt of information from a customer about a competitor result in anti-competitive behaviour? She has also represented Broadcom on the global antitrust elements of its $87 billion acquisition of VMware, marking one of the largest ever tech transactions in a deal that saw the client become one of the world's leading infrastructure technology companies. In addition, Lepetska is also active in various groups at the firm to improve associate well-being, and is part of the firm's Brussels Women Group. One client remarked: "Our long-litigation has lasted nearly the period of Romi's legal career. Throughout, she has proven to be essential… Romi is unflappable, has a welcome sense of humour and a tenacious appetite to best serve her clients. She is one of the most well-rounded lawyers I work with, and I am grateful to know her as a lawyer and as a person." Victoria McGrath, Ropes & Gray Position: Partner, since 2021 Practice Area: Private Equity Key Clients: Advent, American Industrial Partners, Partners Group, TPG Capital McGrath boasts mentors including fellow Ropes & Gray private equity partners Helen Croke and John Newton, as well as former Advent International GC, Jim Westra. She returns the favour by leading on training and mentoring initiatives at the firm, having recently led a training session for associates on how to build a business development 'toolkit', as well as by acting as an associate development partner for the firm and participating in office-wide events run by the firm's women forum. With just under 15 years of experience, advising U.K. and international private equity investors including NielsenIQ and Partners Group, she is said to bring a can-do attitude to every deal she works on, as well as understanding not just the finer legal detail, but also the bigger picture of the commercial drivers behind each transaction. Her list of private equity clients is enviable and in the last year, she has acted for NielsenIQ, a portfolio company of Advent International, on the sale of GfK's European Consumer Panel Services business to YouGov, involving a 16 jurisdiction carve out, with a large number of stakeholders including the European Commission. Harriet Miller, Macfarlanes Position: Partner, since 2022 Practice Area: Private Funds Key Clients: Hayfin, 17 Capital, ECI, Scottish Equity Partners Having grown up amid rural Cornwall countryside, Harriet Miller's earliest aspirations were to follow in her father's footsteps and become a farmer—a chicken farmer, to be exact—but instead she says she became a lawyer in order to fund her farming lifestyle. Somewhere along the way, she discovered a genuine interest in law as well, and has been at Macfarlanes ever since her traineeship with the firm. Following the departure of Alex Amos from the firm just last year, Miller worked hard to win a mandate and is leading the team of the client's next commercial real estate debt fund, targeting €500 million. She has received mentorship from Stephen Robinson, who has been head of the private funds team for the last 10 years, and says that he "could see the potential in Harriet even as a trainee". Now, as the only female partner in the private funds group, Harriet herself is a go-to mentor for female associates, trainees and PAs, and recently sponsored the firm's first paralegal to qualify as a lawyer at the firm via the SQE, which is now being used as precedent for others looking to follow a similar route. One client said: "Harriet Miller is our go to partner for all fund related matters and she generally operates as our gateway into other work streams as we find her to be highly professional, responsive and thoughtful as well as approachable." Rachael O'Grady, Mayer Brown Position: Partner, since 2021 Practice Area: International Arbitration and Public International Law Key Clients: Various state governments and multinationals across various sectors Following the outbreak of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, O'Grady has been advising various clients over the last year on the options available to them regarding the seizure of their assets, as well as business interest by the Russian state. The mandates not only involved domestic law issues around questions of contract, but also international law matters, concerning the political response to Russia's actions. At the same time, she has also been advising a French multinational client in a dispute involving a linked investment treaty case and a commercial arbitration, both against a central European state government. Mayer Brown's client was awarded a win of €26.9 million in the commercial arbitration, including €15 million in costs. The linked cases spanned almost a decade and culminated in a final evidentiary hearing, in which O'Grady led the cross-examination of witnesses and experts put forward by the State. O'Grady is also the chair and co-founder of the firm's space and satellite industry group, and has written extensively on the topic, as well as speaking at conferences, podcasts and webinars. In 2023, she was appointed to serve on the ICC U.K. Arbitration & ADR Committee, as well as serving on the IBA Taskforce on Privilege. One of her biggest inspirations, she says, is David Attenborough, for managing to "draw attention to the climate and environment in a way that is relatable to so many." When she can find the spare time, O'Grady says her ideal weekend, aside from including spending time with her husband, children and friends, would also include some time for photography, a beloved hobby of hers. Lorenza Prelz Oltramonti, Kirkland & Ellis Position: Partner, since 2022 Practice Area: Investment Funds Key Clients: Bowmark, CVC Credit, EQT Credit, Nordic Capital, Quilvest, WestBridge Having originally aspired to a career in professional skiing, Prelz Oltramonti now says that her years of training and dedication to the sport instilled within her "discipline and resilience", both of great value to shaping her legal career. She joined Kirkland as an associate in 2018, bringing with her experience from top rivals including Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Debevoise & Plimpton, and achieving promotion to partnership at Kirkland after four years, in 2022. Throughout her career, she has worked alongside notable investment funds mentors, including Amy Fox and Christopher Braunack. In the last year, in addition to much non-publishable work, she has advised Bowmark Capital Partners on the formation of its latest flagship fund, Bowmark Capital Partners VII. Prelz Oltramonti's draws on her inspiration, Nobel Prize-winning scientist Rita Levi-Montalcini's "resilience, determination, and commitment to making a difference, even in the face of social norms". She also draws motivation from literature, with one of her favourite reads being 'Indomitables' by Daniela Musini, detailing the stories of 33 revolutionary and formidable women. At the same time as balancing her career with raising a two-year-old daughter, Prelz Oltramonti also dedicates time to various pro bono projects, currently including the Amicus project – an NGO assisting U.S. death row inmates to appeal their cases. Imogen Randall, Freeths Position: Director, since 2020 Practice Area: Dispute Resolution Key Clients: 400 subpostmasters, Centrica, a litigation funder For most of the last 10 years, Randall has worked on the case of Mr Bates vs The Post Office, acting for all of the subpostmasters (of which there were 555), alongside James Hartley, the national head of dispute resolution at Freeths. The team fought to take the case to the High Court after two other firms had previously tried and failed, and secured two landmark victories for the sub-postmasters wrongly prosecuted by the Post Office. Today, Randall leads a team of dispute resolution lawyers to process the claims for 400 subpostmasters under the GLO Compensation Scheme. Alan Bates said: "Imogen is a highly competent and motivated solicitor who genuinely engages with her clients to understand the suffering they have had to endure and the finer details of their cases." It was an early experience in a local criminal law firm that cemented Randall's aspirations to become a lawyer. The first in her family to attend university, Randall joined Freeths in 2013. She says that the women she has worked for were "supremely organised, unflappable and emotionally intelligent". Jennifer Rees, Dechert Position: Partner, since 2021 Practice Area: Corporate and Securities Key Clients: Arab Republic of Egypt, Republic of Albania, Kingdom of Morocco, Kingdom of Bahrain Having joined Dechert in 2012, Rees formed part of the team led by Camille Abousleiman, head of Dechert's international capital markets practice and mentor to Rees. He became one of her biggest inspirations. "He taught me to find solutions, be in 'closing mode', and manage a team effectively." Rees says she has been "generally lucky in my career to work with inspirational people", both inside the firm and out. In the last year, she has acted as international counsel to the Arabic Republic of Egypt on a 'first-of-its-kind' issuance, involving the private placement of the equivalent of a $480 million, 4.51% guaranteed sustainable 'panda bond' due 2026. It marks the first African panda bond issuance, and the first sustainable development sovereign panda bond issuance. Rees led the way on this matter, negotiating the terms of the offering. Outside of this, Rees dedicates much of her time to the development of junior lawyers and her pro bono work, assisting a number of long-term clients such as the Children's Cancer Centre of Lebanon and the Dira Foundation in Tanzania. On weekends she enjoys "good food, family time and sunny, warm weather", and says that flexibility is key, above all else, to juggling so many commitments. "There will always be conflicts between work and family obligations, but, as part of a close-knit team, I can always rely on my colleagues to pitch in when the need arises." Lucie Rose, Proskauer Rose Position: Counsel, since 2022 Practice Area: Special Funds Key Clients: Blackstone Strategic Partners, Ares, Partners Group, Schroders Capital, Pinebridge Thanks to movies such as the Indiana Jones franchise, Rose had early ambitions of being an archaeologist, even a firefighter, before settling on law. "I have an early childhood memory", she says, "of someone I love needing a lawyer and I remember sitting on the stairs feeling absolutely powerless, wishing I was in a position to help them and vowed that one day I would." Since joining Proskauer, she has worked alongside co-head of the private funds group, Nigel van Zyl, and counts him as a mentor who has provided invaluable guidance and being a strong advocate for Lucie's career development. In the last 12 months alone, she has been advising A.P. Møller Capital regarding the formation of its Emerging Markets Infrastructure Fund, targeting $1.5 billion. Rose has also been advising on  A.P. Møller Capital's co-investment strategy. Rose is also co-chair of the firm's global Proskauer Women's Alliance, looking at ways to advance equity within the firm and her team, as well as regularly hosting events for women in the asset management industry. Rose says one of her biggest inspirations has always been Ruth Bader Ginsberg, who once said that she didn't find confidence, but rather responsibility and duty that gave her a voice. Rose has also found that the more senior she has become, the more she has felt "a deep sense of responsibility to the women around me—to champion them, support them and advocate for them where needed", adding, "if I ever lack confidence in my own ability to drive real change, I remember this quote and I speak up." Priya Rupal, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson Position: Partner, since 2023 Practice Area: Private Equity Key Clients: TowerBrook, Energy Impact Partners, Kreos Capital, Bregal Milestone, TodayTix Widely admired by her colleagues for "her sincerity and collaborative nature", she is described by former mentor and Goodwin Procter partner Michelle Tong as "the exceptionally rare private equity lawyer who has managed to succeed while remaining a sincere and grounded human being. Peers respect her, juniors follow her example and clients are drawn to her authenticity and quality." In the last year alone, she has been a lead team member of the firm's group advising TowerBrook Capital Partners on its investments in Enevo and TXO, which mark the first two investments by TowerBrook's new impact fund, TowerBrook Delta, focusing only on investments in purpose-driven businesses, that are expected to have measurable social or environmental impact, directly contributing to addressing at least one of the UN sustainable development goals. Growing up, Rupal says she was "enchanted" by the idea of soaring through the skies as an RAF pilot. Upon realising that this may involve the dangers of war, she pivoted away, and has since embarked on a legal career that has spanned Kirkland, Sidley Austin, Goodwin and now Fried Frank. In leadership, she says that women can excel in "fostering empathy, collaboration and inclusive decision making, nurturing environments where diverse perspectives thrive." Among Rupal's mentors are former Goodwin Procter private equity partners Christian Iwasko and Michelle Tong. Katherine Sinclair, Clifford Chance Position: Senior associate, since 2018 Practice Area: Leveraged finance and private credit Key Clients: CVC Credit, Partners Group, Bridgepoint Credit, Telefonica, HSBC Having spent time on secondment to private credit fund Bridgepoint Credit, Sinclair has an in-depth understanding of the commercial drivers, as well as the challenges, of these clients, and in the last year has been involved in significant mandates. One example involves her advice to Partners Group concerning its acquisition of With Intelligence, a provider of investment data and intelligence for allocating decisions, fundraising and business development. A flexible approach was essential in advising on the funding provided by Partners Group to Motive Partners in its acquisition of With Intelligence. Sinclair also regularly volunteers for a family law clinic, providing legal advice on domestic violence issues, and has volunteered, through the firm's pro bono initiatives, as a teacher for Peppo Teachers, helping young Ukrainian children arriving in the U.K. to better their English language skills. Sinclair says she always wanted to be a lawyer, which her mum attributes to "liking the idea of arguing as a fulltime job". Sinclair balances her career and volunteering efforts with raising an "enthusiastic" two year old, with whom she says her ideal weekend is spent searching for an oat flat white and taking a stroll around Queen's Park. "Our jobs are so busy during the week that the weekend is really a chance to spend quality time with my daughter and catch up with friends. I love nice food too, so inevitably it will also revolve around that." Smriti Sriram, Slaughter and May Position: Partner, sinc