Suzanne Szczetnikowicz, a senior associate in the London office at Milbank, has been named a “Rising Star” in the third annual Rising Star Awards hosted by WeAreTheCity.
The awards focus on the UK’s up and coming female talent pipeline, while also celebrating Champions, recognizing the efforts of senior leaders, both male and female, who are actively supporting the female pipeline. Ms. Szczetnikowicz was one of only five winners in the law category out of 100 award winners selected from over 1250 nominees across twenty different industry sectors.
Ms. Szczetnikowicz co-founded and now chairs the Women in Law London network, London’s first legal network for pre-partnership level women solicitors, both in private practice and in-house, regularly hosting and chairing events. Since joining Milbank, she has also been involved with the organization of events related to Diversity for Milbank, including London Diversity Week. Suzanne is also on the Board of Trustees for the Aurora Orchestra.
Vanessa Vallely, MD of WeAreTheCity, said: “It has been a total honour to run this year’s awards and highlight the achievements of so many amazing women, the calibre of entries was truly phenomenal. WeAreTheCity is very much about supporting the female pipeline and introducing these awards was a perfect opportunity to showcase the amazing talent of women across the UK. We are exceptionally proud of our winners and look forward to following their future success. We wouldn’t have been able to launch these awards without the support of so many organisations who took no convincing to support these women and recognise their achievements.”
