We are delighted to announce that DGKV's Partners Zdravka Ugrinova - Head of M&A Practice group and Violetta Kunze - Head of TMT Practice group have been recognised as Women Leaders for 2021 by IFLR1000.

The fourth edition of this year's guide is by far the most comprehensive yet, featuring more than 750 lawyers globally, almost double the number of lawyers, ranked last year.

It is a privilege the work of DGKV's partners to be recognised among all the outstanding lawyers who appear in the guide.

IFLR1000 Women Leaders Zdravka Ugrinova and Violetta Kunze are as ones of the leading and most prominent female lawyers working in the areas of law research -financial and corporate transactions and contract, licensing and regulatory project work- within their jurisdictions.

This guide outlines an elite group of lawyers with outstanding reputations within their markets who have expertise and experience of working on complex deals, who have risen to hold leadership roles with their firms in their practices.

IFLR1000 undertakes qualitative research into law firms and lawyers to inform the publication of annual rankings, ratings and awards, and editorial content.

IFLR1000 publishes more than 750 practice area law firm ranking tables and more than 19 000 lawyers ratings across more than 235 jurisdictions globally.

Interviews are with high-profile, inspirational female lawyers from across the world focussed around diversity in the legal profession.