Chantal Kordula was named Energy/Projects Up & Coming Lawyer of the Year and Meme Peponis was named among the nominees for Finance Lawyer of the Year at the inaugural Chambers USA Women in Law Awards. The awards, developed by the Chambers editors to honor the outstanding female stars of the U.S. legal community and to encourage the stars of the future, were presented at a ceremony in New York on February 2.
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