Legal Week Shortlists Dechert’s Dorothy Cory-Wright for Law Firm Leader of the Year
March 10, 2022
Dorothy Cory-Wright, Dechert LLP’s London Head of Disputes, has been shortlisted for “Law Firm Leader of the Year” in Legal Week’s Women, Influence & Power in Law UK 2022 Awards, which were established to honor the top female lawyers in the UK who have achieved outstanding results for clients or helped shape the law.
Winners of the “Law Firm Leader of the Year” award must have displayed exemplary leadership skills in the past year, including a commitment to improving diversity measures, while also highlighting significant achievements within the teams they have led.
In 2021, Ms. Cory-Wright was invited to join the London Management Committee at Dechert, just three years after joining the firm. The invitation was extended in recognition of her long experience in the practice of litigation, her management of City law firms and her career-long commitment to diversity, including her support of Dechert’s Global Women’s Initiative.
Since she took up the management role alongside partners Gus Black, Jason Butwick and Christopher Field, the London committee has delivered and rolled out a number of important new initiatives.
In tandem, Ms. Cory-Wright also led the team working on Dame Elizabeth Gloster’s independent investigation into the Financial Conduct Authority’s regulation and oversight of failed mini-bond issuer London Capital & Finance. The knowledge and experience of high-profile investigations and contentious regulatory matters held by Ms. Cory-Wright and her team were key to the outcome of the investigation, which sparked significant changes in the UK’s regulation of investment managers.
Ms. Cory-Wright was recently named to The Lawyer’s prestigious “Hot 100” listing of notable UK-based lawyers for her significant contributions to the profession.
Winners in Legal Week’s Women, Influence & Power in Law UK 2022 Awards will be announced at a ceremony on May 18 at the Hilton London Bankside.
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