Dechert LLP financial services partner Allison Fumai has been named “North America Investments Funds Lawyer of the Year” by the Legal Benchmarking Group at its Women in Business Law Americas Awards 2025. The awards provide a platform to showcase the most trailblazing, innovative and influential lawyers and law firms across all of the Americas.
Ms. Fumai focuses her practice on the representation of registered investment companies — including mutual funds, closed-end funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) — and their investment advisers. She frequently assists clients with novel exemptive relief and first-of-their-kind products.
Widely respected as a premier ETF advisor, Ms. Fumai was honored as “Investment Consultant of the Year” in Bonhill’s Women in Asset Management Awards. She has been described as a “rock star” of the ETF space in The Legal500 USA and is currently recognized with a Band 1 ranking for registered funds by Chambers USA.
A fierce advocate for women in the industry, Ms. Fumai helps steer management of Dechert’s worldwide network of offices as one of the 14 elected partners on the firm’s global Policy Committee.
A co-founder of Cornell Law School’s first alumnae network, she focuses her pro bono practice on Women in ETFs, a non-profit supporting careers for women in the investment industry, and has previously been recognized for her dedication to the New York City Family Court Volunteer Attorney Program.
Winners in the Women in Business Law Americas Awards were honored at a ceremony at 583 Park Avenue, New York on June 17.
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