Dorothy Cory-Wright > Dechert LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

The civil fraud practice at Dechert LLP fields a mix of commercial litigation and white-collar defence practitioners. The members are regularly involved in fraud investigations and the international recovery of assets. The group’s client portfolio includes multinational corporations, creditor groups, sovereign states and instrumentalities, debt holders, hedge funds and other financial institutions. Andrew Hearn is well versed in cross-border enforcement, while team leader Dorothy Cory-Wright specialises in contentious regulatory issues.

Dechert LLP handles cross-border insurance disputes of all types, including Lloyd’s-related matters and Bermuda Form arbitration. Coverage issues are a key area of instruction, along with a steady stream of mandates involving brokers’ negligence, disputes over complex hybrid reinsurance products and issues arising from insurer insolvency. Head of commercial disputes Dorothy Cory-Wright leads the practice, working alongside fellow senior litigator, Stephen Surgeoner .

Dechert LLP‘s banking litigation team is known for handling high-stakes, multi-jurisdictional banking disputes. It is led by former barrister Dorothy Cory-Wright , who specialises in complex commercial litigation and contentious regulatory issues. The team benefits from a wide international reach and counts on the expertise of Adam Silver , who specialises in financial litigation. Daniel Natoff was promoted to partner in January 2022.

Dechert LLP‘s reputation for expertly handling matters involving simultaneous litigation in multiple jurisdictions ensures that the firm is instructed by a steady stream of international corporations, creditor groups, sovereign states, hedge funds, and other financial institutions. Practice head Dorothy Cory-Wright is ably supported by a growing bench of capable partners, including Andrew Hearn (who is particularly noted for his involvement with cross-border enforcement efforts), fraud expert Adam Silver, and newly promoted Daniel Natoff.

Dechert LLP recruited leading white-collar practitioner Judith Seddon as a co-head of its team from Ropes & Gray LLP in March 2022, adding significant expertise in multijurisdictional investigations into corporate fraud, money laundering, corruption, and regulatory violations brought by the SFO and FCA, as well as global prosecuting authorities. Seddon joins a team focused on international corporate representations against regulatory prosecutions and investigations, as well as internal investigations into both financial and regulatory malfeasance, co-led by dual US-qualified Roger Burlingame and Caroline Black, who is noted for her role in high-profile complex regulatory and internal investigations on behalf of a range of global businesses and financial institutions. Other key members of the team include Matthew Banham, who specialises in financial crime investigations and ESG-related matters, and Dorothy Cory-Wright, who played a key high-profile role advising the former Court of Appeal judge leading the investigation into the Financial Conduct Authority’s regulation of London Capital & Finance. Evan Flowers and Daniel Natoff were promoted to partnership in January 2022, while Simon Fawell and Matthew Cowie departed the firm in November 2021 and June 2022 respectively.