Dorothy Murray has more than 20 years of experience in resolving critical business disputes for her clients. As one of the co-heads of the firm’s Asset Management Litigation group, she has a recognized specialism in private equity and asset management disputes, retained to resolve high-stakes matters across all parts of the capital structure. She also supports clients in various other sectors, including financial services, retail, manufacturing, real estate, energy and telecoms.
Dorothy has recently handled matters involving applications to the UK Listing Authority, shareholder and unfair prejudice claims, corporate governance challenges, potential GP removals, defaults under guarantees and debt instruments, defamation, team moves and contractual claims, including pre- and post- M&A disputes.
Dorothy has experience handling litigation in common and civil law jurisdictions as well as in commercial and investor-state arbitration. She has extensive knowledge of all key divisions of the English High Courts and major arbitral institutional rules.
Clients in Chambers UK praise Dorothy for being “very smart, user-friendly and hard-working. She has an ability to grasp a lot of complexity in the papers quickly” and "takes a very sophisticated approach to issues.”
Distinction
London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)
Member, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)
Chambers Global: UK: Commercial and Corporate Litigation 2022-2025
Chambers Europe: UK: Commercial and Corporate Litigation 2023-2025
Chambers UK: Commercial and Corporate Litigation (London) 2025
Legal 500 UK: Dispute Resolution: Commercial Litigation 2024-2025
Legal 500 UK: International Arbitration UK Powerlist 2019, 2023