Calling all women in restructuring and insolvency around the world!

GRR is conducting its second Women in Restructuring survey, building on our first released back in 2017.

We would like to hear from women at all stages of their restructuring and insolvency careers, whether they are on the legal side, non-legal advisory side, academics, judges, insolvency practitioners or in-house counsel.

The purpose of the survey is two-fold: to collect data on women's experiences in the sector, and to recognise a number of individual women who have broken ground in this often male-dominated field. 

The findings of the survey will be presented at a dinner open to all attendees following the GRR Live - IWIRC London Women in Restructuring conference in London's Painter's Hall on 7 November 2019, where the most highly rated women will be recognised for their contributions to the practice area. To find out more about the conference and dinner, please visit the event website.  

The deadline for submitting entries to this survey is Friday 13 September 2019.

We really look forward to hearing from you!

The GRR team

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* 1. Tell us a bit about yourself

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* 2. What is your current job title?

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* 3. How many years have you spent working in restructuring and insolvency? 

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* 4. What attracted you to this as a career?

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* 5. What do you like the most about your work? 

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* 6. What do you consider to be the most important case you've handled to date, and why?

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* 7. What do you find most challenging about your work?

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* 8. What advice would you give to young female practitioners entering the field?

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* 9. How do current approaches and attitudes to gender equality in the workplace differ from when you began your career? Have they changed and if yes, how?

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* 10. What’s the single most important thing employers can do to promote gender equality in the workplace? 

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* 11. Can you give us any short anecdotes of when you experienced discrimination at work on the basis of gender? (You don’t have to spill the beans on the employer or any individuals involved, we are merely interested in collecting anecdotes to see if any patterns emerge, like the Everyday Sexism project, but in a professional context.)

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* 12. What can women do to help promote and encourage other women in restructuring and insolvency?

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* 13. What can everyone do to make sure women compete on an equal footing to men in the restructuring and insolvency field?

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* 14. We would like you to nominate three influential women in cross-border restructuring and insolvency globally, in the following categories:

(1) A senior woman who helped pave the way for other women in the past when cross-border insolvency was still in its infancy (she can be retired, semi-retired or still practicing).

(2) A woman practicing at partner level who is a current thought leader in cross-border restructuring and insolvency.

(3) A "junior" woman under the age of 40 who is a name to watch in the future.

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