News About Dechert
Dechert hires new Dubai managing partner from White & Case
Phillip Sacks rejoins following two-year stint at White & Case, where he led the Middle East funds practice
Dechert hires more than 20 partners from McDermott, opens in Chicago, Dallas
Incoming group includes Mike Poulos, who joins as vice chair and global head of strategy
Dechert hires private equity partner from Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC in London
Jarlath Pratt returns to private practice after more than a decade working in-house
Dechert adds senior PE lawyer in London from GIC
Jarlath Pratt joins as partner having been assistant general counsel at Singaporean sovereign wealth fund
Dechert adds four-lawyer Orrick finance team in London
Sushila Nayak joins to serve as a leader of Dechert’s CLO effort in London alongside three further lawyers
Norton Rose Fulbright makes double hire from Locke Lord and Dechert in London
Kirsty Harrower and Jamal Tuhin join as partners in the real estate and private equity teams, respectively
Dechert, Garrigues disputes partners exit to become independent arbitrators
Arif Hyder Ali and Joe Tirado are the latest arbitration partners to swap ‘Big Law’ for boutique life
Increased global regulatory scrutiny to impact private equity deal activity, survey finds
Despite challenges, deal environment is expected to improve next year as exit opportunities increase, Dechert says
Dechert shuts Frankfurt arm ahead of impending Chicago, Beijing and Hong Kong closures
Top 40 US firm closed office in April leaving it with a single German base in Munich
Paul Weiss secures Dechert’s mass tort co-head in Los Angeles
Kimberly Branscome joins having counselled GSK, 3M and Johnson & Johnson in high-profile litigation
Signature signs up former Dechert arbitration partner in Paris
Philip Dunham was a member of the 13-strong arbitration team which quit Dechert last month
Dechert’s Paris international arbitration team to spin out as local boutique
Departure of 13-strong team is being put down to a strategy shift by Dechert
UK’s SFO calls time on ENRC and Rio Tinto probes
Fraud watchdog closes decade-long investigation into Kazakh miner ENRC citing “insufficient admissible evidence to prosecute”
Dechert cuts 5% of global workforce as Big Law layoffs continue
Top 50 US firm to shed almost 100 lawyers and staff as it begins ‘redundancy process’ in London
Dechert secures Travers Smith PE funds partner in London
Sam Kay exit sees top UK independent Travers lose another partner following series of defections for US and UK rivals
Dechert secures trio of senior transatlantic antitrust partners from Orrick
Orrick’s antitrust and competition group head moves over in Washington DC alongside new arrivals in San Francisco and London
Dechert names successors to chair Levander as it rings in new global leadership team
Corporate partners David Forti and Mark Thierfelder to serve as co-chairs; US firm also retires CEO role and announces first global managing partners
Ex-Dechert London partner leaked details of client investigation to press, judge rules
UK court finds in favour of former mining client ENRC after closely watched 47-day hearing