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Overview:
Dechert’s London-based lawyers practice in the firm's core areas of corporate and securities, financial services and investment management, finance and real estate, litigation and intellectual property, amongst other fields, including EU and UK competition, tax and employment. Our clients include private equity houses, hedge and other alternative investment funds, international banks, and major players in the industrial, media, real estate, retail and insurance sectors.
Our corporate and securities practice, which includes both UK- and US-qualified lawyers, focuses on complex cross-border transactions relating to private equity, mergers and acquisitions, banking, corporate finance, especially debt and equity offerings and placements, IPOs and corporate restructuring. Clients range from privately owned companies to multinational corporations and financial institutions. Our London corporate and securities practice has won plaudits for the “exceptional quality of its lawyers and services.” (Legal 500 UK 2009)
Widely acknowledged as one of the true leaders in its field, the financial services and investment management practice covers the full range of advisory and transactional work from multi-jurisdictional regulatory advice (including on the integration of global legal and regulatory requirements for financial services businesses) to corporate transactions in the financial services sector. Our lawyers advise open-ended, closed-ended, private equity, real estate, debt and hedge funds on all aspects of their lifecycle from formation to exit, as well as UCITS, and other structured products. The team also offer comprehensive advice on membership applications to both the FSA and SEC as well as the main cash and derivatives markets. With "an outstanding reputation as the premier law firm for hedge funds" in London, our financial services lawyers are highlighted as a “responsive team with a superb breadth of experience and an impressive pool of talent.” (Chambers UK 2010)
Dechert's finance and real estate practice has a long standing reputation for handling of investments, acquisitions, joint ventures, construction and property development. We also advise clients on complex, tax-efficient deals in the fields of real estate finance, securitisation, real estate private equity, structured finance and all aspects of. capital markets work
Lawyers in our international arbitration and dispute resolution practice group represent clients in all types of UK national and international commercial disputes, with experience in both civil and criminal investigations, libel law and defamation matters. The group also includes a highly regarded team focusing on employment law issues, especially in relation to the financial services sector.
The London intellectual property practice focuses on litigation, counseling and transactional IP matters. We protect and defend our clients' rights in patent, trade secret, copyright, trademark, privacy, data protection and IP-competition disputes. We also provide trademark and copyright counseling and prosecution advise and negotiate licensing, development, joint venture, outsourcing, consulting and other transactional IP agreements.
Our established London tax practice advises on all aspects of UK direct and indirect taxation and the taxation of international trade. It has extensive experience in all aspects of corporate tax, including UK and international acquisitions and mergers, joint ventures, buyouts, buyins and collective investment funds. We also handle domestic and international restructurings for clients engaged in a wide range of industries. The team is particularly strong on transatlantic transactions where integrated U.S. and UK tax advice is required. |
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