Dechert LLP

Dechert LLP is a global law firm providing sophisticated legal counsel to businesses, financial institutions, investment firms, and organizations operating in highly regulated and complex industries. With a history spanning more than 150 years, the firm combines cross-border capabilities with deep sector knowledge in financial services, private capital, real estate, life sciences, and technology. Dechert maintains offices worldwide, including locations in New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Boston.

The firm handles a broad range of legal matters involving business, finance, capital markets, employment, intellectual property, real estate, lawsuits and disputes, antitrust and competition, and business protection. Its lawyers also advise clients on cybersecurity, privacy, artificial intelligence and machine learning, reflecting the firm’s focus on emerging legal and regulatory issues. Dechert’s finance practice covers complex transactions, including leveraged finance, structured finance, real estate finance, and securitization, while its litigation team handles high-stakes domestic and multijurisdictional disputes.

Dechert also has substantial experience serving life sciences companies throughout their product life cycles, from discovery and development to commercialization. The attorney team includes Martin J. Black, Diane Siegel Danoff, Julia Markham-Cameron, Ryan J. Ahrens, and Steven A. Engel. Through multidisciplinary teams and global resources, Dechert delivers commercially focused legal strategies tailored to complex business challenges.