Dechert LLP

Corporate

Partner

Mark E. Thierfelder is co-Chair of Dechert and a member of the leadership team responsible for setting strategic priorities and driving the firm’s commitment to our work, our clients and our community. He is also a member of the Policy Committee. Mr. Thierfelder’s efforts in these areas continue to position Dechert as a leading global law firm advising financial institutions and corporations on issues critical to managing their business and their capital – from high-stakes litigation to the most complex transactions, financing and investments.

In addition to serving as co-Chair, Mr. Thierfelder continues to concentrate his practice on private equity transactions and domestic and international mergers and acquisitions throughout North America, Europe and Asia. In particular, he represents leading private equity funds and their portfolio companies in a full range of corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations, leveraged financings, restructurings, and reorganizations. In addition, he negotiates, structures, and executes corporate transactions on behalf of strategic buyers and sellers, and has significant experience representing banks and other institutional lenders in leveraged financings and restructurings.

Trustee, McCarter Theatre, Princeton, NJ Member, Advisory Board, The Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina Trustee, Chair of Institutional Advancement, Executive Committee, National Humanities Center, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina Co-Chair, Lawrenceville Parents Fund, The Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville, New Jersey Former Treasurer, Chair of Finance Committee, Executive Committee, Princeton Day School, Princeton, New Jersey Former Member, Advisory Committee, The Deal Former Member, Corporation Law Committee, New York City Bar Association Former Member, Private Equity Editorial Advisory Board, Law360

Rutgers School of Law - Newark, J.D., 1992, with Honors, Order of the Coif Duke University, B.A., 1986