England - London • Corporate and commercial
Dechert LLP
The ‘experienced’ lawyers in the corporate and securities team at Dechert LLP regularly advise on domestic and cross border transactions in industries such as financial services, life sciences and healthcare and TMT. Practice co-chair Christopher Field has significant experience working on cross-border corporate carve-outs, IPOs, acquisitions and disposals. Co-heading the team with Field is Adam Levin whose client base consists of high-net-worth individuals, international corporations and private equity firms. Highly praised in the market is US-qualified Douglas Getter . Ross Montgomery and Sam Whittaker are other key lawyers.
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Testimonials
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‘Experienced, courteous, patient, able to anticipate critical situations and fair-minded - these are but some of the qualities that make the team at Dechert stand out.'
‘The team has good skills, very good knowledge of the business, great flexibility and excellent engagement.'
'Doug Getter and Ross Montgomery are experienced M&A lawyers and great partners for our business. They are truly collaborative and take pride in getting the correct lawyers for each matter we need whether it is tax, employment, capital markets or governance.'
Key clients
- Bentley Systems
- BXR Group
- Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A
- Connexa Sports Technologies, Inc.
- Davies Group
- GIC
- Hellenic Telecommunications Organization, S.A. (OTE)
- Iconix Brand Group, Inc.
- Kinross Gold Corporation
- Phoenix Insurance Company
Work highlights
- Advised GIC, the sovereign wealth fund of Singapore, as part of an investment consortium, on its US$16 billion take-private acquisition of a media analytics company.
- Advised GIC, as part of a consortium led by Blackstone that includes GIC and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, on the consortium’s partial sale of a 4% stake in London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSEG) to Microsoft and its share buyback by the LSEG.
- Advised Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A., a global pharmaceutical company headquartered in Italy, on its US$1.48 billion acquisition of Amryt Pharma plc by way of an English scheme of arrangement.
Lawyers
Leading individuals
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Christopher Field, Adam Levin