England - London • Corporate and commercial
Dechert LLP
The ‘highly commercial and thoughtful’ partnership team at Dechert LLP offers a ’breadth of expertise’ particularly in the financial services and investment management space. Practice head Jason Butwick is a ‘highly commercial and creative’ lawyer and regularly handles the drafting and structuring of partnership and employment documentation, remuneration code matters and partnership, and employment disputes. ’Expert’ lawyer Daniel Hawthorne specialises in employee taxation and incentivisation matters for corporate and financial services clients. Also of note is Craig Borthwick, whose expertise lies in the formation and structuring of investment funds and fund platforms. Corporate lawyer Jonathan Angell‘s case load includes advising LLPs and their members on amendments to existing membership agreements and regulatory matters.
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Testimonials
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‘Highly commercial and thoughtful, a breadth of expertise.’
‘Jason Butwick is highly commercial and creative, an ideal partner on complex transactions or projects.'
Daniel Hawthorne is an expert on far more than international tax with an excellent breath of knowledge and experience across a range of corporate and commercial matters including, in particular, management incentives.’
'Dechert lawyers are very good technically and produce good quality, practical advice.'
'Overall, they have a very broad practice with US and UK full cover and have a collegial approach internally, which helps them to put forward the best team.'
'Chris Gardener remains an excellent practitioner, with a broad skill set and the ability to capture the right resource at the right skill level when needed.'
'What stands out and is key about this team is the breadth of service from classic employment matters (contracts/redundancies/employee disputes) to partnership/ LTIP and related tax advice.'
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Jason Butwick