Litigators within Dechert LLP’s international practice regularly act for multinational corporates, sovereign states, debtholders, and leading financial institutions on a range of matters, with expertise in antitrust, intellectual property, professional and product liability, and securities fraud. Investigations and large-scale employment disputes are also areas of knowledge of the team. New York-based Andrew Levander has ‘enormous prestige’, and for one client, an ‘absolute star’. Also based in New York, Mauricio A. España is ‘brilliant in litigation issues’ and is adept at handling matters in the white-collar crime and securities spaces. In Washington DC, Christina Sarchio has expertise in consumer products, financial, oil and gas, and pharmaceutical industry-related disputes.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Andrew Levander has enormous prestige and acted for us on several issues in the US, including litigation. He and his team have been able to guide us through two complex international litigations in Texas, including a class action. Both were settled to our satisfaction.’

  • ‘Andrew Levander is an absolute star. Both in the courtroom and in settlement negotiations. We are very happy that has been assisting us since 2018.

  • 'Mauricio España has been our day to day contact in the Firm since 2018. He is brilliant in litigation issues and Court and has been able to understand us and translate American Law issues to us (he is a native Spanish speaker and that has been a key feature).'
  • Arielle Dragon has been the latest addition to the team. She is a fast learner and has been able to famliarize with all case details in very short time.’
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Key clients

  • Altamira Investments
  • Unsecured Creditors Committee of Eletson Holdings
  • ULMA PIPING USA CORP. and ULMA FORJA, S. COOP., a/k/a ULMA Advanced Forged Solutions
  • Chubb Seguros Peru, S.A.
  • Byblos Bank S.A.L.
  • Banque du Liban
  • Windsong Brands, LLC
  • Aylo (Formerly MindGeek)
  • MOL Hungarian Oil and Gas PLC (MOL)
  • Flo Health, Inc. (“Flo Health”)
  • BLOM Bank S.a.L.
  • Secure Energy, Inc.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Jonathan Streeter, Catherine Botticelli

Other key lawyers

Arielle Dragon, Mauricio España, Andrew Levander