Banking & Finance: Lenders: Mid-Market
UK Guide 2025 : London (Firms)
Band 3
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Provided by Dechert LLP
Dechert provides transformational advice to our financial sector clients on important matters and complex issues. We are committed to being creative, innovative and delivering actionable strategies designed to manage risk and maximize investment returns.
Broad industry coverage and deep knowledge of our clients’ businesses and the financial structures that are being developed day in and day out across these markets enable us to deliver a powerful competitive advantage for clients.
Our global finance team acts for clients across an extraordinarily wide range of financial markets, including in cross-border situations. This allows us to break down the barriers between the knowledge silos that develop and ossify among financial markets and products, so that we can migrate financial solutions and learning between these sectors; championing solutions that law firms unable to breakdown these barriers simply cannot match.
Chambers Review
Dechert is recognised for its strong lender-side practice, and in particular for its work on direct lending. The team is frequently instructed by an impressive roster of well-known alternative lenders. It is also noted for its adept handling of fund financings and emerging market transactions.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"They showed an excellent partner-led approach and were very responsive throughout."
"The team is pro-active and always prepared."
"We get good partner support across the debt and corporate partners who are well supported by a talented pool of junior lawyers."
"They showed an excellent partner-led approach and were very responsive throughout."
"The team is pro-active and always prepared."
"We get good partner support across the debt and corporate partners who are well supported by a talented pool of junior lawyers."
Notable Practitioners
David Miles has a wealth of experience advising on the full range of corporate lending and leveraged finance matters. He is adept at advising on recapitalisations, refinancings and buyouts, among other matters.
"He's an excellent communicator who's experienced with clear precise commercial intelligence."
"David's advice has always been robust and commercially acute. He is always very hands-on during a transaction."
"David is knowledgeable, in the detail and a pleasure to work with."
Philip Butler is an experienced advisor to high-profile direct lenders on domestic and cross-border financings. He focuses his practice on leveraged finance and corporate lending transactions.
"Phil has a lot of experience and provides high-quality client service, and is able to work in a commercial manner."
"Phil has been responsive and able to provide quick advice on complex situations."