Investment Funds & Asset Management (International & Cross-Border)
Global Guide 2024 : UK
Band 3
Contact number
(020) 7184 7000About
Provided by Dechert LLP
Dechert has one of the largest investment fund practices in the world, with a record of innovation stretching back 40 years. We advise across the full range of mainstream and alternative asset classes and strategies, representing some of the world’s largest fund complexes, as well as small- and mid-size complexes.
We were the first and are the leading law firm with a funds team that spans all five principal European fund centers — London, Luxembourg, Dublin, Frankfurt/Munich and Paris — as well as the United States, Middle East and Asia. We operate as a single partnership across the globe with no internal barriers to collaboration.
Clients look to us for support across the entire fund lifecycle, from development and formation, to marketing, operations and transactions. We provide advice related to fund management and governance, as well as assist with the full range of regulatory and compliance issues. Our team also assists with investigations and litigations involving regulatory entities around the world.
Chambers Review
Dechert is widely acknowledged to have an extensive international footprint with which it is able to deal with major complex matters concerning multiple jurisdictions. With a significant focus on the financial, private equity and life sciences industries, the law firm is able to provide clients with assistance on a myriad of mandates, including fund formation, transactions and disputes from key offices across the major markets in the USA, Europe and Asia. To complement its significant global reach, the firm also frequently collaborates with co-counsel from other jurisdictions to provide a complete service.
Considered to have one of London's go-to teams for hedge funds work, Dechert fields specialists with experience coordinating multi-jurisdictional registration and investment-related advice. The firm encourages an integrated working relationship among the funds, tax and financial services teams in order to provide a comprehensive service for clients that can be delivered by multi-office teams.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Dechert's UK team are highly integrated with the teams in Luxembourg and the US and will approach their colleagues readily to obtain the appropriate level of advice."
"We find it helpful that we can approach Dechert as one firm to access lawyers across multiple jurisdictions who specialise in a wide range of matters."
"Dechert is a one-stop shop that provides geographic cohesion and consideration of the interplay between jurisdictions."
"Dechert's UK team are highly integrated with the teams in Luxembourg and the US and will approach their colleagues readily to obtain the appropriate level of advice."
"We find it helpful that we can approach Dechert as one firm to access lawyers across multiple jurisdictions who specialise in a wide range of matters."
"Dechert is a one-stop shop that provides geographic cohesion and consideration of the interplay between jurisdictions."