Dechert’s Private Equity Practice Shortlisted for Real Deals Awards
March 15, 2018
Dechert LLP’s private equity practice has been shortlisted in Real Deals’ Private Equity Awards in the ‘Pan-European Legal Adviser of the Year’ category. The awards, established to honour outstanding work by top-performing lenders and advisers, are judged by a panel of industry leaders. The award winners will be announced at a ceremony taking place in London on the 17th April.
Mark Thierfelder, global chair of the firm’s corporate and securities practice and global head of private equity, commented, “I am delighted by this recognition, which is a reflection of the positive impact of Dechert’s continuing strategic investment in our global private equity practice”.
Dechert’s private equity practice has expanded significantly in the past 15 months with strategic lateral hires across the globe, including in London, New York, Beijing, Hong Kong and Singapore. In London alone, recent partner additions include Christopher Field, Ross Allardice, John Markland, Rob Bradshaw, Jane Scobie, Philip Butler and David Miles. The practice has recently advised on a number of high-profile private equity deals, including representing:
An affiliate of Sun European Partners (the European advisor to Sun Capital Partners) on the potential sale of Albéa S.A. to PAI Partners for US$1.5 billion.
- Wyndham Worldwide Corporation, on the planned sale of its European vacation rental business to private equity firm Platinum Equity for US$1.3 billion.
- Endless on the carve-out and sale of its Brabant Alucast Dutch and Italian businesses to Shiloh, Inc.
Dechert’s global team of more than 250 lawyers advises on the spectrum of fund formation/structuring, transactional and exit work for private equity sponsors and other private investment firms, including sovereign wealth funds and family offices, and their portfolio companies, as well as institutional and corporate investors looking to invest in private equity funds. The firm is recognized as a top private equity law firm by Private Equity International, Thomson Reuters, Bloomberg, The Deal and Chambers, and in addition to the Real Deals shortlisting, we were recently awarded third place in the North America ‘Law Firm of the Year’ category for transactions by Private Equity International.
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