Preeminent fund finance practice
Dechert’s preeminent fund finance practice represents financial institutions, alternative lenders and asset managers on a wide array of fund-related financings and loan transactions. Our team is involved in all aspects of funds finance, including providing input on debt and leverage issues at the time of fund formation and downstream structuring and transactions. Dechert delivers effective deal structuring and execution, drawing on an understanding of fund structures and the financing options available to fund entities.
Combining international resources with a boutique focus
Dechert advises financial institutions, alternative lenders and asset managers on financial issues related to funds. Many of the funds we advise on have international and/or cross-border components. We have represented a diverse set of fund clients in the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Asia and we are regarded as a legal adviser of choice for matters with complicated cross-border elements and varying legal structures. We are proud to be one of the few law firms with a physical presence in all five key European funds centers – London, Luxembourg, Dublin, and Paris.
Dechert is uniquely positioned to provide practical insight on fund financings and complex collateral packages and structures that other firms may not be able to deliver. Further, our global finance lawyers work alongside our top-ranked related practices to provide commercial advice across a wide range of issues surrounding fund transactions.
Multi-dimensional advice
Rated funds and collateralized fund obligations (CFOs) are an intersection between private funds and structured products. As such, Dechert draws on the combined experience of its private fund formation and structured products teams to provide multi-dimensional advice to its clients.
The traditional funds-market aspects of rated funds and CFOs can easily be overlooked in these hybrid structures. Therefore, Dechert has designed a team to keep true to the funds roots of these products while addressing the structured nature of the product. Over time, as a market has developed and regulatory considerations have put pressure on the structures, Dechert has drawn from its wide-ranging expertise to adjust structures to meet both market and regulatory demands.
Dechert’s private funds and structured products specialists are continually keeping abreast of developments in the regulatory space, including attendance at key industry trade group meetings and speaking with managers, investors and other practitioners to ensure this market continues to develop in a way that brings the most benefit to our clients.
- Consistently ranked in Tier 1 for Investment Funds: Hedge Funds by Chambers Global.
- “Esteemed legal advisers within the alternative and mainstream asset management space with notable prominence in the hedge fund circuit. Clients benefit massively from the firm's physical presence in all five key European fund jurisdictions, as well as its transatlantic capabilities,” Chambers UK, 2016.
- Ranked as a leading firm for open-ended funds and closed-ended listed funds by Chambers UK in 2016.
