Dechert LLP‘s cross-border capabilities see the practice excel in litigation across multiple jurisdictions. Michael McGinley leads, splitting his time between Philadelphia and Washington DC, and represents clients before federal and state courts and agencies. Christina Sarchio in DC demonstrates particular prowess in commercial litigation, class actions and white-collar defense. Gary Mennitt co-heads the insolvency litigation group from New York and Steven Engel chairs the appellate and regulatory litigation team, dividing his practice across New York and DC. Michael Doluisio in Philadelphia is an expert in securities litigation, and M&A, contract and fraud disputes, while New York-based Andrew Levander focuses on white collar and securities litigation. Also in New York, Neil Steiner advises an impressive clientele of PE and hedge funds and investment advisors.
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Clients clés

  • Cencora, Inc. (formerly known as AmerisourceBergen Corp.)
  • Erie Indemnity Company
  • Anthology Inc.
  • Former President and Chief Operating Officer of Freddie Mac
  • Hirtle Callaghan Holdings, Inc. and Hirtle, Callaghan & Co., LLC
  • Guggenheim Funds Investment Advisors, LLC
  • Proximity TopCo LLC
  • Barings LLC
  • CIM Real Estate
  • Apollo Global Management

Points forts

  • Representing Ulma Piping in a proposed class action suit filed by proposed class representative Ameriforge, Federal Flange, and Metalfar.
  • Representing Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline in a class action pending before the Northern District of California, which alleges that two dozen ChapStick brand products were misleadingly labeled as “natural” or “naturally sourced” despite containing purportedly artificial ingredients.
  • Representing Arbor Commercial Mortgage in a case involving a multi-billion-dollar leveraged buyout (LBO) of a hotel chain, and the clients provided certain of the financing for the LBO and received certain distributions prior to bankruptcy

Avocats

Les grands avocats du marché

Avocats associés reconnus parmi les leaders du marché par leurs pairs et leurs clients, régulièrement présents dans les grands dossiers dans lesquels ils sont au premier plan.

Responsable de la pratique

Joni Jacobsen; Michael McGinley

Autres avocats clés

Gary Mennitt; Steven Engel; Michael Doluisio; Andrew Levander; Neil Steiner; Steven Bizar; Mauricio España; May Chiang