Dechert LLP

With a strong presence on both coasts, Dechert LLP has the strength-in-depth to handle a significant range and volume of complex private securities class actions and derivative shareholder actions. Team head Joni Jacobsen is often at the forefront of the most significant securities disputes for publicly-traded companies from a myriad sectors, frequently successfully guiding them through multipronged private litigation class actions, and associated regulatory investigations/enforcement actions. Angela Liu is a skilled practitioner in securities fraud litigation class actions for US and China-based companies, work which she also combines with a broader skill set which encompasses corporate governance and M&A litigation. Drawing upon the firm’s broader institutional knowledge of the asset management industry, many in the team are well-versed at defending private equity (and their portfolio companies), hedge funds and investment advisers against securities fraud allegations. In this regard, David Kotler recently defended an investment adviser against allegations of breaching their fiduciary duties following a decline in the price of a mutual fund it was managing. Corporate governance litigation partner Richard Horvath and securities/antitrust partner Josh Hess are the key contacts in San Francisco. All practitioners are located in New York unless otherwise indicated. David Kistenbroker recently retired.