Dechert CEO Henry Nassau. Courtesy photo Dechert Grew Revenue 25%, Profits 50% in 'One for the History Books'
The firm's capital-facing teams had extraordinary years, while its litigation practice recovered from a down 2020, buoyed by products liability work.
January 31, 2022 at 05:09 PM
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The original version of this story was published on The American Lawyer
Dechert followed up a lackluster 2020 with a striking financial performance in 2021 that saw the firm raise revenues by 25% and take an even bigger step forward in profits per equity partner.
All of Dechert's capital-facing teams—real estate securitization, private equity and fund formation, namely—had extraordinary years, according to Dechert CEO Henry Nassau, both because of the quality of their lawyers and also the volume of capital floating around the world. And while the firm's litigators did not match the volume generated by its dealmakers, they were busier than in 2020, with the products liability practice having its best year ever.
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Attorneys from A&O Shearman has stepped in as defense counsel for Toronto-Dominion Bank and other defendants in a pending securities class action. The suit, filed Dec. 11 in New York Southern District Court by Bleichmar Fonti & Auld, accuses the defendants of concealing the bank's 'pervasive' deficiencies in regards to its compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act and the quality of its anti-money laundering controls. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian, is 1:24-cv-09445, Gonzalez v. The Toronto-Dominion Bank et al.
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