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Slaughter and May Offices

ONE BUNHILL ROW
LONDON
EC1Y 8YY
England
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Harry Hecht

Work Department
Corporate and M&A, Corporate, Public Takeovers and Mergers, Private Acquisitions and Disposals, Equity Capital Markets
Position
Partner; Harry has a broad corporate practice, both transactional and advisory, with particular experience in public and private M&A, joint ventures and equity capital markets work. Harry’s advisory practice includes a particular focus on ESG-related issues.
Career
Joined firm in 2010. Partner since 2020.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Risk advisory > ESG
Slaughter and May‘s ‘comprehensive and cross-sectional advice’ is trusted by the likes of ASDA, Burberry and British American Tobacco. The team is equipped to advise on issues such as responses to greenwashing investigations, corporate governance and a range of supply-chain related work. David Watkins heads up the team and is frequently sought out by corporate clients for assistance with their climate-related financial disclosures. Harry Hecht is well-versed in regulations such as the CSRD and frequently advises multinational clients on remaining compliant. Moira Thompson Oliver is an authority on human rights governance and risk management practices. Samantha Brady is frequently asked to navigate clients through the emergence of hard and soft law relating to environmental and climate change issues.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets: mid-large cap
- Risk advisory > ESG
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: corporate and commercial
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity and nuclear)
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Renewables
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Industry focus > TMT
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Employment > Employers
- Real estate > Environment
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Finance > Securitisation
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Real estate > Property finance
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Real estate > Planning
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£500m+)