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Dechert LLP Offices
Three Bryant Park, 1095 Avenue of the Americas
NEW YORK, NY 10036-6797
NEW YORK
United States
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Jay Southgate
Work Department
Global Finance
Position
Partner
Career
Edward J.L. (Jay) Southgate, a partner in Dechert’s global finance practice, represents financial institutions, issuers and underwriters in private placements of residential mortgage and asset-backed securities, with a particular focus on consumer lending and fintech. Mr. Southgate also advises financial institutions in connection with negotiating flow purchase and servicing arrangements with platform originators and the warehouse financing of a broad range of products, including credit card and equipment receivables.
Prior to joining Dechert, Mr. Southgate was a lawyer at another global law firm and previously worked in the investment management division of Goldman Sachs, with an emphasis on alternative capital markets and regulatory compliance issues. He began his legal career as a capital markets associate in the New York and Tokyo offices of another major international firm.
Education
- University of Pennsylvania, B.A., Asian & Middle Eastern Studies, 2000, cum laude
- University of Pennsylvania, M.A., Asian & Middle Eastern Studies, 2000
- Columbia University, M.A., East Asian Languages & Cultures, 2001
- University of Pennsylvania Law School, J.D., 2004
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Finance > Fintech
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- International trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds