Christopher Gardner > Dechert LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Dechert LLP Offices
25 Cannon Street
LONDON
EC4M 5UB
England
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Christopher Gardner
Work Department
Financial services and investment management.
Position
Christopher Gardener’s practice focuses on the structuring and establishment of private funds domiciled in a range of onshore and offshore jurisdictions and across a range of asset classes, including hedge, hybrid, debt, buyout, listed equity, real estate, renewable energy and agriculture/timber funds. Mr Gardner has acted for sponsors and investors from Western Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, and the CIS.
Career
Partner 2013. Publications of note: ‘Law and Regulation of Investment Management’ (Private Equity Funds chapter, Sweet & Maxwell).
Languages
German.
Education
University of Exeter (1997 LLB European); The College of Law, York (1998 LPC); Universität des Saarlandes (1999 LLM).
Lawyer Rankings
London > Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
Dechert LLP
‘s funds team is recommended for its handling of first-time private equity fund launches and its cross-jurisdictional capability, in close cooperation between the London practice and the firm’s Luxembourg and Ireland teams. Practice head Gus Black is an expert in private equity, private credit and private real estate fund formation and secondaries. Black is supported by ‘great legal mind’ Christopher Gardner, the experienced Thiha Tun and Marianna Tothova, who is dual qualified in England and Wales, and Luxembourg. The firm recently expanded its practice with the addition of Sam Kay, a private equity funds specialist who joined the team from Travers Smith LLP in July 2023.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Employment > Senior executives
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Hedge funds
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Employment > Employers
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Real estate > Property finance
- Finance > Securitisation
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£250m+)
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+