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Dechert LLP
25 Cannon Street
EC4M 5UB
England

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Work Department

Corporate Finance and Capital Markets

Position

Partner

Career

Jennifer Rees focuses her practice on cross-border capital markets and corporate finance, especially matters involving emerging markets.

Ms. Rees handles a range of capital markets transactions, including sovereign bond issuances, quasi-sovereign and corporate debt and equity issuances and liability management transactions, and primarily represents sovereign, corporate and bank issuers and underwriters. She has advised both issuers and underwriters in connection with listings on major international stock exchanges, including the London, Irish and Luxembourg stock exchanges.

Prior to joining Dechert, Ms. Rees was an associate in the capital markets practice of an international law firm.

Languages

English, French

Education

University College Oxford, B.A. (Hons), Jurisprudence (English Law with Law Studies in Europe), 2007
BPP Law School, Legal Practice Course, 2008, with Distinction

Lawyer Rankings

London > Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap

Dechert LLP fields an ECM practice with US and UK capabilities and a particular depth of expertise in MENA region transactions, with the London team frequently collaborating with partners in Dubai to advise issuers and underwriters on international IPOs and private placements. Domestically, clients in the life sciences and biotech spaces frequently instruct the team to handle both private placements and retail share issuances, and the team also acts on a wide range of M&A deals, including fund mergers. Patrick Lyons heads up the team and is a key contact for MENA-linked work alongside Jennifer Rees, while Amy Rees is a key contact for US securities matters.

London > Industry focus > Emerging markets

(Next Generation Partners)

Jennifer Rees – Baker Botts (UK) LLP

The London office of Baker Botts (UK) LLP is highly regarded for the financing and refinancing of large projects across Africa and the Middle East. Practice head Stuart McIntyre is a key adviser on energy and infrastructure project development, as is Alex Kerr. McIntyre, who ‘excels in navigating complex financial transactions and regulatory landscapes‘, and Nicholas Jones acted for a major development finance institution on a $35m loan to a state-owned bank in Uzbekistan. TMT specialist Stuart Blythe has been assisting a leading African digital connectivity and infrastructure provider on a $30m equity investment. Projects expert Mark Rowley is handling a $42bn natural gas and LNG development in Tanzania. Rob Butler left the firm in July 2024. Departures in 2023 include Shashank Krishna and Nick Collins. Jennifer Rees and Patrick Lyons joined the practice from Dechert in May 2025.