Specializing in complex private placements, spin-offs, and senior unsecured notes offerings, Dechert LLP has a strong track record of representing sovereign issuers and financial sponsors across domestic and international jurisdictions. The firm is especially active in the healthcare, finance, and manufacturing fields, with Boston-based Thomas Friedmann routinely acting on behalf of investment banks and asset managers. From Washington DC, Harry Pangas is knowledgeable in joint ventures, New York’s David Rosenthal is a venture capital expert, while in Philadelphia, Stephen Leitzell focuses on cross-border M&A.
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Key clients

  • Aquestive Therapeutics
  • B&G Foods
  • Bain Capital Specialty Finance
  • BC Partners
  • BioAtla
  • Blackstone
  • Business Development Company of America
  • Diffusion Therapeutics
  • EaglePoint Credit Company
  • FS Investment Corporation

Work highlights

  • Advising Select Medical Holdings Corporation and Concentra Group Holdings Parent, Inc., a subsidiary of Select Medical, in connection with the contemplated spin-off of Concentra from Select Medical.
  • Represented Crown Holdings, Inc. (“Crown”) in connection with an offering by Crown European Holdings S.A. (the “Issuer”), a subsidiary of the Company, of €600 million of senior unsecured notes due 2030.
  • Represented Apollo Debt Solutions BDC in its offering of US$650 million in aggregate principal amount of its 6.900% notes due 2029 in a private placement and in connection with its US$600 million 6.70% investment-grade 144A bond offering

Lawyers

Practice head

Thomas Friedmann; Stephen Leitzell; Harry Pangas; Anna Tomczyk

Other key lawyers

David Rosenthal; Eric Siegel; Jay Alicandri; Ian Hartman; Clay Douglas; Matthew Carter; Anna Tomczyk