Dechert LLP remains a key port of call for investment advisers and broker-dealers on digital transactions, as well as corporate and cybersecurity matters. Leading the team from San Francisco, Mark D Perlow has extensive experience in structuring, forming, and reorganizing mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, and hedge funds. Splitting his time between New York and Philadelphia, Ralph Mazzeo is well-versed in capital markets, guiding clients through the development and sale of digital assets, while in New York, Sarah Milam specializes in public and private securitizations, warehouse financing facilities, and other structured transactions.
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- 'Depth of experience in a specialized, highly regulated area, with several practitioners who recently worked in the government'
- 'Mark Perlow - simply put, the best SEC regulatory counsel out there, particularly for FinTechs and startups on the West Coast.'
Key clients
- Amun 21 Shares
- ARK Invest
- Estancia Capital
- Pagaya US Holding Company/ Pagaya Structured Products
- Upstart
Work highlights
Advised Upstart Holdings, Inc., a leading artificial intelligence lending marketplace, on the sale of a $300m consumer loan portfolio to Ares Management Corporation.
Represented Pagaya in connection with 40 of its “PAID” securitizations of unsecured consumer loans totaling in excess of $18.2bn which include assets originated on the various marketplace lending platforms
Provided legal counsel to 21Shares and ARK Invest in the launch of their inaugural Bitcoin ETP.
Lawyers
Practice head
Mark Perlow
Other key lawyers
Ralph Mazzeo; Sarah Milam