Advising on complex private equity transactions worldwide, Dechert LLP supports leading sponsors, investment funds, and corporate clients across key sectors, including financial services, healthcare, and technology. The practice is chaired by Mark Thierfelder, who leads some of the firm’s most high-profile transactions, including advising Cerberus Capital Management on Albertsons’ agreement to merge with Kroger. Co-head Kenneth Young’s broad client base spans both the bulge bracket and mid-market, with regular instructions on take-privates, carve-outs, and co-investments. Jonathan Kim remains active across a range of sectors, overseeing acquisitions and disposals in tech, healthcare, financial services, and infrastructure, among others. Marie Mast has a growing practice in Philadelphia, where she leverages previous in-house experience at a local private equity firm.
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Profile
Work Department
Corporate
Position
Associate
Career
Marie Mast focuses her practice on corporate and securities law, with a particular emphasis on private equity transactions and M&A, as well as capital markets and general corporate matters.
Ms. Mast has experience advising private equity firms and strategic companies on transactions across a wide range of industries, including healthcare, food and beverage, industrials, technology, education and life sciences.
Ms. Mast joined Dechert as a summer associate in 2016.
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‘Great coverage across this market.'
‘Ken Young is great. Thierfelder is very connected.’
Key clients
- Aquiline Capital Partners
- Bain Capital
- Bregal Partners
- Centerbridge Partners
- Cerberus Capital Management
- Certares
- Court Square Capital Partners
- Estancia Capital Partners
- GIC
- Graham Partners
- KKR
- Lovell Minnick Partners
- MiddleGround Capital
- Morgan Stanley Capital Partners
- Ridgemont Equity Partners
- Quilvest Capital Partners
- Sterling Investment Partners
- Tengram Capital Partners
Work highlights
Representing funds affiliated with Cerberus Capital Management, the largest shareholders in grocery store chain Albertsons, in relation to Albertsons’ definitive agreement to merge with Kroger.
Representing GIC on its acquisition (in partnership with private equity firm Silver Lake) of Zuora, Inc., a leading monetization suite for modern business, for an enterprise value of US$1.7 billion.
Represented Bain Capital on its acquisition of controlling stake in Archwest Capital, a California-based company that offers financing to residential real estate investors.