Criminal Law

• Criminal Defense
  JUNE 2024 - Legal 500 US 2024 ranks Dechert in 37 practice areas, including five Tier 1 rankings across areas within corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense; product liability, mass tort and class action; structured finance: securitization; mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds; and real estate finance. Dechert has new rankings in appellate; financial services litigation; and alternative/hedge funds. Dechert has moved up to Tier 1 in structured finance: securitization; and also has had improved rankings in international trade: customs, export controls and economic sanctions; and investment fund formation and management: private equity funds (including venture capital). One hundred and twelve lawyers are recognized in this edition of the guide.
• White Collar Crimes
  JUNE 2024 - Chambers USA 2024 ranks Dechert in 50 practice areas. Dechert has achieved new rankings in Nationwide Hedge Funds; Nationwide Private Equity: Fund Formation; District of Columbia Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations; North Carolina Real Estate: Finance; and Pennsylvania Litigation: Product Liability. Additionally, the latest edition has also ranked the following practices in a higher band: Nationwide Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Compliance & Enforcement); and Nationwide Real Estate.
• Theft
• Identity Theft
  The joint statement highlights the risks associated with data scraping, such as the potential for misuse of personal information, identity theft, and other forms of cybercrime. It provides additional guidance for companies to implement measures to protect personal data and comply with privacy laws. The authorities also call for greater transparency from companies regarding their data scraping practices and the steps they are taking to mitigate associated risks.
• Money Laundering
  We also need to process certain personal data to comply with legal and regulatory obligations. For example, for anti-money laundering, conflict, and financial purposes.
• Extortion
  Dechert’s global Cyber, Privacy and AI practice provides a multidisciplinary, integrated approach to clients’ privacy and cybersecurity needs. Our practice is top ranked by The Legal 500 and our partners are well-known thought leaders and sought after advisors in the space with unparalleled expertise and experience. Our litigation team provides pre-breach counseling and handles all aspects of data breach investigations as well as the defense of government regulatory enforcement actions and class action litigation for clients across a broad spectrum of industries. We have handled over a thousand data breach investigations of all types including nation states, ransom/cyber extortion, vendor/supply chain, DDoS, brought by threat actors of all types, from nation-state threat actors to organized crime to insiders. We also represent clients holistically through the entire life cycle of issues, providing sophisticated, solution oriented advice to clients and counseling on cutting edge data-driven products and services including for trend forecasting, personalized content and targeted advertising across sectors on such key laws as the CCPA, CPRA and state consumer privacy laws, Section 5 of the FTC Act; the EU/UK GDPR, e-Privacy Directive, and cross-border data transfers. We also conduct privacy and cybersecurity diligence for mergers and acquisitions, financings, corporate transactions, and securities offerings.

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
  October 2021 - Chambers UK 2022 ranks Dechert in 11 practice areas, with new rankings for London Litigation, London Restructuring / Insolvency and UK-wide Fraud: Civil, as well as improved rankings for London Commercial and Corporate Litigation. Twenty four lawyers have been recommended in the latest edition.
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Business Disputes
  Dechert was named as a finalist in Euromoney’s Women in Business Law Awards for “ Pro Bono Work – International Firm ” – for commitment to pro bono work relevant to women and gender diversity.
• Intellectual Property
• Antitrust

Employment Law

• Employment Contract
  The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would restrict the transfer of data to six “countries of concern.” These rules come in response to an executive order issued by President Biden earlier this year directing the DOJ to put rules in place restricting the transfer of sensitive data to countries or individuals of concern. The new rules apply to six categories of data (including genome, biometric, health, and financial data) and designate six countries of concern subject to the restrictions: Cuba, China, Iran, North Korea, Russia and Venezuela. This regulation, set to have significant implications for vendor engagements, investment activities, and employment agreements, includes substantial investigative and enforcement authorities for the DOJ. Companies involved in cross-border data transactions will need to develop compliance programs to adhere to these new requirements.
• Employment Litigation
  Takeaway: Despite these concerns about the potential negative impacts of AI surveillance, U.S. agencies with jurisdiction over employment issues appear committed to allowing AI applications to be used for hiring and other workplace-related tasks, but not at the expense of violating workers’ legal rights and protections, including anti-discrimination laws. (See our report here.) While consistent with this approach, this joint effort by the CFPB and the DOL to protect against the potential abuse of AI in the employment context underscores the continuing importance of maintaining transparency, obtaining legally valid employee consents, and ensuring the accuracy of any data collected and used in the employment context.

Trusts and Estates

• Power of Attorney
  You can authorize a person (“ Authorized Agent ”) registered with the California Secretary of State to exercise your California privacy rights on your behalf. An Authorized Agent can also include a person who has power of attorney or is acting as a conservator. To submit a request to Dechert on behalf of another person as an Authorized Agent, please submit a request to us via our Privacy Rights Request Form, or by calling us at +1-833-255-7934 or contacting us at privacy@dechert.com.

Finance Law

• Bankruptcy
• Tax Law
  Clients are often involved in cross-border commercial lending and debt activities – for example, where an alternative investment fund (AIF) originates loans to a commercial borrower or engages in secondary purchase of loans and/or loan restructurings. In response, World Compass provides practical guidance in key jurisdictions on relevant restrictions or licensing requirements, risks, alternative approaches where restrictions do hamper transactions, and any high level observations on significant tax issues.