Regulation agency Dechert has employed non-public credit score funds skilled Gerry Brown (pictured) to spice up its asset administration providing.
Brown has been named associate in Dechert’s monetary companies observe group and might be primarily based within the agency’s New York workplace.
“Gerry’s proficiency in non-public funds, particularly within the realms of personal credit score and personal fairness, helps to broaden our fund formation group and pairs exceptionally properly with our main registered fund and worldwide non-public funds practices,” stated Chris Harvey, co-chair of Dechert’s monetary companies observe group. “His arrival expands our capabilities and demonstrates our dedication to excellence in serving the numerous, complicated wants of our purchasers in an ever-evolving monetary panorama.”
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Brown joins Dechert from an unnamed New York-based regulation agency. His experience encompasses a spread of fund sorts, together with credit score funds, actual property and infrastructure funds, funds of funds, and varied bespoke funding automobiles. His shopper base consists of massive institutional sponsors, middle-market sponsors, placement brokers and traders.
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“Dechert is understood to be a full-service monetary companies powerhouse, which is what drew me to the agency,” stated Brown. “I’m desperate to collaborate with the gifted staff right here and contribute to the enlargement of our fund formation observe.”
Dechert has made quite a few new appointments in current months. In February, it employed Eliot L. Relles as a associate in its company and securities observe group, to spice up the regulation agency’s capabilities in leveraged finance and personal credit score.
