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Corporate:

For New York, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. offices.  Seeking associates with 3-5 years of experience in the leveraged finance area to join its corporate group. Candidates should have experience representing public and private companies, private equity firms and their portfolio companies, and commercial and institutional providers of senior debt and mezzanine capital across a broad range of financing transactions, including public and private equity and debt offerings, cash flow and asset based credit facilities, second lien and subordinated debt financings, recapitalizations, and restructurings. Large law firm experience is helpful. 

For New York, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. offices.  Seeking associates with 3-5 years of M&A experience to join its corporate group.  Experience representing leading private equity funds, their portfolio companies and public companies in a full range of corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations, leveraged financings, restructurings, and reorganizations is helpful.  Large law firm experience is helpful. 

Finance and Real Estate:

For the Boston office.

Seeking associates with 2-6 years of commercial real estate investment and fund experience including the preparation of real estate fund documents, representing institutional investors in private real estate funds, preparation of joint venture agreements on behalf of institutional investors and general experience representing funds investing in commercial real estate.  Large law firm experience strongly preferred.

Seeking associates with 2-6 years of commercial real estate finance experience including the origination of mortgage loans and mezzanine loans.  Experience in the restructuring and workout of commercial mortgage loans is also helpful, specifically experience representing mortgage and mezzanine lenders.  Large law firm experience strongly preferred. 

Seeking associates with 2-6 years of securitization experience.  Must have experience in the commercial mortgage securities market.  Experience in general commercial mortgage finance also a plus.  Large law firm experience strongly preferred. 

We encourage applicants to review postings for all Dechert offices.

For the Charlotte office. 

Seeking associates with 2-6 years of securitization experience.  Must have experience in warehouse and term asset backed securitization transactions.  Experience in CLOs, credit cards and esoteric assets (e.g. structured settlements and life settlements) a plus.  Large law firm experience strongly preferred.

Seeking associates with 2-6 years of securitization experience.  Must have experience in the commercial mortgage securities market.  Experience in general commercial mortgage finance also a plus.  Large law firm experience strongly preferred. 

Seeking associates with 2-6 years of commercial real estate finance experience including the origination of mortgage loans and mezzanine loans.  Experience in the restructuring and workout of commercial mortgage loans is also helpful, specifically experience representing mortgage and mezzanine lenders.  Large law firm experience strongly preferred.

We encourage applicants to review postings for all Dechert offices.

For the Hartford office. 

Seeking associates with 2-6 years of commercial real estate investment and fund experience including the preparation of real estate fund documents, representing institutional investors in private real estate funds, preparation of joint venture agreements on behalf of institutional investors and general experience representing funds investing in commercial real estate.  Large law firm or national law firm experience in this area is mandatory.

Seeking associates with 2-6 years of commercial real estate finance experience including the origination of mortgage loans and mezzanine loans.  Experience in the restructuring and workout of commercial mortgage loans is also helpful, specifically experience representing mortgage and mezzanine lenders.  Large law firm or national law firm experience in this area is mandatory. 

Seeking associates with 2-6 years of securitization experience.  Must have experience in the commercial mortgage securities market.  Experience in general commercial mortgage finance also a plus.  Large law firm or national law firm experience in this area is mandatory.

We encourage applicants to review postings for all Dechert offices.

For the New York office. 

Seeking associates with 2-6 years of commercial real estate investment and fund experience including the preparation of real estate fund documents, representing institutional investors in private real estate funds, preparation of joint venture agreements on behalf of institutional investors and general experience representing funds investing in commercial real estate.  Large law firm experience strongly preferred.

Seeking associates with 2-6 years of commercial real estate finance experience including the origination of mortgage loans and mezzanine loans.  Experience in the restructuring and workout of commercial mortgage loans is also helpful, specifically experience representing mortgage and mezzanine lenders.  Large law firm experience strongly preferred. 

Seeking associates with 2-6 years of securitization experience.  Must have experience in the commercial mortgage securities market.  Experience in general commercial mortgage finance also a plus.  Large law firm experience strongly preferred. 

Seeking associates with 2-6 years of ABS securitization experience. Should have experience in both warehouse/ABCP and term asset-backed securitization transactions.  Experience in commodity assets such as auto, trade and credit card receivables as well as esoteric assets (e.g. structured settlements and life settlements) a plus.  Large law firm experience strongly preferred. 

We encourage applicants to review postings for all Dechert offices.

For the Philadelphia office.

Seeking associates with 2-6 years of commercial real estate investment and fund experience including the preparation of real estate fund documents, representing institutional investors in private real estate funds, preparation of joint venture agreements on behalf of institutional investors and general experience representing funds investing in commercial real estate.  Large law firm experience strongly preferred.

Seeking associates with 2-6 years of commercial real estate finance experience including the origination of mortgage loans and mezzanine loans.  Experience in the restructuring and workout of commercial mortgage loans is also helpful, specifically experience representing mortgage and mezzanine lenders.  Large law firm experience strongly preferred. 

Seeking associates with 2-6 years of securitization experience.  Must have experience in the commercial mortgage securities market.  Experience in general commercial mortgage finance also a plus.  Large law firm experience strongly preferred. 

We encourage applicants to review postings for all Dechert offices.

For the San Francisco office.

Seeking associates with 2-6 years of commercial real estate investment and fund experience including the preparation of real estate fund documents, representing institutional investors in private real estate funds, preparation of joint venture agreements on behalf of institutional investors and general experience representing funds investing in commercial real estate.  Large law firm experience strongly preferred.

Seeking associates with 2-6 years of commercial real estate finance experience including the origination of mortgage loans and mezzanine loans.  Experience in the restructuring and workout of commercial mortgage loans is also helpful, specifically experience representing mortgage and mezzanine lenders.  Large law firm experience strongly preferred. 

Seeking associates with 2-6 years of securitization experience.  Must have experience in the commercial mortgage securities market.  Experience in general commercial mortgage finance also a plus.  Large law firm experience strongly preferred. 

We encourage applicants to review postings for all Dechert offices.

Financial Services and Investment Management:

For New York, Orange County and Washington, D.C. offices.  Seeking associates with 3-7 years of experience in hedge and private equity funds.  Significant fund formation experience desirable, and investor representation a plus.

For Boston, New York, Orange County and Washington, D.C. offices.  Seeking associates with 2-5 years of experience in registered funds. Experience in variable insurance products, private funds, investment adviser, and/or commodities work desirable.  

Intellectual Property:

For Austin, Philadelphia, Princeton or Silicon Valley offices.  Seeking associates with 2-5 years experience in IP patent litigation.  Electrical, Civil or other Engineering Discipline required; strong writing skills preferred.

For Austin office.  Seeking one technical advisor with interest in IP patent litigation.  Two plus years of technical work experience preferred, along with broad knowledge of analog and digital circuitry and signal processing and/or software, and experience with CDMA/GSM/LTE wireless technology, DSL modems, Trellis coding, and/or ATSC broadcast standards.  Admission to practice before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office a plus but not required.  Advanced degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science.

For New York office.  Seeking Associates with 1-3 years of outsourcing experience.  A transactional background and experience with financial services or other corporate clients is preferred.

For New York office.  Seeking Associates with 5-7 years of outsourcing experience.  A transactional background and experience with financial services or other corporate clients is preferred.

Litigation:

For our new Los Angeles office.  Seeking associates with 2-8 years of experience in general commercial litigation.  Experience in litigating complex business disputes, including intellectual property, trade secret, unfair trade practices as well as product liability matters. 

Employee Benefits:

For New York or Boston offices.  Employee benefits and executive compensation:  Seeking an associate with 3-6 years experience in all aspects of employee benefits/ERISA (including defined contribution and defined benefit retirement plans, welfare benefit plans, ERISA Title I and plan asset/fiduciary rules) and executive compensation (including employment agreements, severance agreements, deferred compensation programs, golden parachute arrangements and equity incentive plans, together with applicable tax, accounting and securities law implications).  Candidate should have significant ERISA Title I/fiduciary private fund, private equity and venture capital fund, and other investment management-related experience, as well as private equity and public company transactional experience (handling executive compensation and employee benefit issues in merger, stock purchase and asset purchase transactions).  Familiarity with ERISA considerations in connection with structured financial products and real estate finance would also be helpful.