Key Takeaways
- • Dechert LLP was named Private Debt Investor's "Fund Formation Law Firm of the Year" for Europe in the PDI Annual Awards 2025, described as the highest-profile awards program in the private credit industry.
- • Dechert retained its place among the two top-ranked law firms globally in PDI's Hall of Fame, having won nine "Law Firm of the Year" titles in the contest's 13-year history.
- • The firm's clients include the world's ten largest asset managers and two-thirds of PDI's top 100 private debt firms or their affiliates, according to the firm's release.
- • Dechert's investment funds team was also named "Best Law Firm for Private Equity/Credit" at With Intelligence's HFM European Services Awards 2025.
Summary
Dechert LLP has been recognized by Private Debt Investor (PDI) as its "Fund Formation Law Firm of the Year" for Europe in the PDI Annual Awards 2025, which the publication positions as the highest-profile awards program in the private credit industry. The recognition was attributed by the firm to the success of its global private credit team, which has kept Dechert among the two top-ranked law firms globally in PDI's Hall of Fame. Across the contest's 13-year history, Dechert has won nine "Law Firm of the Year" titles.
According to the firm's announcement, Dechert advises fund sponsors on all aspects of fund structuring and formation across private credit, private equity, real estate, secondaries and other strategies. The firm states that the world's ten largest asset managers are among its clients, alongside two-thirds of PDI's top 100 private debt firms or their affiliates.
In the past year, Dechert's investment funds team was also honored as "Best Law Firm for Private Equity/Credit" at With Intelligence's HFM European Services Awards 2025, and was recognized by The Drawdown and Alternative Credit Investor. The firm says its private credit practice has advised clients for more than 30 years, covering asset-based, distressed debt, direct lending, subordinated debt, special situations and venture debt, across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East and Asia. The announcement describes the private credit market as a US$3 trillion industry.
According to the firm's announcement, Dechert advises fund sponsors on all aspects of fund structuring and formation across private credit, private equity, real estate, secondaries and other strategies. The firm states that the world's ten largest asset managers are among its clients, alongside two-thirds of PDI's top 100 private debt firms or their affiliates.
In the past year, Dechert's investment funds team was also honored as "Best Law Firm for Private Equity/Credit" at With Intelligence's HFM European Services Awards 2025, and was recognized by The Drawdown and Alternative Credit Investor. The firm says its private credit practice has advised clients for more than 30 years, covering asset-based, distressed debt, direct lending, subordinated debt, special situations and venture debt, across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East and Asia. The announcement describes the private credit market as a US$3 trillion industry.
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