Dechert

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Dechertis a global law firm with 900+ lawyers in 30 offices worldwide.

Lobbying services

Decherts says its London lawyers combine 'legal, strategic and public affairs [aka lobbying] expertise' to advocate their clients interests.

It says it can help with solve 'regulatory and trade challenges even before regulations have been conceived and adopted'.[1]

Political /government links

Dechert says its 'International Trade and Government Regulation' team includes trade and investment lawyers and public affairs experts, many of whom are former EU Commission officials, national regulators or World Trade Organization trade negotiators.[2] As of Nov 2017, it employs:

  • Andrew Hood, senior director at Dechert. A qualified barrister with extensive international and EU law expertise, Hood joined the firm in February 2016 directly from his role as the Legal Advisor to then Prime Minister David Cameron and as Head of International and EU Law at the Attorney General’s Office.
  • Miriam Gonzalez Durantez, co-chair of Dechert’s international trade and government regulation practice, and the wife of former deputy prime minister Nick Clegg
  • Roger Matthews, International trade and EU lawyer; former legal adviser to the Treasury.

Contact

Website: www.dechert.com
London address: 160 Queen Victoria Street, London EC4V 4QQ

Notes

  1. London office, Decherts website, accessed Nov 2017
  2. London office, Decherts website, accessed Nov 2017