The Debevoise Private Equity Group continues to lead the field, in an industry it has helped shape for decades.
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European Private Equity Blog
Ranked as a leading law firm for global-wide capabilities in Private Equity by Chambers Global (2024).
Debevoise offers strong expertise in each geography covered.
They are truly valued advisers and have worked on some of our most challenging and complex transactions.
They’ve seen pretty much every issue we encounter and know how to solve it.
A strong platform alongside substantial global depth.
They have a great practice and are a stellar historical name.
—Chambers Global
They’re trusted advisors with real commercial sense.
They’re highly creative in complex structuring.
The firm has pretty much unmatched market knowledge, and is able to creatively tackle the toughest problems and get to a commercial outcome.
—Chambers USA
The cooperation with them has always been very robust and perceptive, and for the Asia-Pacific region they are definitely a top-tier law firm for this market.
—Chambers Asia-Pacific
They have a depth of resources, are pragmatic and hands-on, and have good judgement of what is commercially important for the client.
—Chambers UK
By any measure, the Debevoise Private Equity Group is one of the most respected in the field, in the U.S. and throughout the world. It brings a collaborative, multidisciplinary approach to deal after deal – an approach that addresses each facet and each issue with sharp focus, specialized technology and deep industry experience. With consistently high rankings from Chambers Global, Chambers USA, The Legal 500 and PEI year after year, the group has been a recognized leader for more than 40 years.
The Private Equity practice includes specialized groups skilled in fund formation and investment management, buyouts and other strategic investments, finance, securities and capital markets, tax, and management compensation and employee benefits. Each group approaches its work with a distinctive private equity focus. And the practice as a whole also draws on the firm’s industry specialists to deliver efficient, commercial, cutting-edge results.
The practice’s scope and focus make it extraordinarily market wise. A proprietary database assembled over decades of sponsor-side and buy-side fund formation work allows Debevoise lawyers to track fund terms and investors’ records and requirements. And a constantly updated global survey of securities and investment management laws that affect private equity funds in over 70 jurisdictions keeps Debevoise funds lawyers on top of the global regulatory environment.
Similarly, systematic surveys of key deal terms and documents help the firm’s M&A and finance teams pinpoint market moves and ensure clients have the best and most up-to-date advice.
In addition, the team is constantly innovating – numerous practices now commonplace in fund documents, private equity financing arrangements and M&A agreements were pioneered by Debevoise private equity lawyers.
More than 300 lawyers work within the Group in Debevoise offices around the world, making it one of the few truly global private equity practices. Teams are lean and efficient, and can be tailored to the culture, strategy and risk profile of individual clients.
The Debevoise Private Equity Group brings together the full experience and resources of all relevant practices, and those of the entire firm. A unique culture of collaboration enables a seamless presence at every stage of the private equity lifecycle, for clients in any location.