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Tell me about Dechert NY

Pretty much all I know is about the layoffs, but got some fr...
flatulent cocky toaster
  08/20/10
Sinking ship.
Yellow Soul-stirring Lay Puppy
  08/20/10
Philly office is better.
chartreuse marketing idea
  08/20/10
LOL. What a shitbox.
Yellow Soul-stirring Lay Puppy
  08/20/10
Dechert was a top two Philly firm since the dawn of time. T...
cracking blood rage travel guidebook
  08/20/10
But isn't their dominant practice area financial services? ...
flatulent cocky toaster
  08/20/10


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Date: August 20th, 2010 9:21 AM
Author: flatulent cocky toaster

Pretty much all I know is about the layoffs, but got some friends that say good things about their practice.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1400715&forum_id=2#15836613)



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Date: August 20th, 2010 9:29 AM
Author: Yellow Soul-stirring Lay Puppy

Sinking ship.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1400715&forum_id=2#15836638)



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Date: August 20th, 2010 9:30 AM
Author: chartreuse marketing idea

Philly office is better.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1400715&forum_id=2#15836642)



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Date: August 20th, 2010 10:05 AM
Author: Yellow Soul-stirring Lay Puppy

LOL. What a shitbox.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1400715&forum_id=2#15836798)



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Date: August 20th, 2010 10:32 AM
Author: cracking blood rage travel guidebook

Dechert was a top two Philly firm since the dawn of time. The opened a new york office to be cool like the big firms. Then they started making a lot of money doing big Pharma defense work and securitizations. Both high leverage shit work for associates. Those partners were greedy and wanted to up billing rates to national firm levels and did. This cost the firm a lot of traditional business and then they just cut a bunch of people including partners in the otherareas too. Now it is a ttt because the Hugh dollar work dried up.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1400715&forum_id=2#15836956)



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Date: August 20th, 2010 11:27 AM
Author: flatulent cocky toaster

But isn't their dominant practice area financial services? Just perusing Chambers, it looks like they are a lot more than just a pharma and securitization shop. Their corp practice in NY is a band above groups like Ropes, Proskauer, and Akin.

Seems like there is a weird disconnect between what Chambers says and what the general consensus is about their practices.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1400715&forum_id=2#15837319)