aid: dechert
name: Dechert
description: >-
  Dechert LLP is a global law firm founded in 1875 and headquartered in
  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with "more than 900 lawyers" across 22 offices in
  the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia (Wikipedia cites roughly
  1,000 attorneys in 20 offices; the firm itself emphasizes a global footprint
  spanning the U.S., Europe, Asia, and the Middle East). The firm is known for
  market-leading practices in financial services and investment management,
  private equity, private credit, mergers and acquisitions, international
  arbitration, intellectual property, life sciences, white collar enforcement,
  and antitrust. Dechert publishes deep thought-leadership through its OnPoint
  series, Crypto Bytes, FSR Radar, THE CRED, and ReTorts; produces multiple
  podcasts (Dechert 4 Real, Committed Capital, Dechert On Reg); and operates
  proprietary information platforms including DAMITT (Dechert Antitrust Merger
  Investigation Timing Tracker), World Compass, World Passport, Dechert Direct,
  and a Box Portal. Despite these data-driven products, Dechert does not expose
  any public developer API, SDK, OpenAPI specification, GraphQL endpoint,
  webhook surface, status page, changelog, or developer portal, and does not
  publish an RSS feed for OnPoint or any blog series — its only public-facing
  subscription mechanism is an email preference form.
type: Index
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-productions2.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
url: >-
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dechert/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-23'
modified: '2026-05-23'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
kind: company
tags:
  - Antitrust
  - Arbitration
  - Artificial Intelligence
  - Asset Management
  - Banking
  - CLOs
  - Competition
  - Corporate
  - Crisis Management
  - Cryptocurrency
  - Cybersecurity
  - Data Privacy
  - Employee Benefits
  - Enforcement
  - ESG
  - Financial Restructuring
  - Financial Services
  - Fintech
  - Global Finance
  - Government Contracts
  - Intellectual Property
  - International Arbitration
  - Investigations
  - Investment Management
  - Law
  - Law Firm
  - Legal
  - Legal Services
  - Life Sciences
  - Litigation
  - Mergers and Acquisitions
  - National Security
  - Permanent Capital
  - Pharmaceuticals
  - Private Client
  - Private Credit
  - Private Equity
  - Product Liability
  - Real Estate
  - Regulatory
  - Sovereign Wealth Funds
  - Sustainability
  - Tax
  - White Collar
apis: []
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.dechert.com
  - type: About
    url: https://www.dechert.com/about.html
  - type: Services
    url: https://www.dechert.com/services.html
  - type: Offices
    url: https://www.dechert.com/about/offices.html
  - type: Insights
    url: https://www.dechert.com/knowledge.html
  - type: Subscribe
    url: https://info.dechert.com/17/4315/forms/preference-form.asp
  - type: Podcasts
    url: https://www.dechert.com/knowledge/podcasts.html
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dechert
  - type: Wikipedia
    url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dechert
  - type: Contact
    url: https://www.dechert.com/contact.html
x-firm-profile:
  founded: '1875'
  predecessor-firm: MacVeagh & Bispham (founded by Wayne MacVeagh and George Tucker Bispham)
  headquarters: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  lawyers: 900+
  offices: 22
  structure: Limited Liability Partnership (LLP)
  positioning: Helping Business Leaders Lead
x-client-stats:
  - 700+ private fund and fund management group clients
  - 10 of the top 10 global asset management firms
  - 50 CLO managers
  - 350+ private equity and private investment clients
  - 4 of the top 5 global pharmaceutical companies
x-practice-areas:
  - Antitrust/Competition
  - Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
  - Corporate
  - Crisis Management
  - Cyber, Privacy and AI
  - Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation
  - Enforcement and Investigations
  - Financial Restructuring
  - Financial Services and Investment Management
  - Global Finance
  - Government Contracts
  - Intellectual Property
  - International Arbitration
  - Litigation
  - Mergers and Acquisitions
  - National Security
  - Permanent Capital
  - Private Client
  - Private Credit Capital Solutions
  - Private Equity
  - Product Liability and Mass Torts
  - Real Estate
  - Sovereign Wealth Funds
  - Sustainability
  - Tax
x-regions:
  - United States
  - Europe
  - Middle East
  - Asia
x-recent-office-expansions:
  - Dallas
  - Paris
  - Singapore
x-publications:
  - name: OnPoint
    description: Flagship client alert publication spanning all practice areas.
    url: https://www.dechert.com/knowledge.html
  - name: Crypto Bytes
    description: Cryptocurrency, digital assets, and Web3 regulatory developments.
  - name: FSR Radar
    description: Financial Services Regulatory tracker.
  - name: THE CRED
    description: Private credit and BDC-focused publication series.
  - name: ReTorts
    description: Product liability, mass torts, and litigation commentary.
x-podcasts:
  - name: Dechert 4 Real
    description: Commercial Real Estate Finance.
  - name: Committed Capital
    description: Global Private Equity Insights.
  - name: Dechert On Reg
    description: Global Financial Regulation.
x-proprietary-platforms:
  - name: DAMITT
    full-name: Dechert Antitrust Merger Investigation Timing Tracker
    description: >-
      Proprietary quarterly tracker measuring the average duration of
      significant U.S. and EU merger investigations. Published as a downloadable
      PDF report each quarter; no public dataset or API surface.
  - name: World Compass
    description: >-
      Internal information platform supporting the Financial Services and
      Investment Management practice. Client-facing only; no public developer
      surface.
  - name: World Passport
    description: >-
      Internal information platform supporting cross-border fund distribution
      and regulatory navigation. Client-facing only; no public developer
      surface.
  - name: Dechert Direct
    description: Client portal / collaboration surface. Not publicly documented.
  - name: Box Portal
    description: Dechert's Box.com-backed secure file exchange. Internal/client-only.
x-developer-surface: none
x-developer-surface-notes: >-
  Dechert LLP publishes no public developer API, SDK, CLI, OpenAPI/AsyncAPI
  specification, JSON Schema, GraphQL endpoint, webhooks, status page,
  changelog, or developer portal. There is no GitHub organization at
  github.com/dechert or github.com/dechertllp. The firm's machine-readable
  surface is effectively zero — even a public RSS feed is absent (https://
  www.dechert.com/feed.html, /rss.html, and /knowledge/feed.html all 404).
  Subscribers receive OnPoint and other publications via the email preference
  form at https://info.dechert.com/17/4315/forms/preference-form.asp.
  Proprietary information platforms (DAMITT, World Compass, World Passport,
  Dechert Direct, Box Portal) are either downloadable PDF reports or
  authenticated client-only surfaces, not developer-accessible APIs.
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com