Dechert LLP announced that Isabella (Bella) Vecchio has joined the firm’s capital solutions team as a partner in its New York office, reuniting with team leader Leo Klingbaum, partner Jennifer Harris and four associates. The arrival of Vecchio and the new associates further expands the team and strengthens the firm’s capabilities in special situations financing matters.
“Bringing Bella on board marks another important step for the capital solutions platform we launched earlier this year,” Mark Thierfelder, co-chair of Dechert, said. “She has built a strong reputation representing sponsors and credit funds on some of the market’s most complex financings. Bella bolsters an area of strategic priority for the firm while complementing the expanding bench we already have in place.”
“Bella is a natural fit for the capital solutions team,” Jay Alicandri, co-chair of Dechert’s corporate and securities practice, said. “Her work with a sophisticated roster of private equity sponsors and credit funds in bespoke financings, syndicated credit facilities, and acquisition finance matters makes her an immediate asset as we continue to scale this platform.”
Vecchio has experience advising private credit providers and private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies in a range of financing transactions, including acquisition financings, asset-based financings, second lien credit facilities, syndicated credit facilities, dividend recapitalizations and special situations financings. Before beginning her career in the U.S., Vecchio practiced in Australia, where she focused on finance matters in the oil and gas, coal, and construction industries.
“Dechert has quickly built a market-leading capital solutions platform, and I am excited to rejoin a team and a firm with deep experience across the capital stack,” Vecchio said. “Having worked alongside Leo for nearly five years, I know the strength of the practice we are building together, and I look forward to contributing to its continued growth.”
Vecchio is among more than 50 lateral partners the firm has welcomed this year, reflecting the firm’s strategic goal of strengthening capabilities in litigation, investment management, finance and restructuring, capital markets and securitization, and mergers and acquisitions.
Dechert’s capital solutions practice is a globally integrated platform that provides advice to clients as they deploy, scale and safeguard capital across cycles, spanning bespoke private credit and direct lending, liability management, distressed and special situations financings, debtor-in-possession and exit financings, structured credit, CLOs and securitizations, and preferred equity and hybrid capital solutions. The team advises asset managers, companies and sponsors across the spectrum of capital deployment — from financing strategy, direct lending and liability management to distressed M&A and special situation transactions at every level of the capital stack and every stage of the investment.
