Dechert added Rebecca Lee as a partner in its Washington, D.C. office. Joining the global tax practice, Lee bolsters the firm’s tax capabilities in the investment management and financial services sectors.
“Rebecca’s arrival is a testament to our strategic focus on expanding our financial services platform with top-tier talent across all our practice groups,” Mark Thierfelder, co-chair of Dechert, said. “Her deep knowledge of complex financial products in asset management and digital finance will help us continue to deliver exceptional value to our clients.”
“Rebecca’s skills and expertise further strengthen our team as we continue delivering seamless, integrated tax advice across the financial services landscape,” Joshua Milgrim, chair of Dechert’s global tax group, said. “Her background in navigating complicated fund structures and the evolving digital assets space bolsters our ability to guide clients through their most sophisticated tax challenges.”
Lee joins Dechert from an accounting firm, where she worked with global asset managers, other large financial services companies, Fortune 500 corporations, institutional investors and portfolio companies on complex financial transactions. With extensive experience across a broad range of financial products and structures, Lee’s practice will include advising on exchange-traded funds, mutual funds, closed-end funds and common trust funds as well as credit, hedge and private equity funds. Lee also has significant experience advising clients on cryptocurrency and digital assets.
“I am thrilled to join Dechert and work alongside its highly regarded financial services and investment management team,” Lee said. “I look forward to collaborating with my new colleagues and leveraging my tax background in fund structuring and emerging financial products to deliver meaningful results for our clients.”
Lee is the fourth financial services partner hire this summer, following the recent additions of Arina Lekhel and Megha Kalbag in New York and Robert Shapiro in Washington, D.C. The firm also recently expanded its corporate practice with the addition of Joseph Dennis in the London office, whose experience includes advising investors and private equity funds on transactions in the financial services sector.
