Washington, D.C., USA - June 21, 2010, Washington, D.C., USA - International law firm Dechert LLP announced that Thomas P. Vartanian, David L. Ansell, and Robert H. Ledig have joined the firm as partners in the Washington, D.C. office.
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All three were previously partners at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, where Mr. Vartanian served as chair of the Financial Institutions Transaction Group.
Messrs. Vartanian, Ansell, and Ledig have worked together for more than 25 years counseling commercial and investment banks, holding companies, housing-oriented government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), broker-dealers, private equity investors, hedge funds, credit unions, technology companies, state governmental entities, and financial trade associations.
Mr. Vartanian advises clients in the financial services industry in a wide variety of matters, including mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions; reorganizations, recapitalizations, and acquisitions of distressed banks; purchases from the FDIC as receiver for failed institutions; and matters involving government sponsored enterprises (GSEs). He previously served as General Counsel of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board and the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation.
Mr. Vartanian is a graduate of Cathedral College (B.A., 1971) and Brooklyn Law School (J.D., 1976) and is a member of the New York and the District of Columbia Bars. He is also admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States.
Mr. Ansell advises financial services companies on the formation and execution of complex corporate transactions, particularly with regard to bank regulatory matters. He has significant experience in matters pending before the federal bank regulatory agencies, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Housing Finance Board, the Office of Thrift Supervision, and the Comptroller of the Currency, where he previously served as an attorney focusing on regulatory, legislative, and securities issues.
Mr. Ansell is a graduate of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (B.S., 1976) and Temple University School of Law (J.D., 1979). He is a member of the District of Columbia and Pennsylvania Bars and is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States. ■