Financial services attorney Thomas Vartanian and two of his long-time colleagues at Fried Frank LLP, Washington, have joined the law firm of Dechert LLC. Vartanian, who has been handing out regulatory advice for four decades, will chair Dechert's Financial Institutions Transaction Group. Attorneys David Ansell and Robert Ansell also made the jump to Dechert, an international law firm with offices in the U.S., Europe and Asia. "Tom, David and Bob enjoy high-industry profiles, and together they form one of the premier bank regulatory practices in the United States," said Dechert chairman Barton Winokur.
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