On July 6, 2010, Dechert LLP announced that James Waddington has joined the law firm’s London office as a Partner.  Prior to joining Dechert, Waddington was a Partner at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP.  Waddington advises private equity and hedge fund clients, and commercial and investment bank clients, in connection with finance and derivative transactions, credit default swaps, lending and borrowing arrangements, debt and equity offerings, insolvency and restructuring matters as well as fund formation and fund investments.