On December 16, 2013, Dechert LLP announced that Jeffrey Sion has joined the firm’s financial services tax practice as a partner in New York.  See “Key Hedge Fund Tax Developments in the U.K., the European Union, Ireland, Germany, Spain, Australia, India and Puerto Rico,” Hedge Fund Law Report, Vol. 6, No. 26 (Jun. 27, 2013).  Sion was most recently a partner in and the National Tax Leader of KPMG’s investment management practice.  For insight from Dechert partners, see “Dechert Partners Aisha Hunt and Richard Horowitz Discuss Strategies and Challenges for Hedge Fund Managers Wishing to Enter the Alternative Mutual Fund Space,” Hedge Fund Law Report, Vol. 6, No. 20 (May 16, 2013); and Dechert Webinar Highlights Key Deal Points and Tactics in Negotiations between Hedge Fund Managers and Futures Commission Merchants regarding Cleared Derivative Agreements,” Hedge Fund Law Report, Vol. 6, No. 16 (Apr. 18, 2013).