Managing Partner, Dechert Singapore
Dean Collins is recognized as one of the foremost private funds lawyers in Asia and worldwide, with Chambers Asia Pacific awarding him with a Band 1 ranking for fund formation work for each of the past 15 years. Having worked on a number of ground-breaking transactions, Dean and his team have been at the forefront of the private credit space in the region, being named “Law Firm of the Year” for fund formation in Asia-Pacific in 2024, for the second consecutive year by Private Debt Investor. Dean was also named in the most recent "The Legal Power 30," Private Equity International's list of the thirty most influential private equity lawyers in the world. He is the only lawyer based in Southeast Asia named to the list.