He will advise corporations and their boards on corporate governance, corporate investigations and global legal services, while also pursuing other personal and non-law firm related activities.
Lytton became a member of Tyco’s management team in 2002, and was tasked with restoring the company’s financial health and reputation as it faced civil litigation and multiple government investigations. He left the company in 2007 as it spun off two of its subsidiaries into publicly-traded companies.
Before moving in-house, Lytton was a deputy special counsel to US Presidents Ronald Reagan and George Bush, advising on the 1987 Iran-Contra controversy.
In the 1990s, he took up several in-house positions, including senior vice president and general counsel at both International Paper and General Electric (GE) Aerospace, and in 2002 he became chairman of the board of directors of the American Corporate Counsel Association.
Lytton said his decision to join Dechert was based on working with lawyers at the firm over the last 20 years.
Commenting on the hire, Dechert’s chairman Barton Winokur, said: “Bill’s experience in navigating the most challenging legal issues is extraordinary, and will be of invaluable assistance to our clients.”
