- www.: cliffordchance.com
- Managing Partner: David Childs
- Senior Partner: Malcolm Sweeting
- Number of partners: 585
- Number of fee-earners: 2850
- Number of staff: 6075
Firm Overview:
International law firm Clifford Chance combines the highest global standards with local expertise. Leading lawyers from different backgrounds and nationalities come together as one firm, offering unrivalled depth of legal resources across the key markets of the Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe and the Middle East. The firm focuses on the core areas of commercial activity: capital markets; corporate and M&A; finance and banking; real estate; tax, pensions and employment, and litigation and dispute resolution.
Main Areas of Practice:
Capital Markets:
The capital markets practice comprises over 420 partners and lawyers who concentrate on securities transactions and other products sold into the capital markets. The practice is founded on a full-service US and UK securities law capability, complemented by local securities law expertise in each of the key financial centres. It provides practical, integrated legal advice covering the full spectrum of global capital raising activities including public and private domestic and international offerings of traditional debt and equity securities as well as convertible and other derivative and structure securities.
Corporate:
The corporate practice, which comprises over 790 partners and lawyers worldwide, provides clients with a single law firm that combines a market leading practice with specialist, local expertise. Its global transaction capability includes English, US and civil law expertise in the key financial centres across the UK, Europe, the Americas, Middle East and Asia-Pacific. The practice represents many of the world’s leading multinational and national corporations, financial institutions and sponsors on the largest and most complex transactions across the globe – from public takeovers, mergers and cross border acquisitions to strategic alliances, joint ventures, outsourcings and restructurings. The firm’s cross-border M&A experience is enhanced by a depth of sector expertise across financial institutions, energy and infrastructure, TMT, insurance, healthcare, private equity, real estate, funds and investment management, industrials, consumer goods & retail and transport and logistics.
Finance:
Clifford Chance’s finance practice, which comprises over 700 legal advisers worldwide, is the leading international finance practice of any law firm. The practice provides highly commercial and practical advice across the full spectrum of financial products including syndicated lending and leveraged and acquisition finance, asset finance, derivative products, project finance, financial regulatory, insolvency, restructuring and structured finance. It advises regulatory authorities, supranational bodies, governments and government agencies and actively helps to shape the market through working with market organisations to develop documentation, policy and best practice.
Litigation & Dispute Resolution:
The firm has a team of over 500 litigators internationally and has experience in the full range of litigation and dispute resolution issues that their clients face. The lawyers work with clients to resolve disputes efficiently and effectively – whether through arbitration, litigation or other techniques. They also work with clients to develop compliance programmes that minimise future litigation risks. The firm offers clients a seamless team for cross-border disputes,with expertise in individual jurisdictions but also an understanding of the interplay between different legal systems. The team also advises on regulatory enforcement and criminal investigations into corporate activity across multiple jurisdictions.
Real Estate:
Clifford Chance’s leading real estate practice offers UK, European, Asian and US real estate capability. Over 300 partners and lawyers worldwide advise the real estate industry’s leading players on the entire property ‘lifecycle’ from the initial acquisition, development, leasing, joint venturing and financing through to the final exit, as well as tax structuring, PFI/PPP, corporate outsourcing, planning, environment and litigation.
Tax:
Clifford Chance has one of the world’s largest international tax groups within a single law firm, with over 200 tax advisers worldwide. The firm is uniquely placed to provide leading edge advice to clients, and the practice is structured on an integrated global basis. Local tax groups within the practice work closely with areas such as securitisation, securities, M&A, corporate restructuring, private equity, real estate and funds. The pan-European VAT Group advises on all areas of VAT and has particular strength advising on novel and complex issues in the structured finance, financial services, corporate finance and real estate sectors.
Employment, Employee Benefits & Pensions:
Clifford Chance’s Employment, Employee Benefits and Pensions Groups comprises over 150 legal advisers worldwide. The teams of experienced employment, employee benefits, ERISA, immigration and pensions specialists work with clients from a wide range of sectors to address local and cross-border issues.
OFFICES
ABU DHABI: Tel: +971 2 419 2500 Fax: +971 2 419 2600
AMSTERDAM: Tel: +31 20 7119 000 Fax: +31 20 7119 999
BANGKOK: Tel: +66 2 401 8800 Fax: +66 2 401 8801
BARCELONA: Tel: +34 93 344 22 00 Fax: +34 93 344 22 22
BEIJING: Tel: +86 10 6505 9018 Fax: +86 10 6505 9028
BRUSSELS : Tel: +32 2 533 5911 Fax: +32 2 533 5959
BUCHAREST: Tel: +40 21 66 66 100 Fax: +40 21 66 66 111
CASABLANCA: Tel: +21 2 5201 32080 Fax: +21 2 5201 32079
DOHA: Tel: +974 4491 7040 Fax: +974 4491 7050
DUBAI: Tel: +971 4 362 0444 Fax: +971 4 362 0445
DÜSSELDORF: Tel: +49 211 43 550 Fax: +49 211 43 555 600
FRANKFURT: Tel: +49 69 71 99 01 Fax: +49 69 71 99 4000
HONG KONG: Tel: +852 2825 8888 Fax: +852 2825 8800
ISTANBUL: Tel: +90 212 339 0001 Fax: +90 212 339 0098
KYIV: Tel: +38 044 390 5885 Fax: +38 044 390 5886
LONDON: Tel: +44 20 7006 1000 Fax: +44 20 7006 5555
LUXEMBOURG: Tel: +352 48 50 50 1 Fax: +352 48 13 85
MADRID: Tel: +34 91 590 75 00 Fax: +34 91 590 75 75
MILAN: Tel +39 02 806 341 Fax: +39 02 806 34200
MOSCOW: Tel: +7 495 258 5050 Fax: +7 495 258 5051
MUNICH: Tel: +49 89 21632 0 Fax: +49 89 21632 8600
NEW YORK: Tel: +1 212 878 8000 Fax: +1 212 878 8375
PARIS: Tel: +33 1 44 05 52 52 Fax: +33 1 44 05 52 00
PERTH: Tel: +61 8 9262 5555 Fax: +61 8 9262 5522
PRAGUE: Tel: +420 2 22 555 222 Fax: +420 2 22 555 000
RIYADH*: Tel: +966 1 478 0220 Fax: +966 1 476 9332
ROME: Tel: +39 06 422 911 Fax: +39 06 422 91 200
SÃO PAULO: Tel: +5511 3049 3188 Fax: +5511 3049 3198
SHANGHAI: Tel: +86 21 6335 0086 Fax: +86 21 6335 0337
SINGAPORE: Tel: +65 6410 2200 Fax: +65 6410 2288
SYDNEY: Tel: +61 2 8922 8000 Fax: +61 2 8922 8088
TOKYO: Tel: +81 3 5561 6600 Fax: +81 3 5561 6699
WARSAW: Tel: +48 22 627 1177 Fax: +48 22 627 1466
WASHINGTON DC: Tel: +1 202 912 5000 Fax: +1 202 912 6000
* Clifford Chance has a co-operation agreement with Al- Jadaan & Partners Law Firm in Riyadh