Dealwatch: Pinsents, Travers, CC join Debevoise on £500m Motor Fuel Group disposal Legal Business A trio of LB100 firms –Travers Smith, Clifford Chance, Pinsent Masons – have lined up alongside Debevoise & Plimpton in…
Dealwatch: US trio’s City teams take lead roles on GHG’s £1.5bn three-year debt restructuring alongside Simmons and CC Legal Business Teams at the London offices of Paul Hastings; Weil, Gotshal & Manges, and Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy all took…
Clifford Chance’s New York office loses corporate duo to Greenberg Traurig Legal Business Clifford Chance’s (CC) ambition to build its New York office have suffered a setback with the loss of M&A duo Ivan…
CC matches peers in associate salary race – both Slaughters’ £70k NQs and Links’ 3 year PQE pay Legal Business Clifford Chance has revealed its 2015 pay bands for newly-qualified (NQ) lawyers, matching the £70,000 NQ rates of Slaughter and May while also meeting…
Clifford Chance votes through changes to lockstep in bid to retain heavyweights Legal Business City giant’s remuneration review comes after recent key departures In a move considered overdue by some, Clifford Chance (CC) voted…
Dealwatch: White & Case, CC and Debevoise among raft of firms on SPIE’s €700m revived float Tom Moore White & Case capital markets duo Thomas Le Vert and Philippe Herbelin, alongside corporate partner François Leloup, have resurrected the…
A $5.7bn settlement: Bank quintet admit market manipulation guilt Legal Business The US Department of Justice (DoJ) yesterday afternoon announced that five major banks have made a collective settlement of $5.7bn…
Dealwatch: Linklaters and CC act on New Look sale as South African billionaire Wiese continues UK high street buy-up Legal Business Less than 30 days after advising on the £1.3bn purchase of Virgin Active by South African billionaire Christo Wiese’s private…
Keeping the talent: Clifford Chance votes through changes to lockstep in bid to stem flow of star partners Legal Business The partnership at Clifford Chance (CC) has voted through proposed changes to its remuneration system which will see the firm deploy…
Clifford Chance German practice suffers further partner exits Legal Business Magic Circle firm Clifford Chance (CC) has seen multiple partner exits from its German operations in recent weeks with longstanding…
White & Case makes ‘strategic step’ in Middle East push with CC’s regional capital markets head Legal Business White & Case has hired Clifford Chance’s (CC) Middle East head of capital markets and structured finance, Debashis Dey, as…
Global promotions increase at Clifford Chance as it makes up six in the City Legal Business Clifford Chance has this year made up 25 lawyers to partner in its annual promotions round, with six associates across…
Mounting departures: CC sees further German exits as capital markets partner leaves for SZA Schilling Sarah Downey Clifford Chance (CC) has this week seen another exit from its German operations with longstanding capital markets partner Markus Pfüller…
10 weeks to respond: Cleary Gottlieb called in to handle EU competition claims against Google Legal Business Google’s lawyers at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton have been given 10 weeks to respond to the European Commission’s charges…
Life During Law – Kevin Ingram Legal Business I fell into a career that suits me. I’ve done interesting things that kept me motivated and worked with intelligent, motivated…
Seeking £3.4bn in damages: Clifford Chance and Travers Smith lead on HP High Court contest with Autonomy founders Legal Business Clifford Chance and Travers Smith have taken lead roles advising on the £3.4bn dispute between Hewlett-Packard (HP), and Autonomy founder…
275,000 sqft: Clifford Chance and BLP advise on Deloitte lease with Land Securities Sarah Downey Clifford Chance (CC) and Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) have both landed a significant instruction on accountancy giant Deloitte’s major pre-let…
Dealwatch: Clifford Chance, Travers Smith, Debevoise and BLP advise on £1.2bn BCA sale Sarah Downey A quartet law firms including Clifford Chance (CC), Travers Smith, Debevoise & Plimpton and Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) have all secured…
OC, Mishcon, DLA Piper and CC major winners at 2015 Legal Business Awards Legal Business Osborne Clarke (OC), Mishcon de Reya and Clifford Chance (CC) were among the major winners at the 2015 Legal Business…
Dealwatch: Clifford Chance, Linklaters and Latham advise on $7.7bn Pirelli sale to ChemChina Legal Business Clifford Chance (CC), Linklaters and Latham & Watkins are advising on the $7.7bn bid by China National Chemical Corp (ChemChina)…
