£1.1bn of student digs: Nabarro, Clifford Chance and Morgan Lewis take lead on Liberty Living acquisition Legal Business Nabarro and Clifford Chance have picked up a major real estate instruction advising on the £1.1bn acquisition of UK student…
Accounts revealed: Clifford Chance sees Asia turnover rise fastest at 8.9% Legal Business Clifford Chance’s turnover picked up 7% in the financial year 2013/14, as Asia Pacific led the way with a 8.9%…
Trainee retention: Clifford Chance and Linklaters keep on 91% of spring qualifiers Legal Business Both Clifford Chance and Linklaters have revealed they are keeping on 91% of their spring 2015 cohort with the firms…
Tackling ‘passive disobedience’: Layton sets CC course with new strategy Legal Business CC international plan for increases in US and Asia revenue With the partnership keen to improve retention rates and eager…
Saudi relations: Clifford Chance special adviser resigns to head public regulator Legal Business Clifford Chance’s (CC’s) special adviser in Saudi Arabia, Mohammed Al-Jadaan, founding partner of local firm Al-Jadaan & Partners with which…
Targeting New York: Clifford Chance bolsters NY office with DLA Piper finance partner Legal Business With US leadership previously announcing intentions to boost the firm’s New York bench, Clifford Chance has today (3 February) confirmed…
Significant departures: Latham & Watkins hires CC’s private equity co-head Oliver Felsenstein Legal Business Latham & Watkins has strengthened its corporate bench in Germany with the hire of Clifford Chance’s (CC) co-head of private…
Early stages: Clifford Chance kicks off lockstep review Legal Business Clifford Chance has started a review of its remuneration system at management level, a move which could see the firm…
‘A statement of intent’: Can Layton’s strategy reinvigorate Clifford Chance? Legal Business Nearly three decades have passed since the game changing union of Coward Chance and Clifford Turner – a watershed moment…
Change management: CC appoints new COO and innovation chief as Layton unveils new strategy Legal Business Clifford Chance (CC) managing partner Matthew Layton has laid out the firm’s international strategy, aiming at becoming the ‘global law…
Significant mandates: CC client and Autonomy founder Lynch welcomes SFO closure of investigation Legal Business The UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has today (19 January) announced it has closed its high profile investigation into the $11bn…
Real estate: Macfarlanes and Clifford Chance take the lead on £370m Legal & General acquisition Legal Business Real estate heavyweights Macfarlanes and Clifford Chance (CC) have landed leading roles on one of the New Year’s first major…
Dealwatch: Linklaters, CC and Travers Smith line-up on insurance broker A-plan sale Legal Business Clifford Chance, Linklaters and Travers Smith have all secured roles as private equity house Equistone Partners Europe sold its majority…
Dealwatch: Freshfields, CC and NRF called in on BT’s £12.5bn purchase of EE Legal Business Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Clifford Chance and Norton Rose Fulbright have won roles as telecoms giant BT plumps to acquire Britain’s…
‘High risk, poorly supervised and inadequately controlled’: CC’s Simon Davis publishes findings on FCA insurance scandal probe Legal Business Following the high-profile inquiry carried out by Clifford Chance litigation partner Simon Davis, the keenly awaited report on the Financial Conduct Authority’s…
‘No one had done it in the London market’: Clifford Chance’s former head of antitrust launches City boutique Tom Moore Oliver Bretz, former global head of antitrust at Clifford Chance, is leaving after 15 years at the Magic Circle firm to…
Battle over, war begins Legal Business Clifford Chance set to face professional negligence claim by Excalibur funders Clifford Chance (CC) is to face a professional negligence…
Battle over, war begins: Clifford Chance set to face professional negligence claim by Excalibur funders Legal Business Clifford Chance (CC) is to face a professional negligence suit over the high-profile Excalibur dispute by the case’s funders and…
Dealwatch: Magic Circle lead on £5.2bn Aviva takeover of Friends Life Sarah Downey In one of the biggest deals the UK insurance sector has seen in years, Aviva‘s acquisition of Friends Life for…
US expansion: Clifford Chance boosts Washington office with Bingham structured finance team Legal Business Clifford Chance has recruited a five-strong team from beleaguered US firm Bingham McCutchen to its Washington DC office, led by…
