Comment: Ambition and culture – the key tests CC’s deal team must pass Legal Business First, the case for the defence. Given that private equity partners gossip like fishwives, you can be somewhat sceptical over…
Energy run: Clifford Chance advises Shell on series of major M&A deals Legal Business Clifford Chance (CC) has secured a run of major mandates for Royal Dutch Shell including last week’s A$2.9bn ($2.6bn) agreement to sell…
Ambition and culture – the key tests CC’s deal team must pass Legal Business First, the case for the defence. Given that private equity partners gossip like fishwives, you can be somewhat sceptical over…
CC’s Tinkler addresses recent private equity departures Legal Business In mid-February, Latham & Watkins confirmed its third London private equity partner hire from Clifford Chance (CC), with Kem Ihenacho…
Deals: CC, Taylor Wessing and Ashurst act on infra and real estate deals Legal Business Advisers benefit as investors target industrial assets The shift towards global industrial real estate portfolios as an asset class last…
Taking London – Latham on the offensive in the Square Mile with hire of third private equity partner from CC David Stevenson As our Taking Manhattan cover feature underlines, the Los Angeles-bred Latham & Watkins continues to make major inroads in the key…
DLA Piper expands Africa group across the continent Francesca Fanshawe DLA Piper’s Africa group last month announced it had expanded in north, southern and eastern Africa with the addition of…
Life During Law – David Childs Legal Business It’s been an amazing career. I’ve been with Clifford Chance (CC) for 40 years. People had just stopped wearing bowler…
Leadership: Norman enters the fray as CC takes soundings for new global corporate chief Sarah Downey Clifford Chance (CC) has begun its nominations process for a potential successor to the role of global corporate chief following…
Deal Watch: CC, Freshfields and A&O act on Liberty Global’s €6.9bn acquisition as Dentons and LG float Hurricane Sarah Downey Three Magic Circle firms have scored lead advisory roles on Liberty Global’s €6.9bn acquisition of Netherlands’ largest cable operator Ziggo,…
Asia-Pacific: Clifford Chance unveils new Indonesia association as K&L Gates goes big in Japan David Stevenson With only Asia showing any real growth in M&A work for law firms during 2013, it is unsurprising that major international…
Dealwatch: HSF, Clifford Chance and Slaughters take the spotlight in Cineworld expansion Legal Business Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has landed a role advising Barclays, JP Morgan and Investec on Cineworld Group‘s £107m rights issue…
Real estate round-up: Clifford Chance, Taylor Wessing and Burges Salmon start New Year on front foot Legal Business Clifford Chance (CC), Taylor Wessing and Burges Salmon have emerged as the pace setters for real estate work in the…
Board level appointment for incoming Tui general counsel Legal Business Leading European travel group Tui AG has become the latest major corporate to announce a board level legal appointment as former…
CC formally launches ‘first-of-its-kind’ Saudi partnership but Riyadh remains a tough nut to crack Legal Business Clifford Chance today (6 January) formally announced the launch of its joint Saudi and foreign-owned law firm in Riyadh, boasting…
LLP results 2012/13 – CC reveals drop in management committee pay as LG records further decline in turnover Sarah Downey Clifford Chance’s (CC’s) limited liability partnership accounts for the 2012/13 year have revealed a 5% drop in total remuneration paid…
Post Clifford Chance role for Childs as Financial Reporting Council announce his appointment as Chair Legal Business Clifford Chance (CC) outgoing managing partner David Childs has been appointed by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) as chair of its…
Clifford Chance wins double pharma mandate as Merck buys AZ Electronic Materials and Amdipharm buys Acbur David Stevenson With the pharmaceutical industry driving a number of recent high value M&A deals, Clifford Chance has won mandates on two significant instructions in…
Clifford Chance in line for windfall payment after PwC reaches European Lehman settlement Legal Business As latest payout confirmed to Lehman’s creditors, total US and UK costs soar to $2bn Clifford Chance is among the…
Updated: Clifford Chance in line for windfall payment after PwC reaches European Lehman settlement Legal Business Clifford Chance is among the creditors of the European operations of Lehman Brothers set to receive a windfall after administrator PwC…
