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…
Hefty fines: Cleary, Slaughters and CC advise on banks’ €1.7bn rate-rigging settlement Legal Business A collection of some of Europe’s strongest antitrust practices have been advising some of the world’s largest global banks as…
Clifford Chance global managing partner vote: Layton takes the crown Sarah Downey The long-awaited decision over who will replace David Childs as Clifford Chance’s global managing partner (MP) has been announced, with the…
Investigations: RBS appoints panel firm Clifford Chance to conduct independent review Legal Business Investigations have become big business for the City’s thriving litigation teams although the majority of them happen behind closed doors…
BG Group slims down legal roster to three as CC wins a spot Legal Business For a 6,000-plus-employee FTSE 100 energy company operating across 20 countries in five continents, BG Group’s panel of four law…
Shale Gas: CC and Morgan Lewis lead on $10bn Chevron Ukraine deal Legal Business With major international firms angling to position themselves as leaders in the burgeoning shale gas field, Clifford Chance (CC) is advising…
High energy – Bracewell & Giuliani continues City push with CC partner hire Legal Business With shale gas emerging as one of the most touted new markets for advisers, one of the leading US players…
Clifford Chance handed a major role for the Co-operative Bank as A&O faces conflict David Stevenson Clifford Chance (CC) has been handed a role advising the ailing Co-operative Bank on its recapitalisation due to a conflict…
Deal Watch: Hogan Lovells and CC lead on AMC Networks’ $1bn buyout Legal Business Clifford Chance (CC) and Hogan Lovells have plugged into the renaissance in US television production after advising on a $1bn…
Deal Watch: CC and DLA Piper step up on £300m Dr Martens buyout Legal Business It has become a cliché among deal professionals to say that – even in these risk-averse times – there is…
