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What the Team is Known For

Clifford Chance remains a leading choice for transactional work. It often handles deals in the financial services, energy and retail sectors, among others. The transactions it advises on often carry a value of £1 billion or above. Its client base includes FTSE100 corporates and household-name financial institutions. The department regularly assists with complex cross-border mandates, with a notable emerging markets practice in Africa. Clifford Chance's corporate service is bolstered by strong competition and regulatory compliance expertise.

Work Highlights

  • Clifford Chance acted for Standard Chartered on the USD3.6 billion sale of its global aviation leasing business to AviLease.

Strengths

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We have absolute confidence in the responsiveness and quality of advice we constantly receive from Clifford Chance.

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No matter the complexity of the problem posed, the team at Clifford Chance can be relied upon to come up with ingenious and novel solutions.

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Clifford Chance provides outstanding advice that is not only correct but also extremely commercial, helpful and always demonstrating great care for the client.

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Notable Practitioners

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David Pudge
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David Pudge
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David Pudge earns acclaim for his long-standing expertise in high-end M&A and governance matters. He acts for heavyweight corporates and financial institutions.

David Pudge is outstanding, beyond compare in delivering excellent client care and service, deep expertise, experience and commercial advice.

David is a highly experienced practitioner in this area.

David's responsiveness and commitment to exceptional levels of service is second to none. He constantly exceeds expectations in the delivery of commercially sound advice.

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Katherine Moir
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Katherine Moir
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Katherine Moir displays great strength in cross-border public and private M&A deals and corporate governance matters. She is sought after by public companies and financial institutions.

Katherine is very sensible and hugely helpful in coming up with innovative solutions.

She is a very good lawyer with a good standing in the market.

Katherine's strategic thinking and advice is exceptional. She is also extremely cool under pressure.

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Melissa Fogarty
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Melissa Fogarty
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Melissa Fogarty maintains a strong corporate practice with a demonstrable track record handling complex cross-border transactions. She co-heads the firm's corporate practice in London.

Melissa is brilliant. Her knowledge and the standard of service she provides are second to none. I have rarely found anybody like Melissa in terms of commitment and involvement with the client.

Melissa is extremely strong across all areas. She is the most responsive partner we work with and strongly advocates for our best interests.

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Steven Fox
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Steven Fox
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Steven Fox displays proficiency advising on public and private M&A, in addition to boasting expertise on equity capital markets matters. He represents numerous prestigious corporate entities and financial institutions.

Steven is an outstanding lawyer who thinks commercially.

Steven has a calm, pragmatic and measured way of cutting through the issues.

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David Pudge
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David Pudge
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Katherine Moir
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Katherine Moir
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Melissa Fogarty
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Melissa Fogarty
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Steven Fox
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Steven Fox
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