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Projects & Energy - Europe-wide

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What the Team is Known For

Clifford Chance has an outstanding multi-jurisdictional practice with an esteemed network across Europe. Strong local teams spread across continental Europe handle contentious and non-contentious energy matters, advising on the full spectrum of transactional and regulatory matters for clients in this sector. The law firm offers specialist expertise in the financing of infrastructure and energy-related projects across Africa. It brings together teams in the UK, France, Italy and Germany to advise on the lender side of major European gas pipeline project finance mandates.

Notable practitioners

Russell Wells heads the firm's global energy and natural resources department and is based in London. Other key contacts include Nikolaï Eatwell and Florian Mahler in Paris and Düsseldorf respectively.

Strengths

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The ability of the Clifford Chance team to quickly digest very complex interfaces and provide tailored solutions that fit with commercial objectives is exceptional.

Projects & Energy respondent
Global

The team at Clifford Chance have excellent skills and broad experience in energy regulation matters, in particular in natural gas grid issues.

Projects & Energy respondent
Global

They have amazing problem-solving skills. 

Projects & Energy respondent
Global

Clifford Chance has good depth of experience across energy sectors and is able to leverage specific expertise in target jurisdictions.

Projects & Energy respondent
Global

The firm provided us with the legal tools that our team could actually use. They were not just lawyers but were real partners of our business.

Projects & Energy respondent
Global