Clifford Chance LLP
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Clifford Chance LLP
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Managing Partner: Charles Adams
Senior Partner: Adrian Cartwright
Number of partners: 254
Number of fee-earners: 1155
Firm Overview:
Clifford Chance is a global law firm committed to creating advantage for its clients. The firm combines legal and commercial intelligence to grow, transform, protect and defend its clients’ business. Operating as a single, fully-integrated global partnership Clifford Chance provides forward-thinking insights and tech-enabled solutions in the sectors and markets that matter most to its clients. The firm’s culture of collaboration and commitment to rigorous and ethical standards, ensures consistent, high-quality service worldwide.
Clifford Chance's cross border fintech practice is uniquely placed to help deliver your most exciting and complex projects. Our established experience in the sector and footprint across five continents will help you to navigate rapidly-evolving legal challenges.
We advise disrupters across the fintech ecosystem including crypto custodians and exchanges, payments, web3, digital banks, insurtechs, peer-to-peer platforms, token issuers, consumer lending, robo-advisory, as well as established financial institutions and corporates, governments, regulators, trade bodies, industry-wide consortia and emerging players.
We have in-depth experience advising financial institutions and asset managers on areas such as fintech investments and M&A, digital bonds and securities, product development (including blockchain and DLT platforms utilising smart contracts, payments initiatives, web3 projects), commercial contracts and partnerships.
We are committed to helping you to achieve your goals by providing commercially-focused legal advice of the highest quality that consistently exceeds expectations. Our unrivalled international experience enables us to deliver seamless cross-border and specialist advice on the most innovative and complex tech-driven projects and financing,
What can we do for you? Whether you are a disrupter or an established institution we are best placed to advise you on corporate matters including VC, M&A and investments, funds, corporate structuring, financial services regulation, capital markets, derivatives, employment, IP, litigation, investigations and enforcement, risk management crisis planning and response, tax, data protection and cybersecurity, outsourcing, commercial agreements and operational resilience.
We are deeply immersed in the work of trade and industry bodies that are influencing the shape of the fintech market globally, often working closely alongside our clients including leading financial institutions, asset managers and corporates. This work puts us at the forefront of major changes taking place and uniquely positions us to advise on development of fintech policy. Clifford Chance's dedicated tech public policy team works seamlessly alongside our global transactional teams. In addition to our unmatched relationships with industry bodies, we have an influential role advising and discussing with governments, international bodies, regulators and other policy makers on many fintech-related topics.
International offices:
Abu Dhabi: Tel: +971 2 419 2500
Amsterdam: Tel: +31 20 711 9000
Barcelona: Tel: +34 93344 2200
Beijing: Tel: +86 10 6505 9018
Brussels: Tel: +32 2 533 5911
Bucharest*: Tel: +40 21 666 6100
Casablanca: Tel: +212 5201 3 2080
Delhi: Tel: +91 (0) 124 401 7300
Dubai: Tel: +971 4 362 0444
Düsseldorf: Tel: +49 211 43 550
Frankfurt: Tel: +49 69 71 9901
Hong Kong: Tel: +852 2825 8888
Houston: Tel: +1 713 821 2800
Istanbul: Tel: +90 212 339 0001
London: Tel: +44 20 7006 1000
Luxembourg: Tel: +352 48 50 501
Madrid: Tel: +34 91 590 7500
Milan: Tel: +39 02 806 341
Munich: Tel: +49 8921 6320
Newcastle: Tel: +442070061000
New York: Tel: +1212 878 8000
Paris: Tel: +33 1 44 05 52 52
Perth: Tel: +61 8 9262 5555
Prague**: Tel: +420222555222
Riyadh***: Tel: +966 1 478 0220
Rome: Tel: +39 06 422 911
São Paulo: Tel: +55 11 3049 3188
Shanghai: Tel: +86 21 6335 0086
Singapore: Tel: +65 6410 2200
Sydney: Tel: +61 2 8922 8000
Tokyo: Tel: +81 3 5561 6600
Warsaw: Tel: +48 22 627 1177
Washington DC: Tel: +1202 912 5000
*Clifford Chance has entered into an association agreement with Clifford Chance Badea SPRL in Bucharest.
**Clifford Chance has entered into an association agreement with Clifford Chance Prague Association S.R.O. in Prague.
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- London10 Upper Bank Street Canary Wharf , London, Greater London, UK, E14 5JJ
- Web: www.cliffordchance.com
- Tel: 020 7006 1000
- Hong Kong27th Floor Jardine House One Connaught Place , Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- Paris1 rue d’Astorg CS 60058 Cedex 08 , Paris, Paris, France, 75377
- Frankfurt am MainJunghofstraße 14, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany, 60311
- MilanVia Broletto 16, Milan, Lombardy, Italy, 20121
- Tokyo1-1, Marunouchi 1-chome, Palace Building, 3rd floor, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo-to, Japan, 100-0005
- Luxembourg10 boulevard G.D. Charlotte, B.P. 1147, Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg, L-1011
- AmsterdamDroogbak 1A , Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands, 1013 GE
- Singapore25th floor, Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 3 12 Marina Boulevard , Singapore, Singapore Island, Singapore, 018982
- Abu Dhabi9th Floor, Al Sila Tower, Sowwah Square, PO Box 26492, Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesDubaiLevel 15, Burj Daman Daman International Financial Centre PO Box 9380, Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- New YorkTwo Manhattan West 375 9th Avenue , New York, New York, USA, NY 10001
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Clifford Chance advised on the largest real estate financing in Central and Eastern Europe
Clifford Chance Banking & Finance team advised CTP, the biggest industrial developer in the CEE, on €1.9 billion financing arranged and underwritten by a consortium of six leading banks.
Clifford Chance advises Baikal Mining Company on the execution of equipment supply agreement
A team from Clifford Chance has advised Baikal Mining Company on the execution of an equipment supply agreement with Outotec, a global leader in minerals and metals processing technology, for the design and supply of the mine-side processing equipment for the Udokan project.
Clifford Chance advises CDB Aviation on a lease of three Boeing 737-800 aircraft to Nordwind
A team from Clifford Chance has advised CDB Aviation Lease Finance DAC on a long-term lease of three Boeing 737-800 aircraft to a Russian carrier, Nordwind Airlines.
Clifford Chance advises joint lead managers on US$600 million Belarusian Eurobond issue
A team from Clifford Chance has advised the joint lead managers in connection with the issuance of US$600 million in Eurobonds by Belarus.
Clifford Chance advises banks on the EUR150 million facility for ChelPipe
Clifford Chance Moscow team has advised a syndicate of banks on the EUR150 million Russian law syndicated facility for PJSC Chelyabinsk Pipe plant (ChelPipe), the leading Russian manufacturer of tubular goods and the provider of integrated solutions for fuel and energy companies.
Clifford Chance advises Nornickel on the sale of Legion TI Business Center to UFG Real Estate
Clifford Chance has advised PJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel on the sale of its equity interest in the company which owns the Legion TI Business Center, to RCP Investments II Ltd. for the total amount of approximately US$100 million.
Clifford Chance advises X5 Retail Group on its RUB20 billion debut Eurobond issue
Clifford Chance has advised X5 Retail Group, a leading Russian food retailer, on its debut issue of RUB20 billion guaranteed notes. This Eurobond issue has become the largest Rouble-denominated issue since the re-opening of international capital markets for Russian issuers in the second half of 2016
CC advises Deutsche Bank, ING, Natixis and UniCredit on US$2.3 bln debt restructuring for Metinvest
Clifford Chance has advised Deutsche Bank, ING, Natixis and UniCredit in their capacity as the coordinating committee for the pre-export finance banks in connection with the successful implementation of a US$2.3 billion debt restructuring for Metinvest.
Clifford Chance has advised EVRAZ plc in connection with its US$354 million disposal of the Nakhodka
A multi-jurisdictional team has advised EVRAZ plc, the London listed globally integrated steel, mining and vanadium company, on its disposal of the entire issued share capital of its fully owned subsidiary Joint Stock Company EVRAZ Nakhodka Trade Sea Port to its majority shareholder Lanebrook Ltd
Clifford Chance advised on the largest real estate financing in Central and Eastern Europe
Clifford Chance Banking & Finance team advised CTP, the biggest industrial developer in the CEE, on €1.9 billion financing arranged and underwritten by a consortium of six leading banks.
Clifford Chance advises Baikal Mining Company on the execution of equipment supply agreement
A team from Clifford Chance has advised Baikal Mining Company on the execution of an equipment supply agreement with Outotec, a global leader in minerals and metals processing technology, for the design and supply of the mine-side processing equipment for the Udokan project.
Clifford Chance advises CDB Aviation on a lease of three Boeing 737-800 aircraft to Nordwind
A team from Clifford Chance has advised CDB Aviation Lease Finance DAC on a long-term lease of three Boeing 737-800 aircraft to a Russian carrier, Nordwind Airlines.
Clifford Chance advises joint lead managers on US$600 million Belarusian Eurobond issue
A team from Clifford Chance has advised the joint lead managers in connection with the issuance of US$600 million in Eurobonds by Belarus.
Clifford Chance advises banks on the EUR150 million facility for ChelPipe
Clifford Chance Moscow team has advised a syndicate of banks on the EUR150 million Russian law syndicated facility for PJSC Chelyabinsk Pipe plant (ChelPipe), the leading Russian manufacturer of tubular goods and the provider of integrated solutions for fuel and energy companies.
Clifford Chance advises Nornickel on the sale of Legion TI Business Center to UFG Real Estate
Clifford Chance has advised PJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel on the sale of its equity interest in the company which owns the Legion TI Business Center, to RCP Investments II Ltd. for the total amount of approximately US$100 million.
Clifford Chance advises X5 Retail Group on its RUB20 billion debut Eurobond issue
Clifford Chance has advised X5 Retail Group, a leading Russian food retailer, on its debut issue of RUB20 billion guaranteed notes. This Eurobond issue has become the largest Rouble-denominated issue since the re-opening of international capital markets for Russian issuers in the second half of 2016
CC advises Deutsche Bank, ING, Natixis and UniCredit on US$2.3 bln debt restructuring for Metinvest
Clifford Chance has advised Deutsche Bank, ING, Natixis and UniCredit in their capacity as the coordinating committee for the pre-export finance banks in connection with the successful implementation of a US$2.3 billion debt restructuring for Metinvest.
Clifford Chance has advised EVRAZ plc in connection with its US$354 million disposal of the Nakhodka
A multi-jurisdictional team has advised EVRAZ plc, the London listed globally integrated steel, mining and vanadium company, on its disposal of the entire issued share capital of its fully owned subsidiary Joint Stock Company EVRAZ Nakhodka Trade Sea Port to its majority shareholder Lanebrook Ltd