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…
As foreign advisers size up Africa, CC linked to alliance bid in South Africa Legal Business South Africa has faced more than its fair share of economic and social challenges in recent years, but with foreign…
Major milestone for CC global MP elections as Layton, Wehrli and Carnegie go forward Legal Business Clifford Chance (CC) has reached the first major milestone in its global managing partner elections, with the nominations stage now closed…
CC on Singapore’s naughty step as Asia markets keep playing the tactical liberalisation game Legal Business Back in the boom years, international law firms talked confidently regarding how liberalisation would soon be coming to major legal…
Rising star: Latham hires Clifford Chance private equity partner Tom Evans David Stevenson Latham & Watkins has secured another heavyweight hire in London with the announcement that Tom Evans, a newly made up partner…
Election fever: Sandelson re-elected as disputes chief as global MP vote draws near Sarah Downey Set against the wider backdrop of its global managing partner contest, Magic Circle firm Clifford Chance has re-elected Jeremy Sandelson as…
Layton leads the field as CC set for managing partner election Legal Business The race to fill the shoes of Clifford Chance (CC)’s longstanding global managing partner David Childs has reached a decisive…
Layton leads the field as CC set for managing partner election Legal Business The race to fill the shoes of Clifford Chance (CC)’s longstanding global managing partner David Childs has reached a decisive…
Barclays £5.8bn rights issue sees Clifford Chance, Sullivan & Cromwell and Freshfields in the lead Legal Business Barclays has begun the biggest capital raising by a UK bank since 2009 under which Clifford Chance (CC), Sullivan & Cromwell and Freshfields…
In-house: Clifford Chance and Slaughter and May lawyers take senior roles at CMA, Shell and PwC Francesca Fanshawe Magic circle lawyers have this week filled a number of senior regulatory and in-house positions, with a Slaughter and May partner…
