“Magic Circle” law firm Clifford Chance is headquartered in London and has more than 32 offices globally.

Highlights

Clifford Chance is truly one of the market leaders in the UK financial and corporate legal market. The firm has achieved tier 1 status in a total of 14 practice areas, including all both borrower and lender bank lending, M&A, private equity and both project development and finance among many others.

Testimonials

Banking and finance

“They are enormously dedicated to us as their client, really making efforts to understand the business. They take a very pro-active approach and can keep up with our high pace of dealings. Furthermore, one of CC's strengths is their ability to be product agnostic and collaborative across groups (given developments there was need for difference financings over relatively short period of time).”

Capital markets: Debt

“Responsiveness, assuredness, no egos, fair reliable pricing.”

“Deep knowledge and experience in SSA sector in Japan.”

“Good team size, responsiveness, seniority level, client focus.”

“Friendly and responsive team, exceptional capital markets deal experience and knowledge of market practice. Ability to work well with Issuer's counsel and the Issuer client. Agreed to stick with the quote provided.”

Capital markets: Equity

“Expertise, pragmatic approach, creative solutions”

“You receive a consistent, high-quality standard advice from all of the team.  They are knowledgeable, clear and help clients make decisions.  Each team member sees their role as to provide a client service - they don't make you run to other people / colleagues to find answers, they manage this for you.”

“Extremely strong team with ability to handle complex matters across multiple jurisdiction.”

“Absolutely outstanding - on top of issues, they understand the type of issues we are sensitive to and reach out to highlight issues to me as needed.”

“A calm and measured team, technically very strong, and generous with their time and expertise.”

“Great team that provides great customer service. They are able to handle the largest and most complex transactions. Their network of offices is a big plus in large international deals that span multiple jurisdictions.”

“Clifford Chance provide top-tier advise on complex deals that straddle multiple jurisdictions and regulatory regimes.”

“Attention to detail, familiarity with transaction issues, expertise.”

Capital markets: High yield

“Their expertise and ability to manage the banks in a transaction-driven but fair and client-sensitive manner. Their professionalism and attention-to-detail in aligning documentation to previously agreed covenant packages in our other group-level financings. Efficiency and range of expertise available. I was also quite impressed with their availability.”

Leveraged finance

“Depth and breath of expertise, delivered in an effective manner. Speed of response and achievement of ambitious timelines.”

M&A

“The team are very pragmatic and commercial, as well as super responsive and technically brilliant. Their insurance practice is genuinely understanding of the bigger picture in terms of regulation, internal capital controls and customer needs.”

“Their advice always reflects first-rate legal knowhow and commercial savvy. They (and our contact partner in particular) were second-to-none in their responsiveness on the transaction. Consequently my team and my Board felt extremely well supported by them.”

“Resourceful and responsive, particularly they are hands on and provide clients with a full suite of solutions which give clients a peace of mind.”

Project finance

“We appreciated their extensive knowledge, responsiveness, accessibility, structured approach, and overall professionalism.”

Matthew Ball

“He can provide us with practical advice in timely manner.”

Sarah Cheng

“Energetic, available, refreshingly down to earth and willing to give an opinion.”

Jennifer Chimanga

“Jennifer Chimanga has an incredible work capacity and is always on top of things. She is a highly effective and stellar negotiator. In addition she is also very pleasant to work with.”

“She is very hands-on and an excellent negotiator.”

Jill Concannon

“Is incredibly knowledgeable about deal structuring, addressing commercial considerations and the ins and outs of contractual documentation.”

“Client relations; identifying issues that may be of concern to banks; proposing solutions.”

Michael Dakin

“Client management; overall execution."

Paul Deakins

“Subject matter expert; responsive and present on transactions.”

“Paul is a go-to practitioner with a wealth of experience who can solve the most unexpected and complex issues that arise.”

Neil Evans

“Great communication and management skills.”

Inigo Esteve

“Excellent lawyer - always top of his game, willing to provide advice.”

Tom Grant

“Strong technical skills; good service delivery.”

Ross Howard

“Ross managed to use his extensive experience, knowledge and network to advise us in a pragmatic and commercially savvy way in order to obtain the best possible position.”

James Koessler

“Excellent technical knowledge, extremely pragmatic, hands-on."

“Excellent performer - always punching way above his weight and advising at quasi-partner level.”

Erik O'Connor

“Erik is very proactive in his approach to client interaction and matter management. He listens well to understand the problem, offers solutions which are backed with thought and seeks to appreciate how those will be received within the client organisation.”

David Pudge

“David is the most responsive external lawyer I have encountered in my career.  He consistently delivers industry-leading advice bespoke to our business and is unflappable.  My Board and I had absolute trust and confidence in his advice throughout our recent M&A transaction.”

Christopher Roe

“He is helpful and cheerful and very knowledgeable.  He helps us work through difficult situations and is generous with his time.”

“Extremely knowledgeable capital markets lawyer, deep experience in ECM.”

“Excellent at managing the relationship and steps in when things get hairy / oversees the work of other offices.”

“Top level expertise in all matters of UK securities law, excellent communication skills, anticipates issues and finds solutions.”

Drew Rundus

“Wide variety of knowledge across different capital markets and bank financing, which is helpful for companies exploring variety of financing options as well as capital structure concerns.”

“Drew Rundus (partner) is very pleasant to work with. Very pro-active, making investment to getting to know us as client, leveraging on this relationship based approach. He truly understands our business. Furthermore, works efficiently with other counsel as well.”

“Extremely responsive and exceptional availability. Deep industry sector knowledge to provide effective and innovative solutions.”

Simon Thomas

“Simon is a powerhouse.  You are always reassured that he will pay your matter attention, not simply delegating to junior team members.  However, he always has a junior and you can see the knowledge transfer.  Simon is particularly good at managing banking colleagues.  He has the gravitas and knowledge to reassure them but delivers the advice in a down-to-earth and practical way, enabling it to be digested and used.”

“Encyclopedic knowledge of the listing rules.”

Kate Vyvyan

“Respond to requests for quotes in good time; put together a suitable team relative to complexity of transaction; ensure delivery of documentation and conditions precedent consistent with market standards and client expectation; ensure smooth settlement process.”

“Excellent client relationship management. Friendly, accessible and responsive, combined with deep debt capital markets experience.”

Key clients

Key clients of the firm include Ardian, EQT, Cinven, CVC Capital Partners, Elliot Advisors, Citibank, Harbour Energy, Informa, Standard Chartered, Unilever, AerCap, HSBC, Link Fund Solutions, Polus Capital Management, Global Financial Markets Association and CryptoFacilities.