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ROOM 3326 CHINA WORLD TOWER 1, NO 1 JIANGUOMENWAI DAJIE, BEIJING 100004
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What we say about the firm's legal practice in China

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Foreign firms

Within Banking and finance, Clifford Chance is a first tier firm,

Clifford Chance LLP provides ‘good service and quality advice’. The practice represented Credit Suisse with respect to a $60m credit facility extended to West China Cement, and advised China Development Bank as the mandated 
lead arranger of the $11bn financing for a new natural gas pipeline from Central Asia to China. Stephen Harder and Bruce Schulberg are rated for their ‘excellent industry experience and business sense’.

Within Capital markets, Clifford Chance is a second tier firm,

Clifford Chance LLP has ‘a great reputation for capital markets work’, particularly on the underwriter side. That said, in 2008 the practice advised Noble Group on US law regarding its issue of $500m 8.5% Senior Notes due 2013, one of the few successful high yield debt deals closed in Asia that year. Connie Heng and Alex Lloyd co-head the practice.

Within Corporate & M&A, Clifford Chance is a first tier firm,

With a ‘long history in China and a great M&A team’, Clifford Chance LLP secured a number of the market leading China-outbound deals of 2008, including advising Chinalco on its (ultimately unsuccessful) $19.5bn strategic investment in Rio Tinto. The team also advised China Oilfield Services on its $2.5bn acquisition of Oslo-listed Awilco Offshore. Clients single out Shanghai-based Emma Davies as ‘a really outstanding practitioner’.

Within Dispute resolution, Clifford Chance is a second tier firm,

Clifford Chance LLP experienced an uptick in arbitrations and litigation arising out of oil and gas and private equity-related disputes, but had a busy 2008 across China and Hong Kong offices, with IP another area of particular specialty. The ‘wonderfully good’ team expanded significantly in Hong Kong with the hires of Brian Gilchrist and Elaine Chen, both formerly of Mayer Brown JSM.

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Within Private equity/venture capital, Clifford Chance is a first tier firm,

With ‘good relationships with top private equity firms’ and ‘a great pedigree’ on big transactions, Clifford Chance LLP is highly rated. The team worked on CVC Asia Pacific’s proposed HK$2.4bn take-private acquisition of Natural Beauty BioTechnology. Rupert Li is the key partner in Beijing.

Within Projects and energy, Clifford Chance is a first tier firm,

Clifford Chance LLP is rated as a ‘specialist China firm’ with ‘great size and depth’ in its energy practice. The team advised EDF on its joint venture with China Guangdong Nuclear Power to construct, operate and maintain two reactors in Taishan, in what is reported to be the largest ever inbound investment into China. The practice also represented China Development Bank as mandated lead arranger of financing for the $11bn Central Asia-China natural gas pipeline. In total, the firm worked on over $100bn of mainland China policy bank financing in the energy and infrastructure field in 2008.

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