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What we say about the firm's legal practice in China
China overview
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.
Within Employment
Within Intellectual property
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.
Within TMT
What we say worldwide
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United Arab Emirates
Offices in Abu Dhabi and Dubai
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Insurance : Insurance
- Investment funds : Investment funds
- Projects and energy : Projects and energy
- Real estate : Real estate
- Legal market : Legal market
Belgium
Offices in Brussels
- Banking, finance and capital markets : Banking, finance and capital markets
- Competition : Competition
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Customs, trade, WTO and anti-dumping : Customs, trade, WTO and anti-dumping
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Information technology : Information technology
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Real estate : Real estate
- Tax : Tax
- EU regulatory Information technology : EU regulatory Information technology
- Legal market : Legal market
Bahrain
China
Offices in Shanghai and Beijing
- Foreign firms : Banking and finance
- Foreign firms : Capital markets
- Foreign firms : Corporate & M&A
- Foreign firms : Dispute resolution
- Foreign firms : Private equity/venture capital
- Foreign firms : Projects and energy
Czech Republic
Offices in Prague
- Banking, finance and capital markets : Banking, finance and capital markets
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Real estate and construction : Real estate and construction
- Legal market : Legal market
Germany
Offices in Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, and Munich
- Antitrust : Antitrust
- Banking and finance Bank lending : Banking and finance Bank lending
- Banking and finance Project finance : Banking and finance Project finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Corporate and M&A Large deals : Corporate and M&A Large deals
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Employment : Employment
- Information technology and outsourcing : Information technology and outsourcing
- Insolvency and restructuring Restructuring : Insolvency and restructuring Restructuring
- Investment funds : Investment funds
- IP: trade marks : IP: trade marks
- Media Entertainment : Media Entertainment
- Private equity : Private equity
- Public sector : Public sector
- Real estate and construction Real estate : Real estate and construction Real estate
- Real estate and construction Construction : Real estate and construction Construction
- Structured finance and securitisation : Structured finance and securitisation
- Tax : Tax
- Telecoms : Telecoms
Algeria
Spain
Offices in Madrid and Barcelona
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- EU and competition : EU and competition
- Employment : Employment
- Environment : Environment
- Insurance : Insurance
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Project finance : Project finance
- Real estate : Real estate
- TMT : TMT
- Tax : Tax
- Legal market : Legal market
France
Offices in Paris
- Administrative and public law : Administrative and public law
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation : Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution: International arbitration : Dispute resolution: International arbitration
- EU competition and distribution : EU competition and distribution
- Employment : Employment
- Environment : Environment
- Intellectual property: Full-service firms : Intellectual property: Full-service firms
- Media and entertainment: Full-service firms : Media and entertainment: Full-service firms
- Mergers and acquisitions : Mergers and acquisitions
- Private equity : Private equity
- Project finance and energy Project finance : Project finance and energy Project finance
- Real estate : Real estate
- Tax : Tax
- Legal market : Legal market
Ghana
Hong Kong
Offices in Hong Kong
- Asset finance : Asset finance
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets (debt and equity) : Capital markets (debt and equity)
- Corporate (including M&A) : Corporate (including M&A)
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Employment : Employment
- Insurance : Insurance
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Investment funds : Investment funds
- Private equity : Private equity
- Projects and energy : Projects and energy
- Real estate : Real estate
- Regulatory : Regulatory
- Restructuring and insolvency : Restructuring and insolvency
- Structured finance and securitisation : Structured finance and securitisation
- TMT : TMT
- Tax and trusts : Tax and trusts
India
Italy
- Administrative law : Administrative law
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets Debt : Capital markets Debt
- Capital markets Equity : Capital markets Equity
- Corporate and M&A Milan and Rome : Corporate and M&A Milan and Rome
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- EU, regulatory and competition : EU, regulatory and competition
- Employment : Employment
- Real estate : Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency : Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax : Tax
- Legal market : Legal market
Japan
Offices in Tokyo
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance - International firms and joint ventures
- Capital markets : Capital markets - International firms and joint ventures
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A - International firms and joint ventures
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution - International firms and joint ventures
- Real estate and construction : Real estate and construction - International firms and joint ventures
- Structured finance/securitisation : Structured finance/securitisation - International firms and joint ventures
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
London
- Corporate and commercial : Overview
- Corporate and commercial : Corporate tax
- Corporate and commercial : EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial : Equity capital markets -UK capability
- Corporate and commercial : Equity capital markets -US capability
- Corporate and commercial : Financial services
- Corporate and commercial : M&A - upper mid-market and premium deals, £250m+
- Corporate and commercial : Outsourcing and procurement
- Corporate and commercial : Private equity
- Corporate and commercial : VAT and indirect tax
- Crime, fraud and licensing : Fraud - commercial and regulatory investigations
- Dispute resolution : Overview
- Dispute resolution : Banking litigation
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution : International arbitration
- Dispute resolution : Public international law
- Finance : Overview
- Finance : Acquisition finance
- Finance : Asset finance and leasing
- Finance : Bank lending - investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Finance : Commodities and futures - futures
- Finance : Corporate restructuring and insolvency
- Finance : Debt capital markets
- Finance : Derivatives and structured products
- Finance : Emerging markets
- Finance : Hedge funds
- Finance : High yield
- Finance : Investment funds
- Finance : Islamic finance
- Finance : Securitisation
- Finance : Trade finance
- Human resources : Employee share schemes
- Human resources : Employment
- Human resources : Immigration
- Human resources : Pensions (incl pensions dispute resolution)
- Insurance : Overview
- Insurance : Insurance - corporate and regulatory
- Insurance : Insurance - insolvency and restructuring
- Insurance : Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Insurance : Product liability - defendant
- Insurance : Professional negligence
- Private client : Contentious trusts and probate
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Overview
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Infrastructure
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Mining and minerals
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Oil and gas
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Private finance initiative(PFI)
- Public sector : Overview
- Public sector : Administrative and public law
- Public sector : Civil liberties and human rights
- Public sector : Healthcare
- Public sector : Public affairs
- Real estate : Overview
- Real estate : Commercial property
- Real estate : Construction
- Real estate : Environment
- Real estate : Planning
- Real estate : Property finance
- Real estate : Property litigation
- Real estate : Social housing finance
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : IT and telecoms
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Media and entertainment
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Pharmaceuticals and biotechnology
- Transport : Rail
Luxembourg
Offices in Luxembourg
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Employment : Employment
- Insurance : Insurance
- Investment funds : Investment funds
- Tax : Tax
- Legal market : Legal market
Morocco
Netherlands
Offices in Amsterdam
- Arbitration : Arbitration
- Asset finance and structured finance : Asset finance and structured finance
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Commercial litigation : Commercial litigation
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- EU and competition : EU and competition
- Employment : Employment
- Energy : Energy
- Environment and planning : Environment and planning
- Information technology : Information technology
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Media and entertainment : Media and entertainment
- Mediation : Mediation
- Private equity : Private equity
- Project finance and PFI : Project finance and PFI
- Real estate : Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency : Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax : Tax
- Telecoms : Telecoms
- Legal market : Legal market
Oman
UK Overview
Philippines
Poland
Offices in Warsaw
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Competition/antitrust : Competition/antitrust
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Projects, energy and natural resources
- Real estate : Real estate
- Tax : Tax
Qatar
Romania
Offices in Bucharest
- Banking, finance and capital markets : Banking, finance and capital markets
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Energy and natural resources : Energy and natural resources
- IT, telecoms and media : IT, telecoms and media
- Privatisation and PPP : Privatisation and PPP
- Project finance : Project finance
- Real estate and construction : Real estate and construction
- Legal market : Legal market
Russia
Offices in Moscow
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Corporate and M&A Moscow : Corporate and M&A Moscow
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Employment : Employment
- Energy and natural resources : Energy and natural resources
- Real estate : Real estate
- Tax : Tax
Singapore
Offices in Singapore
- Offshore market : Offshore market
- Local firms : Dispute resolution - Local firms
- Foreign firms : Asset finance - Foreign firms
- Foreign firms : Banking and finance - Foreign firms
- Foreign firms : Capital markets - Foreign firms
- Foreign firms : Corporate and M&A - Foreign firms
- Foreign firms : Projects and energy - Foreign firms
- Foreign firms : Restructuring and insolvency - Foreign firms
South Korea
Taiwan
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Insurance : Insurance
- TMT : TMT
Thailand
Offices in Bangkok
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Projects and energy : Projects and energy
- Real estate and construction : Real estate and construction
- Restructuring and insolvency : Restructuring and insolvency
- TMT : TMT
- Thailand overview : Legal market overview
Tunisia
US
Offices in Washington DC, New York, and Menlo Park
- Finance : Asset finance and leasing: National
- Finance : Capital markets: equity offerings: National
- Finance : Capital markets: global offerings: National
- Finance : Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings: National
- Finance : Corporate restructuring: National
- Finance : Project finance: National
- Finance : Structured finance: derivatives and structured products: National
- Investment fund formation and management : Alternative/hedge funds: National
- Investment fund formation and management : Mutual/registered funds: National
- Investment fund formation and management : Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs): National
- Litigation : Securities: shareholder litigation: National
- Litigation : White-collar criminal defense - full service: National
- Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts : M&A: mega-Deals
- Real estate and construction : New York: capital markets
- Tax : Domestic tax: East Coast
- Tax : International firms: National
- Tax : Employee benefits: National
- Tax : Financial products: National