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With roots in international trade, Clyde & Co LLP’s main objective is to help clients do business in over 120 countries around the globe.

The firm: Clyde & Co has expanded rapidly in recent years and is a dominant player in the aviation, insurance and reinsurance, international trade, energy, construction and infrastructure and shipping sectors. Clyde & Co has one of the largest litigation practices in the UK and a rapidly growing international corporate practice.

The firm employs over 700 fee-earners in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Africa and North and Latin America who are qualified in over 20 jurisdictions and fluent in over 50 languages.

Types of work undertaken: Aviation: the firm has one of the world’s foremost aviation practices, serving a wide range of leading market participants with respect to all legal aspects of the aviation and aerospace industry, including insurance, accidents, liability, passenger and cargo claims, aircraft sale, purchase, leasing and financing, commercial contracts, regulatory/competition matters and non-contentious work.

Corporate/commercial: company and commercial law is a cornerstone of the firm, extending beyond corporate insurance transactions. Principal areas of expertise are mergers and acquisitions, equity capital markets, fundraising, joint ventures and strategic alliances and MBOs and restructurings. The corporate team is supported by specialists in tax, employment and immigration, banking and financial services, property and construction, IP/IT, e-commerce, EU competition and WTO and corporate recovery and reconstruction.

Dispute resolution: the firm has acted on many high-profile cases and offers comprehensive litigation, arbitration and mediation services in all major jurisdictions.

Energy: the team has considerable experience and industry knowledge and is consulted by some of the world’s leading multinationals, as well as governments, banks, finance houses, traders, minerals, metals and mining companies.

Insurance/reinsurance: the insurance and reinsurance practice is a world leader, renowned for handling complex and big-ticket work. The firm’s integrated insurance and reinsurance teams provide coverage advice and defence and pursuit of subrogated recoveries in all classes of business including aviation, energy, engineering and construction, financial and professional lines, marine, product liability, property, and special risks including political and credit risk, bloodstock and fine art. The firm’s dedicated corporate insurance team handles work both in the company and Lloyds markets in the UK and overseas from M&A through regulatory and innovatory risk transfer, and policy wordings, to restructurings including part VII’s and schemes of arrangement.

International trade: the group is known internationally for its work within the commodities, insurance, energy and natural resources and maritime sectors. The multi-disciplined team advises on contentious and transactional work, negotiating contracts, assessing risk, projects, deal financing, energy derivatives, regulatory implications of trading and on dispute resolution issues.

Marine and transport: one of the world’s largest shipping practices, the firm advises on all aspects of maritime law from collision, salvage, pollution liabilities and transhipment, to bill of lading and charterparty disputes, shipbuilding and repair, marine insurance, mortgage enforcements and criminal prosecutions, ship finance, regulatory matters and general commercial work. The firm has a leading international reputation acting for cargo insurers and owners, ship-owners, charterers, traders, shipbuilders, ports, terminals, freight forwarders, hauliers and liability insurers.

Real estate and construction: the firm acts for UK and international developers and contractors, as well as advising on construction, for both companies and individuals on non-contentious and litigious issues.

Recruitment enquiries: to Jo Baker or Yma Pearson on 020 7876 5000.

Other offices: Abu Dhabi, Caracas, Doha, Dubai, Guildford, Hong Kong, Moscow, Nantes, New Jersey, New York, Paris, Piraeus, Rio de Janeiro, San Francisco, Shanghai, Singapore

Associated offices: Belgrade, Dar es Salaam, Mumbai, New Delhi, Riyadh, St Petersburg

Number of UK partners 129
Number of other UK fee-earners 467