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Clifford Chance Offices
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WASHINGTON DC 20006-1001
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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John Friel
Position
John Friel is a partner in Clifford Chance’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice, based in New York. John represents corporate and financial institution clients in complex litigation and government enforcement actions. His practice focuses on antitrust, securities, and derivatives matters, both criminal and civil, and he has particular expertise in cross-border matters.
John represents clients before a number of US agencies, including the Department of Justice, Federal Trade Commission, Securities and Exchange Commission, and Commodity Futures Trading Commission, as well as numerous enforcement agencies around the world.
Education
Temple University (BA) 2004
Villanova University School of Law (JD) 2009
University College London (LLM) 2010
Joined Clifford Chance 2010
Admitted as an Attorney-at-Law in New York 2011
Partner since 2020
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
Clifford Chance’s New York team includes four former federal prosecutors, and former senior regulators and prosecutors from US regulatory agencies such as the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The New York practice is tightly integrated with the Washington DC office to provide seamless coverage for global and domestic clients, among them large global financial institutions and companies. The firm has ‘top-notch capabilities – the CC securities litigators routinely handle bet-the-company cases’. Lead partner Robert Houck in New York ‘has great APAC and European experience meaning he is able to cover multiple regions as part of global projects’. Houck, John Friel and senior counsel David Yeres acted for NatWest Markets in class actions and investigations alleging manipulation of LIBOR and other benchmarks.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
- Tax > Financial products
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Finance > Project finance
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Fintech
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Tax > International tax
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate