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Mr Neil Barlow
Position
Neil Barlow is a partner in Clifford Chance’s Corporate/M&A practice, based in New York. He has a particular focus on private equity transactions. Neil specializes in advising on cross-border M&A and has a wealth of experience advising on M&A in North America, Europe and Latin America and is adept at executing domestic or cross-border transactions involving those geographies.
Neil has spent time on secondment with CVC Capital Partners and with 3i, and has worked in the New York, London and Dubai offices of Clifford Chance.
Education
Georgetown University (SFS) 2008
University of Sussex (LLB) 2009
University of Law (LPC) 2010
Joined Clifford Chance 2011
Admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales 2013
Licensed as a Legal Consultant in New York 2019
Partner since 2021
Admitted as an Attorney-at-Law in New York 2022
Lawyer Rankings
United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
Clifford Chance represents major clients in the private equity sphere including the likes of KKR, Carlyle, Blackstone, and Rothschild in a diverse range of complex and high-value transactions, utilizing an extensive network of experienced attorneys across the US, London, Paris and Frankfurt. Following the departure of former practice head Gary Boss in June 2022, the New York-based team is jointly led by Kevin Lehpamer and Neil Barlow, the pair having represented Cinven in a $2.6bn agreement with life science giant Bayer AG, acquiring its Environmental Science Professional business. The team is bolstered by the ‘high quality’ David Brinton , who has particular expertise in the energy, infrastructure and financial sectors.
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)
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- 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
- 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: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield 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