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Clifford Chance

Clifford Chance

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France

3

Capital markets: equity capital markets

Clifford Chance boasts expertise in the ECM field within its Parisian office, which can also handle US-related. The practice benefits from being to regularly work alongside the firm's other international offices, including in Amsterdam. The team often assists underwriters, coordinators, and book runners. Aline Cardin and Olivier Plessis, who has US expertise, are the key names to note in the department.
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Client satisfaction: Sector knowledge

Testimonials

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  • ‘Present everywhere, very useful for complex transactions involving many countries. Very knowledgeable about US issues.’
  • ‘The Parisian ECM team is extremely user friendly, experienced on all ECM products, responsive, hard-working and highly efficient. They really listen to clients' needs and have proved themselves time and again to be trusted advisers.'
  • 'They really know the market standards, act equally strongly for issuers and underwriters, are consistent and balanced, and can navigate to the best solutions and positions for ECM capital raisings and selldowns.’
  • ‘Olivier du Plessis and Aline Cardin are the standout lawyers in the Paris ECM team.’
  • ‘Excellence in capital markets/ECM, monitoring of transactions, high standards, strong collaboration.'

Key clients

  • BofA
  • Stifel
  • Bryan Garnier
  • Goldman Sachs
  • Natixis
  • NSIG Sunrise

Work highlights

Advising NSIG Sunrise and BofA Securities on the accelerated bookbuild offering of ordinary shares in the capital of French company Soitec, a leading designer and manufacturer of semiconductor materials, listed on Euronext Paris.
Advised BofA Securities and Goldman Sachs as solicitation agents on the successful consent solicitation of Orange in relation to the amendment of certain outstanding SEC-registered notes in the context of Orange's delisting of its shares and deregistration in the US.
Advised a syndicate of underwriters, comprising J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, BNP PARIBAS, Goldman Sachs, and ING on the €300m equity issuance by CTP N.V., Europe's largest publicly listed industrial developer by gross leasable area.

Lawyers

Next Generation Partners

Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.

Practice head

Aline Cardin; Jonathan Lewis; Anne Lemercier; Olivier Plessis