Please select from the links below for further information on our sectors and legal area expertise.
Sectors:
Banks
We have a world leading Banks sector group located across our global network who are involved in many of the market's ground breaking deals. The group consists of a multi-disciplinary team of lawyers drawn from our Banking, Capital Markets, Corporate, Tax, Litigation and Real Estate practices who have an unrivalled breadth and depth of experience of working with Banks in Europe, the Americas and Asia.
Consumer goods & retail
Companies in the consumer goods and retail sector confront the global challenges of an economic slowdown, an increasingly competitive environment and a growing regulatory burden. A fundamental understanding of these commercial, competitive and compliance pressures together with a unique international network means Clifford Chance is ideally placed to help clients meet these challenges and achieve their strategic objectives.
Energy & resources
The global energy and resources group at Clifford Chance is a multi-disciplinary group of highly-experienced lawyers who provide innovative legal advice, including expertise in capital markets, corporate, construction, environment, litigation, PFI/PPP, project finance, restructuring, real estate and tax.
Financial services
We have a world leading Financial Services sector group which is based in all the major financial and commercial centres around the globe. The group consists of a multi-disciplinary team of lawyers drawn from our Banking, Capital Markets, Corporate, Tax, Litigation and Real Estate practices who have an unrivalled breadth and depth of experience of working with a broad range of Financial Services Institutions.
Funds & investment management
The investment management industry currently faces unprecedented regulatory change on a global basis. No other law firm is better placed to address these challenges for investment management clients on a global basis than Clifford Chance.
Government & public policy
The political, regulatory and legal environment is becoming increasingly complex. The way you engage in the political and law-making process can be critical to the success of your business.
Healthcare, life sciences & chemicals
The competitive dynamics in the healthcare and life sciences industries are changing fast.
Industrials
The industrial sector is at the core of our business. Our global Industrial Sector Group mobilises the best resources of the firm and applies our significant sector expertise to help clients anticipate and effectively deal with any operational, project or transaction issues – we pride ourselves on being able to offer a truly global service.
Insurance
Clifford Chance's preeminent Global Insurance Industry Sector Group is comprised of leading lawyers from among its corporate banking & finance, capital markets, M&A, regulatory, dispute resolution, anti trust, tax, real estate, pensions and employment teams. Our clients include property and casualty insurers and reinsurers, participants in the Lloyd's market, life insurers and reinsurers serving domestic and international markets, mutuals and on and offshore captives, insurance and reinsurance brokers, underwriting agencies and specialist advisers to the insurance industry.
Private equity
Real estate
Acting for the real estate industry's leading players, we advise on the full range of real estate-related transactions.
Telecommunications, media & technology
Our international TMT team has an in-depth understanding of the sector and brings the right mix of industry knowledge and experience of TMT transactions. We invest time to understand our clients’ strategic objectives, offering relevant and practical advice.
Transport & logistics
The transport and logistics industry is central to the evolution of an efficient global marketplace.
Legal areas:
Antitrust/competition, EU & trade
An unrivalled network of antitrust lawyers offering a unique mix of legal, economic and regulatory expertise to the benefit of international clients from a range of industry sectors
Banking & finance
We have the world's leading international finance practice located in major financial and commercial centres around the world and are involved in many of the market's ground breaking deals.
Capital markets
Our capital markets practice provides global legal advice on large and complex debt and equity transactions and structured debt.
Construction
The Clifford Chance Construction Group provides specialist support to clients in the development of procurement strategies and in the analysis and allocation of construction risk. The Group is unique among the leading law firms in its size and specialist focus and is consistently recognized as a market leader.
Employment, employee benefits & pensions
Our teams of experienced employment, employee benefits, ERISA and pensions specialists work with clients from a wide range of sectors to address local and cross-border issues.
Environment
A specialised group of lawyers from across our broad international network focusing on environmental aspects of our clients' businesses
Funds & investment management
Insurance
Clifford Chance's global insurance industry sector group provides expert local and cross-border services covering all aspects of the insurance/reinsurance industry.
Intellectual property
Clifford Chance's global IP Group offers both IP specialists, who typically handle transactional, advisory and disputes work, and commercial lawyers who are familiar with dealing with IP issues in the course of drafting and negotiating a wider range of transaction documents. Whether the job is standalone, or part of a larger transaction we can provide partners and lawyers with a suitable range of experience and skills.
Islamic finance
We offer our clients a full service Islamic finance practice.
Litigation and dispute resolution
Clifford Chance's global group of specialist litigators help to resolve your business disputes through arbitration, litigation or mediation.
M&A/corporate
Clifford Chance is established as one of the leading global corporate practices.
PFI/PPP
Clifford Chance’s market leading PPP team offers these unique benefits to clients.
Private equity
Private equity has long been a key focus for Clifford Chance and our market-leading practice offers unrivalled expertise and resource across the globe.
Project development & finance
The worldwide projects group specialises in all areas of global project financing. The group offers the experience and capability of a team that regularly works on the most important, innovative and complex projects around the world.
Public policy
Anticipating, understanding and shaping law and policy as it evolves and other government affairs.
Real estate
Regulatory enforcement & white collar
Clifford Chance’s global regulatory enforcement and white collar group is a core team of specialist partners and associates whose practice focuses on regulatory and compliance problems.
Restructuring & insolvency
Our dedicated Restructuring and Insolvency team is made up of experienced specialists whose pragmatism has earned its strong reputation for delivering commercial results packaged into one seamless service. We specialise in complex multi-jurisdictional restructurings and insolvencies with dedicated resources in the key European jurisdictions, the US and Asia, in addition to having expertise in our practices in the emerging market jurisdictions. The depth of our talent is second to none, we provide restructuring and finance expertise across a full spectrum of products and structures and access to partners who specialise in areas which often prove pivotal in distressed situations, such as finance, litigation and dispute resolution, regulation, real estate, pensions, tax and derivatives. In recent times we have been involved in advising on some of the most important restructurings and insolvencies taking place across the globe, including Dubai World, CEMEX, Rusal, British Vita, Coeur Défense, Colonial, Monier, Sanitec, Yell, LyondellBasell, Eurotunnel, LG Phillips, Lehman Brothers, and Icelandic Banks.
Tax
We provide innovative and practical tax advice on a standalone basis and as an integral part of the firm's representation on transactions, with particular expertise in multi jurisdictional matters.
Technology, media & telecoms
Our international TMT team has an in-depth understanding of the sector and brings the right mix of industry knowledge and experience of TMT transactions. We invest time to understand our clients’ strategic objectives, offering relevant and practical advice.
Publications
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EU Political Update 27 - 31 May 2013
27 May 2013 -
The Hong Kong Stock Exchange consults on reforming the connected transaction rules
27 May 2013 -
Is there a Path through the Woods?
24 May 2013