Awards

Clifford Chance won the Financial Regulation Team of the Year at the Financial News Awards for Legal Excellence 2013. The award follows the Firm's recognition as recipient of the inaugural Financial Regulatory Team of the Year at the IFLR Europe Awards 2013, and provides further recognition of the first class work by Clifford Chance regulatory teams across Europe in helping clients to adjust to the sea of change facing the financial sector. Financial News said: "Clifford Chance is at the absolute forefront of financial services regulation and ramped up its international footprint in 2012 with the formation of a new US Financial Services Regulatory Group." The Financial News awards are unique as the winners are decided by an independent panel of industry practitioners across the finance and capital markets industry.

Clifford Chance Moscow advised on four out of five transactions nominated for the 'Deal of the Year' at CRE Awards 2013. The prize was ultimately awarded to Clifford Chance for the White Square Office Centre transaction which at the present time is considered to be the largest single asset office real estate investment deal ever completed in the Russian market.

Legal Adviser of the Year for Renewables. The Firm has worked on some of the biggest renewables deals globally in the past year, ranging from participating in a significant number of the successful Round 1 REIPPP deals in South Africa, to advising the lenders on the US$693 million financing of a 396MW Mareña Renovables wind farm in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico, and acting for the borrowers on the limited recourse financing of a 24.8% stake in the Walney I & II offshore wind farms in the UK. Clifford Chance was also involved in three transactions that won Deal of the Year at the IJ Awards: Deal of the Year – Power: Azito Gas-fired Power Plant Expansion (Côte d'Ivoire) Deal of the Year – Transport: Eurasia Tunnel PPP (Bosphorus Tunnel, Turkey) Acquisition of the Year – Energy: Open Grid Europe (Germany).

The Firm won the inaugural Financial Regulation Team of the Year trophy for work on the various permutations of the European stability mechanisms. The Firm also secured the Debt and Equity-linked Team of the Year award and a number of Deals of the Year, including: Debt and Equity-linked Deal of the Year (Greek PSI) Equity Deal of the Year (Megafon IPO) Restructuring Deal of the Year (Seat Pagine Gialle). The Debt and Equity-linked award recognises the Firm's work on Barclays’ Tier 2 convertible bonds, the Greek PSI, Turkey’s US$1.5 billion sukuk, and Volkswagen's convertible notes.

Clifford Chance won the prestigious European Law Firm of the Year award for successfully handling complex cross-border work in a range of practice areas. The Firm also collected the Belgium, France and Russia Law Firm of the Year awards, and was shortlisted in a further seven categories. This is the first time any law firm has held all three titles for Europe, Middle East and International Law Firm of the Year at the same time.

Clifford Chance won the Financial Regulation Team of the Year at the Financial News Awards for Legal Excellence 2013. The award follows the Firm's recognition as recipient of the inaugural Financial Regulatory Team of the Year at the IFLR Europe Awards 2013, and provides further recognition of the first class work by Clifford Chance regulatory teams across Europe in helping clients to adjust to the sea of change facing the financial sector. Financial News said: "Clifford Chance is at the absolute forefront of financial services regulation and ramped up its international footprint in 2012 with the formation of a new US Financial Services Regulatory Group." The Financial News awards are unique as the winners are decided by an independent panel of industry practitioners across the finance and capital markets industry.

Clifford Chance Brussels was awarded "Competition Law Firm of the Year" on 14 March 2013 in Brussels.

Clifford Chance has won the prestigious Chambers Global: International Law Firm of the Year Award for 2013. The firm was also named Chambers Global: Law Firm of the Year for Europe and for the Middle East. Rieta Ghosh, Editor-in-Chief, Chambers and Partners, said, "We were unanimous in our decision. Clifford Chance's continued international expansion and involvement in cutting-edge deals and cases has earned it this much coveted title of International Law Firm of the Year."

Clifford Chance won the prestigious European Law Firm of the Year award for successfully handling complex cross-border work in a range of practice areas. The Firm also collected the Belgium, France and Russia Law Firm of the Year awards, and was shortlisted in a further seven categories. This is the first time any law firm has held all three titles for Europe, Middle East and International Law Firm of the Year at the same time.

Clifford Chance won the Financial Regulation Team of the Year at the Financial News Awards for Legal Excellence 2013. The award follows the Firm's recognition as recipient of the inaugural Financial Regulatory Team of the Year at the IFLR Europe Awards 2013, and provides further recognition of the first class work by Clifford Chance regulatory teams across Europe in helping clients to adjust to the sea of change facing the financial sector. Financial News said: "Clifford Chance is at the absolute forefront of financial services regulation and ramped up its international footprint in 2012 with the formation of a new US Financial Services Regulatory Group." The Financial News awards are unique as the winners are decided by an independent panel of industry practitioners across the finance and capital markets industry.

Clifford Chance Brussels was awarded "Competition Law Firm of the Year" on 14 March 2013 in Brussels.

Clifford Chance has won the prestigious Chambers Global: International Law Firm of the Year Award for 2013. The firm was also named Chambers Global: Law Firm of the Year for Europe and for the Middle East. Rieta Ghosh, Editor-in-Chief, Chambers and Partners, said, "We were unanimous in our decision. Clifford Chance's continued international expansion and involvement in cutting-edge deals and cases has earned it this much coveted title of International Law Firm of the Year."

Clifford Chance won the prestigious European Law Firm of the Year award for successfully handling complex cross-border work in a range of practice areas. The Firm also collected the Belgium, France and Russia Law Firm of the Year awards, and was shortlisted in a further seven categories. This is the first time any law firm has held all three titles for Europe, Middle East and International Law Firm of the Year at the same time.

Clifford Chance won the Financial Regulation Team of the Year at the Financial News Awards for Legal Excellence 2013. The award follows the Firm's recognition as recipient of the inaugural Financial Regulatory Team of the Year at the IFLR Europe Awards 2013, and provides further recognition of the first class work by Clifford Chance regulatory teams across Europe in helping clients to adjust to the sea of change facing the financial sector. Financial News said: "Clifford Chance is at the absolute forefront of financial services regulation and ramped up its international footprint in 2012 with the formation of a new US Financial Services Regulatory Group." The Financial News awards are unique as the winners are decided by an independent panel of industry practitioners across the finance and capital markets industry.

Clifford Chance Brussels was awarded "Competition Law Firm of the Year" on 14 March 2013 in Brussels.

Clifford Chance has won the prestigious Chambers Global: International Law Firm of the Year Award for 2013. The firm was also named Chambers Global: Law Firm of the Year for Europe and for the Middle East. Rieta Ghosh, Editor-in-Chief, Chambers and Partners, said, "We were unanimous in our decision. Clifford Chance's continued international expansion and involvement in cutting-edge deals and cases has earned it this much coveted title of International Law Firm of the Year."