Clifford Chance's UK practice is a leader in its market. Our clients are the foremost national and global businesses, as well as leading regulatory, government and public sector bodies. Our lawyers specialise in every major area of the commercial legal sphere: from corporate law and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) to litigation and dispute resolution; from banking, finance and capital markets to taxation, employment and real estate.
Clifford Chance UK – A global reputation for innovation and commercial acumen
Clifford Chance's UK practice is based in London and its lawyers specialise in many corporate and industrial sectors. These include banking and financial services, private equity and healthcare, as well as infrastructure, technology, energy, consumer and retail.
We deliver innovative and commercially-driven legal advice, with excellence as a given. Clients come to us with their complex, business-critical matters that reach across borders and across timezones. They are choosing quality people with experience in the highest-profile legal transactions — experience that reflects London's long history as a financial and commercial centre.
The practice is a vital part of Clifford Chance's international network, which provides integrated local and cross-border legal advice throughout the world.
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The expertise of Clifford Chance in the UK is recognised by the foremost legal industry commentators:
- "Clifford Chance’s resources and its ability to get the right people in the right place for the work prove immensely – and justly – popular with clients." Chambers Global 2010, UK: Corporate/M&A
- "…a consistent top performer, say clients. It wins praise for its pragmatism, attentiveness, heavyweight expertise and negotiation style." Chambers Global 2010, UK: Banking & Finance
- "…Immense strength across a multitude of disciplines." Chambers Global 2010, UK: Dispute Resolution
Major recent client assignments led by Clifford Chance UK:
- Advising bank syndicates on key Glencore financings, one of which was related to its proposed merger with Xstrata
- Advising The Co-operative Group on its £750 million acquisition of 632 Lloyds Banking Group branches
- Advising Santander on the sale of its stake in Thames Water to the China Investment Corporation
- Advising ONO - Spain's largest provider of internet broadband, pay TV and fixed telephony - on its multi-stage refinancing programme
Legal Services – Clifford Chance expertise in the UK
- Antitrust/Competition
- Banking & Finance
- Capital Markets
- Commercial
- Construction
- Employment, Employee Benefits and Pensions
- Environment
- Financial Institutions & Markets
- Insurance
- Intellectual Property
- Litigation
- M&A/Corporate
- PFI/PPP
- Private Equity
- Private Funds
- Projects
- Public Policy
- Real Estate
- Restructuring/Insolvency
- Tax
Office Details
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Clifford Chance, London
10 Upper Bank Street
London
E14 5JJ
United Kingdom
Tel: +442070061000
Fax: +442070065555
Contact for London
David Bickerton
Regional Managing Partner For London & Middle East
Clifford Chance, London Coleman Street
4 Coleman Street *
London
EC2R 5JJ
United Kingdom
* This is not a postal address, all correspondence should be sent to our address at 10 Upper Bank Street, London E14 5JJ.
Tel: +442070061000
Fax: +442070065555
Additional information
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