Clifford Chance

Clifford Chance has been named both 'Law Firm of the Year' and 'North American Law Firm of the Year' at the Structured Credit Investor (SCI) Capital Relief Trades Awards for 2021.

Full coverage of the award wins can be found here.

In acknowledging Clifford Chance's achievements SCI stated that "In a year that was heavily affected by the global Covid-19 pandemic, and the extension of the STS regime to synthetic securitisation, Clifford Chance has stood out as the leading law firm on all aspects of credit risk transfer transactions."

Partner Tim Cleary said: “We’ve always felt we have the largest and most experienced practice in this market and it is nice to win an award like this that recognises that. We have been there through the financial crisis when this was an unfashionable market. And as the market has returned since 2012, we have always been at the forefront of new developments.”

On winning North America’s top law firm of the year award for the second year running, Partner David Felsenthal said: "We are delighted to have won this award for a second successive year. This award recognises how Clifford Chance is able to bring to bear our global strength in CRT markets to the North American market."