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Clifford Chance
Stefanie Ferring

Stefanie Ferring

Partner

Partner
Stefanie Ferring

Stefanie is a finance and restructuring practitioner with extensive experience advising on high-value, complex and cross-border restructurings, insolvencies and special situations. Her practice also covers rescue finance, distressed M&A, non-performing loan portfolio sales and collateral enforcement.  She acts for a broad range of stakeholders, including banks, credit funds, financial sponsors, corporates and directors. 

Stefanie also advises across the whole spectrum of lending activities with a particular focus on real estate finance across Europe, advising both lenders (senior and mezzanine) and borrowers on acquisition financings, development financings, senior and mezzanine structures, and loan-on-loan financings across all real estate asset classes. Her experience spans Luxembourg and numerous European jurisdictions, including pan-European transactions.

She is a regular conference speaker and was a guest lecturer in insolvency law at the University of Luxembourg. 

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Career & qualifications

  • University Robert Schuman, Strasbourg, DEUG Droit 2000
  • University Robert Schuman, Strasbourg, Licence en droit 2001
  • University Robert Schuman, Strasbourg, Maîtrise en droit des affaires (Certificate in European law) 2002
  • Cambridge University, LL.M. 2003
  • Admitted as an avocat 2004
  • Joined Clifford Chance 2004
  • Admitted as an avocat à la Cour 2006
  • Counsel 2011
  • Partner since 2021

Professional bodies

  • Legal Affairs Committee of the Luxembourg Bankers' Association (ABBL)

Awards and citations

  • "Her commercial awareness and vision are very strong. A pleasure to work with”.
    Chambers Europe 2024
  • “Stefanie Ferring has a focus on cross-border financial restructurings and restructuring work involving financial institutions and real estate portfolios.”
    Legal 500 2023: Banking, Finance and Capital Markets – Luxembourg
  • Rising star partner
    ILFR 1000 2020 : Banking and finance :
     M&A - Luxembourg
  • Excellent lawyer, responsive and client oriented
    Legal 500 2022