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Clifford Chance

Clifford Chance
Steve Nickelsburg

Steve Nickelsburg

Partner

Partner
Steve Nickelsburg

Steve Nickelsburg has twenty-five years' experience in complex civil litigation, internal investigations, and government enforcement matters. He represents corporate clients, sovereign and multilateral institutions, and individuals in a wide range of cases with cross-border implications, including anticorruption, economic sanctions, anti-money laundering, unfair competition, intellectual property theft, and commercial disputes, as well as matters involving climate, human rights claims and sovereign immunity. Steve also advises multinational companies on litigation and transactional risk assessment, risk mitigation strategies, and compliance measures.

Steve is a Co-Chair of our Global ESG Board and a member of our Global Business and Human Rights Risk team.

Business and Human Rights Risk

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Career and qualifications

  • Duke University (BS, Engineering, magna cum laude) 1989
  • Northeastern University (MS, Engineering) 1993
  • University of Virginia School of Law (JD, Law Review, Order of the Coif) 1998
  • Judicial Clerk, The Honorable Anthony M. Kennedy, Supreme Court of the United States (OT99)
  • Judicial Clerk, The Honorable J. Harvie Wilkinson III, Chief Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
  • Admitted as an Attorney-at-Law in Virginia 2001
  • Admitted as an Attorney-at-Law in the District of Columbia 2002
  • Joined Clifford Chance as a Partner 2007

Professional bodies

  • Steve serves on the Board of Visitors of Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment.