Two step up to challenge Ouwehand as CC senior partner vote looms
Dubai partner Edmund Boyo and London partner Adrian Cartwright have stepped forward to challenge Clifford Chance’s (CC) incumbent senior partner Jeroen…
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‘Our team has delivered’: Clifford Chance nears £2bn revenue as PEP breaks £2m barrier
Clifford Chance has become the second Magic Circle firm to post encouraging 2021/22 financials, announcing today (19 July) an 8%…
City talent tussle continues as CC matches Freshfields with £125k NQ salary
Clifford Chance’s (CC) next cohort of newly qualified associates will take home £125,000 per year, after the firm bumped its…
Clifford Chance makes up 17 City partners in largest promotion round since 2007
Clifford Chance (CC) has promoted 37 lawyers to the partnership including 17 in the City, making it the latest Magic…
Deals Yearbook 2022: Katherine Moir, Clifford Chance – partner since 2016
Why did you decide to become an M&A lawyer? For the buzz, the teamwork, strategic problem solving, and intensive client…
Financials 2020/21: ‘Strongest-ever quarter’ rescues revenue growth at Clifford Chance
Clifford Chance had a late flurry of transactional activity to thank for a respectable set of Covid financials, as profit…
Legal Business Awards 2020 – Corporate Team of the Year
The entries have been assessed, the shortlists have been drawn up and our panel of general counsel judges have had…
Legal Business Awards 2020 – Private Equity Team of the Year
After much back-and-forth between the judges in a keenly contested category, we are now delighted to reveal the winner of…
Legal Business Awards 2020 – Finance Team of the Year
After much back-and-forth between the judges in this keenly contested category, we are now delighted to reveal the winner of…
Guest comment: Corporate values mean nothing without cost – City law’s moment has come to champion diversity
An institution’s values and commitment to inclusion are only real when tested. It is in challenging times that we decide…
CC becomes third City leader to achieve post-pandemic growth as revenues climb £110m
With the coronavirus pandemic still wreaking havoc across many industry sectors, London’s legal elite has continued to buck the dire…
CC breaks ground with 15% ethnic minority target for partners but can the profession follow through?
Is the next front on diversity in the profession targets for ethnic minority representation? The industry looks to be slowly…
Magic Circle trio ask City staff to work from home as coronavirus crisis deepens
Allen & Overy (A&O), Slaughter and May and Clifford Chance have asked City staff to work from home in a bid to mitigate…
Dealwatch: CC beats Coronavirus jitters with two mandates as DLA drinks up Danone deal
An ‘all over the place’ market which saw Coronavirus impact transactions did not stop Clifford Chance (CC) from advising on two…
LLP accounts: Pension costs hurt CC profits as A&O leadership sees pay increases
Operating profit at Clifford Chance (CC) UK LLP fell 5% to £260m in the year to 30 April 2019 amid…
Deal watch: Simpson Thacher conjures Blackstone and Alibaba mandates as Linklaters and CC lead on British Steel takeover
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has picked up two high-profile mandates advising Blackstone on the acquisition of MagicLab alongside the Hong Kong…
Legal 500 Data: Behind the story
This issue holds our annual Global 100 survey results, but which Global 100 firms top The Legal 500 for number…
CC reveals first Magic Circle 2018/19 results as PEP grows just 1% and revenue nears £1.7bn
Clifford Chance (CC)’s managing partner Matthew Layton spoke of ‘times of investment’ and pointed to his firm’s four-year performance after…
CC follows Freshfields with £100k package for junior lawyers as pay war with US rivals intensifies
Clifford Chance (CC) has become the second Magic Circle law firm to raise the starting pay for its associates to…
Deal watch: Seats at the table for Travers, Skadden and Gateley as Pret acquires EAT and Oliver’s chain collapses
Two opposite developments in the UK high street have seen City and US firms advise as food chain Pret A…