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Paul Weiss and Clifford Chance in as Apollo gatecrashes easyJet sale with surprise £5.7bn takeover offer
Offer trumps earlier rival bid from Slaughter and May- and Milbank-repped Castlelake
Sidley adds five-partner finance team from Clifford Chance in New York and DC
Lee Askenazi, who co-led Clifford Chance’s financial markets team, joins with four more partners
Sidley hits Clifford Chance for top restructuring duo in London
Clifford Chance’s global restructuring co-head Philip Hertz and London restructuring lead Melissa Coakley join Sidley as US firm continues City hiring spree
Freshfields, Slaughters score lead roles on EQT’s £11bn Intertek takeover
Simpson Thacher, Clifford Chance, Linklaters and Sweden’s Vinge also guide deal that sees another London-listed firm bought out by foreign bidders
Clifford Chance promotes 28 to partner in US-heavy round
Latest round includes six US promotions, up from one in previous two rounds
Gibson Dunn strengthens in Paris with investment funds team from Clifford Chance
Seven-strong group includes four partners, led by Xavier Comaills
Hogan Lovells, Cleary, Clifford Chance, Wachtell advise on McCormick’s $44.8bn purchase of Unilever’s food business
Deal follows Unilever’s spin out of its ice cream business last year as it refocuses on its home and personal care brands
Wachtell, Clifford Chance lead on $10.5bn storage megadeal
Wachtell counsels Public Storage, the largest self-storage company in the US, on acquisition of Clifford Chance-counselled rival National Storage
Magic Circle trio guide $4bn data centre acquisition
Slaughter and May and Linklaters advise CPP and Equinix in acquisition of Nordic data centre operater atNorth, as Clifford Chance counsels owner Partners Group
Clifford Chance, Slaughter and May guide Schroders’ £9.9bn sale to Nuveen
Deal marks largest-ever acquisition of a European fund manager that will create a combined group with $2.5trn of assets under management
Latham & Watkins adds private equity quartet from Clifford Chance in Paris
Group includes trio of partners: Benjamin de Blegiers, Daniel Zerbib and Gauthier Martin
Sidley Austin hires Clifford Chance US funds leaders in New York
Cliff Cone and Michael Sabin join alongside partner Dan Drabkin
Humphries Kerstetter boosts ranks with partner hire from Clifford Chance
Matthew Scully joins London disputes boutique alongside experienced former senior clerk Stephen Penson
Clifford Chance elects Adams for second term as global managing partner
Charles Adams will begin his second term at the start of May next year
Clifford Chance to cut back office roles as AI use takes hold
UK firm to axe up to 50 roles according to Financial Times report, citing increased use of AI among factors driving change
Clifford Chance hits White & Case for 15-lawyer class actions team in Frankfurt
Move follows recent partner hires in CC’s disputes practice in Australia, Spain, Italy and US
‘A lawyer of exceptional vision’: Clifford Chance mourns death of former managing partner
Eminent finance lawyer Michael Bray led Clifford Chance from 2000-2002, later joining Grimaldi
Ashurst adds Clifford Chance partner to launch first office in Africa
Ouns Lemseffer joins as head of Ashurst’s Morocco practice as it prepares to open an office in Casablanca
A&O Shearman restocks Luxembourg funds bench with Clifford Chance duo
Hires follow funds lawyers exiting for Simpson Thacher, legacy Herbert Smith Freehills’ Luxembourg launches
Clifford Chance flags US push as global revenue climbs 9% to £2.4bn
UK Magic Circle firm says US revenue grew 50% over last two years; PEP edges up