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Clifford Chance pushes revenue past £2bn as PEP holds steady

UK firm matches Magic Circle rival Allen & Overy in meeting revenue landmark as PEP remains at £2m

19 Jul 2023

Clifford Chance, Sullivan & Cromwell on call for Kering’s acquisition of luxury perfume maker Creed

Paris luxury group signals ambition for new beauty division with all-cash deal

29 Jun 2023

Permira names former Clifford Chance lawyer next general counsel

Peter Gibbs to succeed Ulrich Gasse as private equity giant’s top lawyer at the start of next year

23 Jun 2023

Skadden, Clifford Chance advise on Generali’s €2.3bn acquisition of Liberty Seguros

Cash deal sees Irish heavyweight Matheson and Portugal’s Morais Leitão also called in

21 Jun 2023

Clifford Chance targets energy work with Houston launch

Magic Circle firm to add seven partners from rivals including two from Latham & Watkins to open third US office

5 Jun 2023

Clifford Chance elects 32 new partners in diverse round

Twelve women included in round that sees 39% of new US and UK partners come from minority ethnic backgrounds

27 Apr 2023

Edinburgh to launch arbitration festival in September

Inaugural event will rival London International Disputes Week and has backing of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration

21 Apr 2023

Clifford Chance hires US insurance partner from Mayer Brown in New York

Frank Monaco is the latest in a recent spate of recruits for the firm’s US insurance practice

12 Apr 2023

Trailblazing women leaders, diversity campaigners and businesses recognised in Women and Diversity in Law Awards

Winners unveiled at London ceremony dedicated to professionals making the UK legal sector more diverse and inclusive

22 Mar 2023

Saudi Arabia grants first foreign licences to trio of international firms

Clifford Chance, Herbert Smith Freehills and Latham & Watkins become first foreign law firms granted licences to practise in the Kingdom under new rules

7 Mar 2023

Clifford Chance targets Singapore's digital transformation drive with top-level hire from Norton Rose Fulbright

NRF's former global tech co-head to lead Magic Circle firm’s 600-strong tech group in Asia-Pacific

1 Mar 2023

Marks & Clerk fails in bid to throw out group 'opt out' claim relating to alleged secret commissions

IP firm alleged to have received secret payments from services provider CPA Global for referring clients

28 Feb 2023

DLA Piper tops global ESG law firm ranking as UK firms dominate

Almost half of the top 25 best performing firms on ESG are headquartered in the UK, according to Impactvise

17 Feb 2023

Kirkland & Ellis secures Clifford Chance partner to lead Germany restructuring team

Cristina Weidner joins Chicago giant in Munich just a few months after becoming head of UK firm’s Germany restructuring & insolvency practice

17 Feb 2023

Former Clifford Chance leader joins FTI Consulting

Veteran CC managing partner Matthew Layton joins as senior adviser to help develop client relationships

13 Feb 2023

Clifford Chance names antitrust co-chair new Americas managing partner

Sharis Arnold Pozen succeeds Evan Cohen to become first woman to hold the role

26 Jan 2023

Clifford Chance elects new senior partner

City-based former global capital markets lead Adrian Cartwright to take over in January

6 Dec 2022

UK Magic Circle need ‘another yard of pace’ to compete with US rivals, ex-senior partner warns

Former Slaughter and May leader joins debate over future of London’s elite law firms

7 Nov 2022

Clifford Chance names new UK COO

Ex-chief of staff to former global managing partner Matthew Layton rejoins firm to lead UK operational management 

3 Nov 2022

Kirkland & Ellis hires London M&A partner from Clifford Chance in latest European infrastructure push

Toby Parkinson is Kirkland's fourth UK lateral hire from a Magic Circle firm since the summer

17 Oct 2022