The most current iteration of
Clifford Chance came about in 1987 after the merger of Coward Chance and Clifford Turner. Today, the full service firm has 32 offices spread throughout Africa, the Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe and the Middle East. In the United States, the firm has offices in New York and Washington DC.
Clifford Chance has a dedicated team to aviation financing and so is quite prevalent in the aviation industry. It is also prevalent in the real estate industry, especially in the New York office, given the firm’s dedicated real estate practice. The practice represents REITs, real estate developers and real estate investors in acquisition and financing related matters for commercial, industrial and residential properties.
In the banking practice, the firm represents borrowers and lenders in export trade facility, credit facility and term loan agreements. The financing was used for acquisition financing, real estate financing, refinancing, project financing and general corporate financing.
The debt capital markets team represents underwriters and issuers in sovereign bond, investment grade bond, hybrid bond, green bond and high yield bond offerings. On the equity capital markets side, the team also represents underwriters and issuers in secondary issuances, share offerings, at-the-market programs and tender offers. In the derivatives practice, the firm represents issuers in forwards, swaps and other derivatives. The structured finance and securitization team represents borrowers and lenders in CLOs,
mortgage backed securitizations and receivables backed securitizations.
The M&A team represents strategic and private equity acquirers and sellers in acquisitions, joint ventures and mergers across many industries.
The project development practice advises developers and financial sponsors in the oil and gas, infrastructure, energy and port industries. Many of these projects are cross border and based in outside jurisdictions.
In restructuring and insolvency, the team represents administrative agents, trustees and debtors in international financial restructurings and US based Chapter 11 and 15 proceedings.
Some of the firm’s key clients include JP Morgan, Wilmington Savings Fund Society, Goldman Sachs, US International Development Corporation, Citibank, Cortland Capital Markets Services, Credit Agricole, Mizuho Bank and Siemens.
Client feedback: 32nd edition (2022/2023)
“Clifford Chance is very experienced in the bond underwritings that we do. They are
knowledgeable, well-organized and responsive. I feel secure working on transactions with them as my counsel.”
“Incredibly responsive, smart, experienced.”
