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Eversheds and CC lead on £250m UK retail property joint venture

Eversheds and Clifford Chance (CC) have won leading roles advising on a £250m joint venture between property investment company NewRiver and Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing (MSREI) to invest in UK retail property. The Guernsey-registered join...

10 Mar 2010 | 12:02

Linklaters launches Amsterdam structured finance group

Linklaters is launching a structured finance practice in Amsterdam with the hire of a Clifford Chance (CC) partner. Kees Westermann will join Linklaters as a counsel on 1 April and will work alongside the eight partners already based in the office. Th...

08 Mar 2010 | 12:41

Dechert signs up ex-CC partner for Munich arm

Dechert has recruited a partner from Clifford Chance (CC) in a boost for the firm's financial services and investment management group in Munich. Hans Stamm joined Dechert this week (1 March) after leaving CC on 31 December. Stamm has been a par...

03 Mar 2010 | 13:42

Magic circle trio take roles on Babcock's £1.1bn VT Group bid

A trio of magic circle law firms have won advisory roles relating to Babcock International's £1.1bn unsolicited bid for government support services company VT Group. Clifford Chance (CC), Linklaters and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have all pick...

03 Mar 2010 | 11:48

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CC votes in tougher performance management for partners

Clifford Chance's (CC's) partnership has voted through changes to its corporate governance structure, cementing the firm's ability to take a tougher approach to partner performance. Voting closed last week (19 February), with partners approving a r...

25 Feb 2010 | 00:01

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Eversheds rated as top law firm brand in 2010 Superbrands rankings

Eversheds has been named as the law firm with the strongest brand in this year's Superbrands survey. The UK top 10 firm is the highest ranked firm in the legal category, improving its position on 2009 when it was placed third behind the top-ranked ...

24 Feb 2010 | 12:46

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McGrigors seals £3m court victory in Wembley Stadium steel dispute

McGrigors has secured a victory for Cleveland Bridge UK (CBUK) in the long-running Wembley Stadium dispute, with the steel firm set to receive £3m in damages. The judgment, handed down by Lord Justice May in the Court of Appeal last week (19 Febru...

22 Feb 2010 | 15:48

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CC transfers UK litigation chief to Moscow in Russia disputes drive

Clifford Chance's (CC's) UK litigation head Nicholas Munday has been seconded to the firm's Moscow office in a bid to strengthen and expand the disputes team in the region. Munday, who is responsible for overseeing the firm's Moscow and UK litigati...

18 Feb 2010 | 00:01

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CC seeks new London finance chief as current head retires

Clifford Chance (CC) is gearing up to elect a new head of London finance, with current post-holder Mark Stewart set to retire next month. Stewart, who lost in a bid for CC's London managing partner role at the close of last year, has announced that...

18 Feb 2010 | 00:01

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CC brings in former Ashurst Asia chief to head up Tokyo corporate

Clifford Chance (CC) has hired former Ashurst partner Alan Kitchin to lead its Tokyo corporate and projects practice. Kitchin, who left Ashurst's London office this month (10 February), will join CC as a partner and is set to relocate to Tokyo in e...

17 Feb 2010 | 11:49

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Top-level CC management see total earnings fall by one third

The 15 partners on Clifford Chance's (CC's) management committee shared £11.8m between them in 2008-09, a third less than they earned the previous year. The figure is contained within the firm's limited liability partnership (LLP) accounts, which ...

10 Feb 2010 | 15:09

CC prepares to sub-let Italy office space

Clifford Chance (CC) is in discussions to sub-let an entire floor of its six-storey Milan office to one of its clients. It is understood that the magic circle firm is in discussions with Goldman Sachs to lease the forth floor of its Milan base.

03 Feb 2010 | 15:36

CC and Davis Polk lead $12bn Brazilian ethanol JV

Clifford Chance (CC) and Davis Polk & Wardwell have secured lead roles on Royal Dutch Shell's entry into Brazil's sugar-based ethanol market in a $12bn (£7.5bn) joint venture with the Brazilian biofuel giant Cosan, writes The AmLaw Daily.CC partner A...

02 Feb 2010 | 11:19

DLA, CC and Travers win roles on £440m outsourcing company buyout

A raft of firms have landed roles on the £440m buyout of legal process outsourcing company CPA Global by private equity investor Intermediate Capital Group (ICG). DLA Piper advised CPA on the deal with a team led by UK corporate chief David Raff, ...

29 Jan 2010 | 17:51

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CC litigator takes up new role as London IP chief at Baker Botts

Clifford Chance (CC) has lost its last dedicated intellectual property (IP) litigator in London with the departure of Peter Taylor to Baker Botts. Taylor joined the US firm's London office in November after serving more than a decade as a partner a...

26 Jan 2010 | 08:56

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