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Technology in the hot seat - the challenges facing law firm IT departments
The results from the latest Legal Week Intelligence IT Report show a positive response to law firm IT departments. Vanessa Ip reports
25 May 2012 | 00:04 | 
BIT between the teeth - the value of bilateral investment treaties
CC’s Audley Sheppard discusses the value of bilateral investment treaties as insurance policies against government interference
11 May 2012 | 00:00 |
The long, long haul - can the magic circle break America?
As attention turns to emerging economies, London’s top firms continue to press on in the US. Georgina Stanley asks whether a breakthrough is finally in sight
02 Mar 2012 | 00:00 |
Partner exits – if you’ve got to go, don’t go quite yet
On the face of it there are very few parallels between Clifford Chance (CC) and SNR Denton right now, with CC’s average profits per equity partner standing around the £1m mark, while those at legacy Dentons lag behind its City peers at just £232,0...
14 Jul 2011 | 00:00 |
Brand versus brawn – can CC get back in the funds game?
While the initial response to Weil Gotshal & Manges’ daring four-partner raid on Clifford Chance’s (CC’s) private equity funds team focused on what the move meant for Weil Gotshal’s UK ambitions, as the dust settles the wider significance for ...
23 Jun 2011 | 00:00 |
CC and DLA Piper lead on social housing solar power project first
Clifford Chance (CC) and DLA Piper have advised on a £300m renewable energy project that will see around 30,000 properties across the UK gaining free solar power. Newcastle-based clean-tech company Eaga is to use £300m of funding to add solar pan...
31 Mar 2011 | 05:59 |
Singapore makes room for global legal players
In Asia's current success story, if Hong Kong is a stepping stone for China, then Singapore is destined to be the springboard for India and Southeast Asia. With career and professional growth in mind, Singapore has taken steps to liberalise industries...
22 Feb 2011 | 07:41 |
CC/AZB split: self-interest worth more than promises in India
While it is easy to be clever after the fact, a cynic might wonder if Clifford Chance (CC) should have read up on EM Forster before committing to its much-touted alliance with leading Indian firm AZB & Partners. After all, the decision to form an a...
02 Feb 2011 | 10:58 |
Mr Popular - CC's uber-networking senior partner Stuart Popham on a life in law
From aspiring banker to heading the world's largest law firm - Stuart Popham has travelled a long distance in his career. Suzanna Ring finds CC's outgoing senior partner lives up to his rep as the best-connected lawyer in the City...
26 Jan 2011 | 01:23 |
Best Use of Technology
"Brilliant," is how one member of the judging panel described CC Search, which is designed to provide Clifford Chance's (CC's) lawyers with a simple and fast way to search its databases. Before CC implemented the system, which is powered by Recommi...
07 Dec 2010 | 06:57 |
City of London Law Society Lifetime Achievement Award
After a lifelong career at Clifford Chance (CC), Stuart Popham, recipient of this year's City of London Lifetime Achievement Award, will soon be stepping down from his role as senior partner of CC. However, few expect him to slip away from the limelig...
07 Dec 2010 | 06:56 |
CC and Ashurst act on €1.4bn acquisition of RBS loan portfolio
Clifford Chance (CC) and Ashurst have won lead roles on Intermediate Capital Group's (ICG) €1.4bn (£902m) acquisition of a large leveraged loan portfolio from the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS). Ashurst advised private equity debt manager ICG on t...
01 Sep 2010 | 07:55 |
Financial regulation: Death, taxes and consultation papers
Major changes to the regulation of the financial services industry are coming from a bewildering array of directions. CC's Simon Crown charts the challenge of working in perennial uncertainty
21 Jul 2010 | 12:19 |
From Paris to Africa
Crushed frogs. That's what a witch doctor in Zaire slathered on Jean-Claude Petilon's legs a few hours before he played his first game with a local basketball team. "The frog lotion would make us jump higher," Petilon recalls. Today, a photograph o...
07 Jul 2010 | 08:59 |
Comment: Bribery Act 2010 paves the way for tougher action
Radical anti-bribery legislation passed in the dying days of the last administration gives the UK one of the toughest legislative frameworks in the world for tackling corrupt payments made here and abroad. The Bribery Act 2010 targets corporate behavi...
09 Jun 2010 | 10:18 |
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