Clifford Chance

Chad Bochan advises on energy and infrastructure financings in Asia Pacific. He also works on IBOR transition mandates for domestic and international clients, and leads Clifford Chance's Australian financial markets regulatory practice.

Donna Wacker is the Head of contentious regulatory and contentious insolvency in Hong Kong, and a core partner in the Asia Regulatory Group. Admitted in Hong Kong, Australia and England & Wales, Donna has more than 20 years experience in Asia, advising on contentious and advisory regulatory matters and complex litigation with an emphasis on the financial services industry. Donna's experience extends across advising banks, alternative investment funds, brokerages and listed companies in a wide range of regulatory matters and investigations by regulators across Asia, including investigations into insider dealing and market manipulation, short selling and position reporting.

Mark Grime advises on complex and high-stakes antitrust / competition law matters and investigations, including in relation to merger control, cartels and unilateral conduct. His practice focuses particularly on advising clients in respect of antitrust issues and obtaining regulatory approvals for large (and contentious) transactions. Prior to joining Clifford Chance Mark worked in the Enforcement and Mergers divisions of the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission. He is dual qualified in Australia and New York.

Nadia Kalic specialises in M&A and Projects in the energy and infrastructure sectors. She has worked on domestic and cross-border transactions across Europe, MENA, APAC and Australia. Nadia previously worked in Dubai and is a member of Clifford Chance’s Worldwide Projects Group. She is also a member of the Global ESG Board and Global Responsible Business Board.

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Richard Gordon specialises in financing transactions, including leveraged acquisitions, project and infrastructure transactions, corporate lending and restructurings, acting for both lenders and borrowers.

Robert Tang is a specialist in complex commercial litigation and international arbitration across Australia and the broader Asia Pacific region, with a particular focus on construction & infrastructure, energy & resources and TMT sectors. Robert acts as counsel and as arbitrator. Robert has extensive domestic and international experience in leading large-scale, high profile and complex commercial litigation and international arbitration, including international commercial arbitrations conducted under the ACICA, HKIAC, ICC, UNICTRAL and SIAC Rules. He was the recipient of the Young ADR Practitioner of the Year in the Australian ADR Awards 2018.

Dr Sam Luttrell is a Partner in the International Arbitration Group at Clifford Chance, based in Perth, Australia. With a focus on disputes in the natural resources sector, Sam's globally-recognised practice covers both international commercial arbitration and investor-State arbitration. Examples of his experience in investor-State arbitration include high-profile cases against Thailand, Republic of Congo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Greenland and Denmark, Egypt, Kenya, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Slovakia. In addition to his work as counsel, Sam regularly publishes on international arbitration and international investment law topics and teaches at universities and arbitral institutions across the Asia-Pacific region.University of Western Australia (LLB/BA) 200 Articled Clerk, Kott Gunning Lawyers 2004 Admitted as a solicitor in Western Australia 2004 Law Lecturer, Murdoch University 2006 Murdoch University (PhD) 2009 Associate, Allens Arthur Robinson 2009 Associate, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer 2011 Joined Clifford Chance 2013 Partner since 2017