Mr Neil Barlow > Clifford Chance > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile

Sarah Jones and Benjamin Sibbett  co-head the New York-based Clifford Chance team, which primarily advises on multi-jurisdictional M&A and joint ventures across the life sciences, pharmaceutical, and energy sectors. Jones frequently assists multinational corporations with cross-border acquisitions, whilst Sibbett chiefly counsels domestic and international clients with deals in the media and industrials sectors. Neil Barlow focuses on private equity transactions, David Brinton is an expert on reorganizations and investments, whilst Kevin Lehpamer is knowledgeable on leveraged buyouts. Matthew Warner and Christine Kim are also highlighted as key contacts.

Cross-border deals are a standout area of focus for the team at Clifford Chance, which regularly leverages the firm’s global network and cross-practice offering to advise major domestic and international private equity clients such as EQT, KKR and Cinven on a broad range of transactions. The team is capable of handling complex domestic take-private acquisitions, carve-outs, and fund mergers, and it also advises private equity clients in connection with the launch of innovative projects, including Sixth Street’s joint venture with six leading soccer clubs to launch the Soccer Champions Tour platform. Sports and entertainment-focused private equity expert Neil Barlow is a key contact for this line of work and co-leads the practice with Kevin Lehpamer, who handles a broad range of transactions particularly in the healthcare, retail and tech sectors. M&A expert David Brinton is also recommended.

Lauded as an ‘excellent quality team with a deep bench of experienced practitioners’, Clifford Chance LLP advises marquee industry players across a host of international markets. Team head Spencer Baylin is routinely sought out by a host of global investment firms for his expertise in M&A, leveraged buyouts, public to privates and IPOs. Fellow co-head Jonny Myers – whose practice balances both PE and corporate finance – is highly experienced in multijurisdictional, multi-specialist transactions. Neil Barlow‘s substantial cross-border practice is especially concentrated in European and North Americans markets. Graham Phillips handles a wide array of transactions for a series of investment management firms and financial investors, while Neil Evans is a key relationship partner for the likes of KKR, Blackstone and The Carlyle Group. Other key figures include Shimin Lee, who was promoted to partner in May 2024. Christopher Sullivan left the firm in May 2024 to join Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, while Oliver Marcuse joined in September 2024.