Clifford Chance is known in the market for its expertise in leveraged finance, acquisition and infrastructure finance and financial regulatory issues. ‘Technically strong lawyer’ Elizabeth Hundt Russell is an expert in senior and mezzanine financings, unitranches, convertible notes, Holdco PIKs, vendor loans and TLBs. Managing partner Richard Gordon is highlighted for his work in corporate lending and restructurings. For project and energy finance, Chad Bochan and Philip Sealey are key figures.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- 'Liz Hundt Russell is a technically strong lawyer, able to get complex debt transactions done, and is a good advisor. '
- 'Market leading practice with globally connected experience in managing large and complex financing structures.'
- 'Richard Gordon - market leader and strong relationships with credit funds / institutional debt providers.'
Key clients
- Asian Development Bank
- Credit Suisse
- Five V
- Global Infrastructure Group
- HSBC
- Partners Group
- OCP Asia
- Allegro
- Anchorage Capital
- Adamantem
Work highlights
- Advised Partners Group on its sale of CWP Renewables, a vertically integrated renewable energy platform in Australia, to Squadron Wind Energy Assets.
- Advised on the financing for private equity firm Anchorage Capital Partners' acquisition of Australian luxury retailer David Jones from South Africa's Woolworths Holdings.
- Advising the lenders on the financing made available to Global Infrastructure Partners to fund the acquisition of a 49% stake in Woodside's $7.6bn JV for the Pluto Train 2 LNG train project.
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Practice head
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Richard Gordon