Clifford Chance LLP

The ‘gold-plated team’ at Clifford Chance LLP has an ’excellent understanding of the contentious regulatory landscape in the UK’ and is regularly engaged by high-profile financial services clients on many of their most complex and sophisticated regulatory investigations and enforcements. The ‘experienced and unflappable’ Carlos Conceicao leads from the front. He brings a level of gravitas and skill that elicits favourable results for many leading international banks and asset management firms in big-ticket market manipulation cases, inter alia. ’Outstanding’ solicitor-advocate Dorian Drew excels at handling both high-profile enforcement actions, often involving co-ordination among multiple international regulators, and financial services litigation. Oliver Pegden ‘has come up through the ranks’ at the firm and has gained particularly strong traction among bulge bracket banks, which are appreciative of his ’forensic approach’ to dealing with enforcement actions, internal investigations and related litigation. Kelwin Nicholls is also a key member of the team, as is Samantha Ward, who has a focus on matters with a competition angle.