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Clifford Chance LLP
The ‘unquestionably knowledgeable, experienced and technically capable’ corporate team at Clifford Chance LLP regularly acts on takeovers, acquisitions and divestments for FTSE 350 and Fortune 500 clients including leading global corporates, financial investors and banks. With an extensive international footprint and a diverse spread of clients across a range of industries including healthcare, media, telecoms, oil and gas and banking, the London team is jointly headed by Nigel Wellings and Melissa Fogarty, who regularly advises clients in sectors such as consumer goods and financial services. Dealmaker, ’excellent relationship manager’ and ‘proactive communicator’ Katherine Moir is a key lawyer in the team, advising on complex and cross-border M&A while also offering the full range of corporate transactional and advisory support. David Pudge continues to act for a range of clients on M&A, corporate governance issues, stock exchange matters and public takeovers, while Steven Fox offers corporate finance expertise across public and private M&A, capital raisings and IPOs. Co-head of the healthcare and life sciences team Gareth Camp assists international corporate clients with restructurings, public bids and disposals. Focusing on real assets and regulated industries and advising on demergers, investments, joint ventures and acquisitions is Nick Spurrell, while James Bole offers takeover code expertise following a secondment to the Takeover Panel. Meanwhile, recent arrival from White & Case LLP, Dominic Ross, brings significant experience advising corporates and financial institutions in matters relating to the healthcare, defence, consumer goods and retail industries. Former partner Tim Lewis has left the firm and is now executive vice chair of the Arsenal board. Guy Norman has relocated to Saudi Arabia with the firm.
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‘As well as being unquestionably knowledgeable, experienced, technically capable and well-staffed to serve clients, the Clifford Chance corporate team are a pleasure to deal with, demonstrating pragmatism and engaging with the in-house team and internal clients at a level which engenders a "one team" feeling like no other magic circle firm manages to do.’
‘Caoimhín Eastwood is a hard worker and technically capable. Caoimhín demonstrates excellent expectation management and really listens to what clients want. He is one to watch!'
'Dealmaking abilities aside, Katherine Moir is an excellent relationship manager, a pro-active communicator and a joy to work with.’
'The team stands out for its delivery of first-rate commercial advice with the highest level of responsiveness.'
'David Pudge consistently provides wise and practical counsel.'
Key clients
- Unilever plc
- Barclays plc
- easyJet plc
- London Stock Exchange Group plc
- Mondelēz International
- Informa plc
- Citibank N.A.
- Entain plc
- Pfizer Inc.
- BBVA
- Devro plc
- Cellnex
- Nielsen Holdings plc
- Serco plc
- CK Asset Holdings
Work highlights
- Advised longstanding pharma client Pfizer in connection with the demerger of Haleon from GSK
- Advised Nielsen Holdings on its takeover by a private equity consortium led by Elliott Investment Management, Brookfield Capital Partners, GIC and The WindAcre Partnership.
- Advised Cellnex Telecom on the completion of its acquisition of the telecommunications tower assets of CK Hutchison and on the disposal of a package of approximately 1,100 sites in the UK to Wireless Infrastructure Group.
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Melissa Fogarty, Nigel Wellings