Spearheaded by three partners and aided by a number of ‘highly technical and knowledgeable’ associates, the ’responsive and efficient’ team at Clifford Chance provides ‘commercially pragmatic’ advice to a varied mix of asset managers, financial services institutions and corporates on both transactional and ongoing corporate compliance work. Combining ’commercially focused, client-centric and pragmatic advice, with strong legal acumen’, Saskia Myners is greatly appreciated by sophisticated private equity clients, regularly working alongside lawyers from throughout the firm’s vast international network on complex cross-border M&A matters. Katia Gauzès also maintains a strong fee-earning practice in the private equity space, work which she combines with her duties as office managing partner. Christian Kremer co-heads the team alongside Gauzes and Myners, and is able to draw upon his ‘vast knowledge of the local legal requirements as well as key institutions and players’ (by virtue of his many years’ activity in the market), remaining a popular choice among financial institutions and insurers on M&A matters.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- ‘The team has a good talent composition, including senior partners with great industry network, senior associates who are highly technical and knowledgeable, as well as specialised individuals with additional language skills to help bridge any cultural gap.’
- ‘Responsive and efficient team with excellent technical capabilities.’
Key clients
- Alter Domus
- Amundi
Work highlights
- Advising the existing Alter Domus shareholders, including the Founders and Permira, on their new strategic partnership with Cinven.
- Advised Permira on the sale of leading Italian quick-service restaurant chain, La Piadineria, to CVC Capital Partners.