Clifford Chance

Testimonials

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• ‘Awesome team, always responsive and creative with solutions.’

• ‘Kai-Niklas Schneider is the most genius lawyer in the universe. I have never met as creative, fast, business minded lawyer who really focuses on his client's needs and even budget.’

• ‘Strong capabilities in Singapore for funds, tax and carbon markets. Very responsive, commercial and client-focused.’

• ‘The Clifford Chance funds' practice is very international in nature and the breadth of the funds work that they do is impressive. They have offices and experienced attorneys in the key jurisdictions where funds are usually established. This enables the firm to provide legal services to their clients with cross-border fund products in a seamless and efficient manner.’

• ‘Kai-Niklas Schneider is a very experienced funds lawyer with an excellent grasp of both technical expertise and what is current market practice. He is also very client-focused and will always try to his best to help his clients meet their objectives.’

• 'The Clifford Chance investment funds team led by Kai-Niklas Schneider has grown from strength to strength over the years. They are a leading investment fund formation team and well-recognised in the market for driving transactions forward, for their knowledge and experience on fund structures and for their commercial approach to transactions.'

• 'Kai-Niklas Schneider is well-recognised as an industry leader for closed ended funds. He has expanded the Singapore team and has developed deep relationships with leading GPs, sponsors and investment managers in the region. Kai has deep relationships with his clients and is a trusted adviser.'

• ‘Luke Chen is an outstanding regulatory and funds lawyer. Very responsive and technically competent.’

Key clients

Work highlights

Lawyers

Rising stars

Luke Chen

Clifford Chance LLP

Luke Chen is a Counsel in the Singapore office and a member of the APAC Asset Management and Financial Regulatory Group. Luke assists clients with the formation and offering of investment funds and the regulation of investment managers. He advises fund managers and financial institutions on licensing and ongoing compliance requirements, and on the ongoing obligations for funds offered in Singapore. He is also involved in advising on the regulatory aspects of mergers and acquisitions.  

Leading individuals

Kai-Niklas Schneider

Clifford Chance LLP

Kai Schneider is the head of the firm's Funds and Investment Management group in Singapore. He is a US qualified lawyer with over 20 years of specialist experience in the funds sector and advises clients on the formation of a wide variety of private equity funds, real estate funds, infrastructure funds and credit funds. He also counsels clients on co-investments, secondaries and spin outs. Kai is co-chair of the Executive Committee of the Singapore Funds Industry Group and a member of the Advocacy Subcommittee of the Singapore Venture & Private Capital Association (SVCA).

Next Generation Partners

Daryl Liu

Clifford Chance LLP

Daryl Liu is a Clifford Chance partner with over 15 years of experience across private funds. He co-leads the Singapore Funds & Investment Management group and his practice focuses on international fund mandates across private equity, real estate, infrastructure, credit and venture capital strategies. He represents leading global and regional sponsors and financial investors on primary fundraisings, fund secondaries and restructurings, fund investments, co-investments and advisory mandates in Asia and elsewhere.