Clifford Chance led the way for international firms when it started practicing US law in the 1990s. Now a thriving, full-service domestic Firm, Clifford Chance US operates from offices in New York and Washington, DC, and we were the first international firm to open an office in Brazil more than 20 years ago. The US Firm's 300 lawyers have a deep understanding of US, Latin American and global markets, and they routinely advise clients on high-profile matters across our transactional and litigation practices.
We offer clients the benefit of seamless access to Clifford Chance's elite global network spanning 32 offices in 22 countries. Collaboration is fundamental to our lockstep culture, and no firm is better placed to advise leading businesses on their complex domestic and cross-border matters.
For our candidates, we offer the opportunity to practice US law at the top level and to work on challenging matters in a supportive team-based environment, where the collective goal is to help our clients – elite US and multinational companies – succeed in a global marketplace.
(Note: The preceding paragraph contains excerpts from an interview with Americas Regional Managing Partner Evan Cohen for Chambers Associate. The full interview is not yet published online, but is copied in full in the Leadership Section for further reference.)
Selected work highlights
Our cross-practice REIT team advises on major deals, such as the $1 billion IPO of ESRT, which includes the Empire State Building.
- The Project Finance team routinely places at the top of the Latin America league tables for both volume and value and has advised on some of the most important and innovative deals in the region, including the $5.25 billion expansion of the Panama Canal.
- The Firm's Investigations team has significantly expanded over the past few years. Partner Chris Morvillo was honored as Am Law'sLitigator of the Week for a precedent-setting FCPA investigation, and the team was named the 2017 US Export Controls “Law Firm of the Year” for advising Chinese telecom company ZTE during a multi-year, multi-agency investigation.
- The Firm Corporate practice has also grown substantially in recent years to expand our practices in Antitrust, Funds, Insurance and M&A. Iconic deals include Kraft’s $19.5 billion acquisition of Cadbury.
- Other headline-grabbing matters include our Banking & Finance team's work on the bankruptcies of both the Texas Rangers and the Los Angeles Dodgers.
We can provide additional market-leading deal descriptions from our asset finance, insurance M&A, structured finance, fund formation and tax practices
Major Practices
Clifford Chance US boasts six top rankings for its Americas-based practices and routinely works on groundbreaking, high-profile matters.
Banking & Finance: Asset Finance, Debt Trading, Leveraged Finance, Project Finance, Restructuring
Capital Markets: Capital Markets, Structured Finance, REITs
Corporate: Antitrust, Funds & Investment Management, Insurance, M&A
Litigation & Dispute Resolution: Investigations/White Collar; Complex Civil Disputes, including class actions; Cybersecurity & Data Privacy
Real Estate: Major transactions, cross-practice team
Tax Pensions & Employment: Complex domestic and international work, ERISA
Cross practice: Latin America, including Energy & Infrastructure, M&A and Capital Markets; Regulatory; Technology, including Fintech
Global teams: US-Qualified attorneys located in offices worldwide