Chambers Review

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Capital Markets: Structured Finance - Europe-wide
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What the team is known for

Clifford Chance boasts an outstanding capital markets group with acclaimed cross-border capabilities. It has first-class proficiency in debt-related matters covering the whole range of instruments, including sovereign bonds, sukuk and sustainability-linked bonds. The firm also boasts a US securities practice, with expertise in Rule 144A offerings. The firm's equally exceptional structured finance teams assist with an array of mandates, including covered bonds, cross-border securitisation schemes and derivatives. Its ECM practice also showcases strength in a variety of matters, notably IPOs, rights issues and share deals. Clifford Chance boasts an impressive European footprint, with market-leading teams based in London, Paris, Frankfurt, Amsterdam and Milan. It also demonstrates strength in Eastern Europe, where it leads complex deals out of its offices in Bucharest, Prague and Warsaw. The firm is a trusted adviser to a wide range of global financial institutions, and also houses US and UK-qualified lawyers within a number of its European offices.

Notable practitioners

Adrian Cartwright works in the London office and is the firm's European leader for equity capital markets. Other key London practitioners include Simon Sinclair for DCM and Kevin Ingram for securitisation, structured finance and derivatives. Elsewhere in Europe, Paris-based Jonathan Lewis and Frankfurt-based Sebastian Maerker are leading figures in structured finance and DCM respectively.

Work Highlights

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  • Clifford Chance advised Natixis on numerous notes issuances issued by Purple Protected Asset, with a programme limit of EUR20 billion.

Strengths

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