Clifford Chance
CLIFFORD CHANCE GLOBALLY
Clifford Chance is a leading global law firm that offers full service legal advice to clients in the world's key financial and regulatory centres. With over 3,300 lawyers, including 580 partners in 34 offices across 23 countries worldwide, and expertise in both common and civil law, Clifford Chance is also a leading adviser on local law transactions and business matters. Clifford Chance is regularly ranked number 1 amongst international law firms.
CLIFFORD CHANCE IN ASIA PACIFIC
Clifford Chance operates across Asia Pacific, with eight offices across the region in Beijing, Hong Kong, Perth, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo. With over 400 lawyers in Asia Pacific alone, we are one of the largest international firms in the region and a market leader. For 11 consecutive years, Clifford Chance has been winning more Band One rankings in the region than any other international law firms. We have been recognised as a Top Tier Firm by Chambers & Partners Asia Pacific 2020 in 13 practices including investment funds.
BROAD EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE TO ADVISE ON ALL ISSUES THAT ARE CRITICAL TO OUR CLIENTS
We are committed to supporting our clients in those areas where their partnership with us can bring real value. Among many other practices, we advise on fund formation, licensing, tax, transactional and M&A, as well as on contentious regulatory matters. We also advise on regulation affecting the investment management industry across the financial markets, including on all the up-to-the-minute developments. Our team has in-depth market knowledge gained from substantial experience on advising on the launch, registration and ongoing marketing of investment funds of all types. In addition, we also have a deep knowledge of regulatory and securities law through our regulatory team across the regions as it impacts our financial investor clients. With experienced lawyers from our international network, we can offer a global or local solution as you require, including advice on the impact of extra-territorial rules in each jurisdiction.
FOCUS ON FINANCIAL INVESTORS
At our core, our private funds practice is strong in every market in which we operate including Hong Kong, Beijing/Shanghai, Singapore, New York, London, Hong Kong, Luxembourg, Frankfurt/Munich, Paris, Amsterdam and Madrid/Barcelona.
Our funds and investment management practice forms a critical part of our financial investors business, a client segment in which the Firm has a strategic focus recognising that one size does not fit all; that our financial investor clients operate across different sectors, asset classes and geographies requiring us to understand the local and global considerations that affect their business and investment strategies, whether tax, regulatory or otherwise.