Clifford Chance LLP

Lauded as an ‘excellent quality team with a deep bench of experienced practitioners’, Clifford Chance LLP advises marquee industry players across a host of international markets. Team head Spencer Baylin is routinely sought out by a host of global investment firms for his expertise in M&A, leveraged buyouts, public to privates and IPOs. Fellow co-head Jonny Myers – whose practice balances both PE and corporate finance – is highly experienced in multijurisdictional, multi-specialist transactions. Neil Barlow’s substantial cross-border practice is especially concentrated in European and North Americans markets. Graham Phillips handles a wide array of transactions for a series of investment management firms and financial investors, while Neil Evans is a key relationship partner for the likes of KKR, Blackstone and The Carlyle Group. Other key figures include Shimin Lee, who was promoted to partner in May 2024. Christopher Sullivan left the firm in May 2024 to join Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, while Oliver Marcuse joined in September 2024.