The year 2001 could be seen as the time when Clifford Chance’s (CC’s) corporate department, for so long in the shadow of its all-powerful finance practice, finally achieved its aim of reaching the front rank.
According to statistics provided by Mergermarket, it was in third place by value of European M&A deals, advising on transactions worth £120bn, just behind Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (£133bn) and Linklaters (£132bn). And, for the first time, it beat Slaughter and May, which notched up £100bn worth of deals.
