Clifford Chance (CC) and Mayer Brown have won hotly-contested places on Nomura’s new EMEA legal roster.

The Japanese investment bank finalised the line-up last week (22 November), with CC and Mayer Brown joining existing advisers Allen & Overy (A&O), Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Linklaters, Travers Smith and Ashurst on the seven-firm line-up.