Clifford Chance is one of the world's leading law firms, helping clients achieve their goals by combining the highest global standards with local expertise. The firm has unrivalled scale and depth of legal resources across the three key markets of the Americas, Asia and Europe and focuses on the core areas of commercial activity: capital markets; corporate and M&A; finance and banking; real estate; tax; pensions and employment; litigation and dispute resolution. Clifford Chance has 28* offices in 21 countries and 3,800 legal advisers.

Clifford Chance lawyers advise internationally and domestically; under common law and civil law systems; in local and cross-border transactions; on day-to-day operations and the most challenging deals.

The firm is structured around six global practice areas:

• Banking and Finance
• Capital Markets
• Corporate/M&A
• Litigation and Dispute Resolution
• Real Estate
• Tax, Pensions and Employment.

Each area comprises industry-focussed teams dedicated to delivering incisive advice.

An ambition to be the world's premier law firm underpins our business strategy. We aim to achieve this goal through sustained investment in managing knowledge and information, and by creating a working culture in all our offices that enables our people to offer consistently high standards of client service.

As the one of the world's largest law firms, we embrace responsibilities that extend beyond our client work. Through an active programme of pro bono, arts and charitable initiatives, all our people are encouraged to develop strong links with the communities in which we work.