Carmen Wong
Counsel
Clifford Chance
Carmen Wong represents sponsors in the establishment of private investment funds, co-investment arrangements and managed account arrangements across a variety of alternative investment strategies, including private equity, credit and venture capital. She regularly advises fund sponsors on their ongoing operational, governance and regulatory matters.
Michiel Sunderman
Partner
Clifford Chance
Michiel Sunderman is Partner and head of the Amsterdam Tax practice. He is an all-round tax expert, specializing in M&A, financial restructurings, fund structuring (with a focus on private equity and carried interest structuring), corporate, cross border and structured finance transactions.
Kevin Lehpamer
Partner
Clifford Chance
Kevin Lehpamer focuses on public and private M&A transactions. He regularly advises sellers, purchasers and other parties in negotiated cross-border and domestic mergers, acquisitions, reorganizations, joint ventures and investment transactions.
Paul Seraganian
Partner
Clifford Chance
Paul Seraganian is a partner in Clifford Chance's U.S. Tax, Pensions and Employment group in New York. Paul's practice covers a broad cross-section of the firm's clients, with a particular focus on cross-border mergers and acquisitions, financings and restructurings. He advises on both in-bound and out-bound tax planning considerations, including treaty-based planning, international joint ventures, permanent establishment considerations and the development of innovative cross-border structures.
Phil Wagman
Partner
Clifford Chance
Philip Wagman advises clients on a range of domestic and international tax matters, including mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, joint ventures and leveraged buyouts, as well as structured finance and securitisation transactions, equipment leasing, securities offerings and other financing transactions.
Kelwin Nicholls
Partner
Clifford Chance
Kelwin Nicholls specializes in regulatory investigations/enforcement, M&A disputes, banking and financial services litigation/disputes and compliance advice. Kelwin's recent matters include bringing and defending claims arising out of acquisitions and disposals of public and private companies, defending mis-selling claims and disputes over swaps and options, and acting for corporate trustees in High Court litigation.
Dan Silver
Partner
Clifford Chance
Daniel Silver focuses on regulatory enforcement and white collar criminal defense matters. Dan represents individuals, investment funds, banks and other corporate entities in matters before the Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and other federal and state enforcement agencies. Dan also counsels clients on risk mitigation strategies with respect to cybersecurity, anti-corruption, sanctions and anti-money laundering issues.
Celeste Koeleveld
Partner
Clifford Chance
Celeste Koeleveld has over 25 years of experience in government enforcement, regulatory and civil litigation matters that span federal, state and local government in the United States. Over the course of her career, she has held senior positions in the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY), the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) and the New York City Law Department.
Celeste represents clients, both corporates and individuals, with regulatory compliance, internal investigations, and all phases of civil, criminal and regulatory litigation, from inception through the appellate process. Her significant government experience imparts a particularly insightful perspective to her advice and counsel in matters involving regulatory agencies.
Melissa Coakley
Partner
Clifford Chance
Melissa Coakley advises a broad spectrum of stakeholders on consensual and non-consensual cross border restructurings, work outs, reorganizations and formal insolvencies.
Michelle McGreal
Partner
Clifford Chance
Michelle M. McGreal is a partner in the Banking and Finance practice specializing in restructuring and bankruptcy. In her practice, Michelle represents creditors, debtors, agent banks, lenders and other strategic parties in a wide range of corporate restructurings, including traditional bankruptcies, out-of-court workouts and financing transactions.
Douglas Deutsch
Partner
Clifford Chance
Douglas E Deutsch has earned a reputation as a skilled practitioner in the bankruptcy and corporate arenas. Douglas advises lending groups, lenders, agents and indenture trustees and other financial creditors and debtors, in U.S and cross border restructuring matters.
Jennifer DeMarco
Partner
Clifford Chance
Jennifer DeMarco's practice focuses on financial restructuring and bankruptcy. She primarily represents financial institutions in US and international debt restructurings and financial transactions including in connection with debtor-in-possession financings. Complementary to her corporate restructuring experience, she is also an experienced bankruptcy court litigator, having appeared in bankruptcy courts throughout the US.
Viola Lui
Partner
Clifford Chance
Viola Lui has wide-ranging experience advising on private investment funds, private wealth and financial regulations. Viola has extensive experience establishing private investment funds; advising on fund structuring and legal and regulatory aspects. She also acts for investors on their investments in funds and separate accounts.
Lily Marcel
Senior Associate
Clifford Chance
Lily Marcel specialises in the establishment and operation of private investment funds. She has advised clients on the establishment of a wide range of funds, including buy-out, debt, infrastructure and real estate funds. Lily also advises investors on the terms of their investment into such funds.
Tiernan Brady
Global Director of Inclusion
Clifford Chance
Tiernan Brady is responsible for developing and implementing Clifford Chance's global inclusion policies and campaigns within the firm, with our clients and in wider society.
David Adams
Associate
Clifford Chance
David G. Adams focuses on broker-dealer, exchange, investment adviser, and investment company regulatory and enforcement matters involving traditional and digital assets. David's practice focuses on the intersection of technology and US financial regulatory frameworks and on the increasing impact of environmental, social and governance considerations on financial services providers. He has extensive experience advising US and multi-national clients on the establishment and maintenance of complex brokerage, asset management, and digital asset operations.
Analisa Dillingham
Partner
Clifford Chance
Analisa Dillingham’s practice focuses on all aspects of insurance regulatory matters, including formations, licensings, investments, reporting, reinsurance, captive insurers and governance issues. She also has experience in mergers and acquisitions, joint venture and capital markets transactions in both the property and casualty and life and health insurance industries.
Rebecca O’Brien
Counsel
Clifford Chance
Rebecca O'Brien advises on collateralized loan obligation transactions acting for multiple portfolio managers in both the U.S. and Europe. Rebecca has experience advising originators and arrangers on structured finance, securitization and derivatives transactions, including collateralized fund obligation transactions, residential mortgage backed securitizations, commercial mortgage backed securitizations, trade receivables financing transactions, covered bonds and total return swaps. Rebecca advises on regulatory issues including the U.S. Risk Retention Rules, the Volcker Rule and the E.U. Securitization Regulation.
Alistair Dunlop
Partner
Clifford Chance
Alistair Dunlop has extensive experience in structured capital markets, including residential mortgage-backed securities, credit risk transfers, online consumer loans, asset-backed securities, collateralized loan obligations and other structured products.
Robert Villani
Partner
Clifford Chance
Robert Villani has extensive experience in structured capital markets with an emphasis on structured credit vehicles such as collateralized loan obligation (CLO) and collateralized debt obligation (CDO) transactions. He has also been involved in traditional and novel asset-backed and mortgaged-backed offerings as well in offerings of both traditional and novel structured credit products, investment funds and other financial instruments.
Alex Chester
Partner
Clifford Chance
Alexander Chester specialises in international fund formation, secondaries, and advisory work in the private equity, debt, real estate, infrastructure and fund of funds sectors. Alex's experience covers blind pool funds, secondary transactions, general partner-led restructurings, co-investments and separate accounts. Alex's experience also includes advising on carried interest and executive co-investment arrangements, as well as various internal matters relating to fund managers.
Tom Lin
Partner
Clifford Chance
Tom Lin specializes in M&A and corporate finance with a particular focus on private equity transactions. Tom Lin specializes in M&A and corporate finance with a particular focus on private equity transactions. Tom advises private equity houses, other financial investors and corporates on a wide range of matters, including buyouts, secondaries, joint ventures, MBOs, minority and co-investments, public M&A, management incentives and restructurings. His experience covers healthcare, financial services, infrastructure, renewables, consumer, education, industrials, logistics and real estate.
Johanna Lottmann
Managing Director & European Head
PJT Park Hill, Secondary Advisory Group
Daniel Drabkin
Partner
Clifford Chance
Daniel Drabkin specializes in the representation of sponsors in all aspects of fund formation, structuring, marketing and operating alternative investment funds, with significant experience in real estate, private credit, private equity and fund-of-fund strategies. Daniel also represents institutional investors in negotiating LP-side investments into funds, co-investments and other managed accounts, and has significant experience with secondaries transactions (both buy-side and sell-side) involving the purchase and sale of mature fund interests, including complex GP-led fund restructurings.
Michelle Williams
Partner
Clifford Chance
Michelle Williams is a member of the Litigation, Regulatory and White Collar practice group. Michelle represents U.S. and foreign clients including multinational companies, financial institutions, and other financial service providers in criminal and regulatory enforcement proceedings relating to potential economic sanctions, export control, anti-corruption, and anti-money laundering, and advises on compliance with associated regulatory regimes, including data privacy and employee-related matters.