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Firm overview

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton is an international white shoe law firm headquartered in New York. Cleary is one of most well-rounded firms in the US, with strong debt capital markets, equity capital markets, derivatives, financial services regulatory, M&A, private equity and private equity funds practices.

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Neue Mainzer Strasse 52
Frankfurt am Main
60311
Tel:+49 69 97103 0 Email:Contact Us Web Address:https://www.clearygottlieb.com/
2027 Edition
M&A : Large-cap
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Freshfields
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Clifford Chance
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Gleiss Lutz
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Latham & Watkins
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Sullivan & Cromwell
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A&O Shearman
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
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Baker McKenzie
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CMS Hasche Sigle
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Kirkland & Ellis
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Noerr
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
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Jones Day
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SZA Schilling Zutt & Anschütz
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
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King & Spalding
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Paul Hastings
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Private equity
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Clifford Chance
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Freshfields
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Hengeler Mueller
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Kirkland & Ellis
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Latham & Watkins
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Milbank
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Gleiss Lutz
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Linklaters
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POELLATH
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
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White & Case
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
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A&O Shearman
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CMS Hasche Sigle
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
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Ashurst Perkins Coie
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Baker McKenzie
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Goodwin Procter
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Gütt Olk Feldhaus
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LUPP + PARTNER
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McDermott Will & Schulte
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Noerr
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Paul Hastings
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Renzenbrink & Partner
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Sidley Austin
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YPOG
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GLNS
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
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Astera Legal
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Bird & Bird
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
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DLA Piper
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Greenberg Traurig
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King & Spalding
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LARK
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Mayer Brown
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2 results2 results
Deal Highlights
6 results6 results
Deal Name Deal Date Firm Name Jurisdiction Deal Type Lawyer Names Client Names Client Role
Deutsche Bank - Bond Issue
2021-01-01
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Germany
Bond issue
Deutsche Bank
Issuer
DCC plc - M&A
2021-03-15
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Germany
M&A
Christin Riedel, Falko Maurer, Max Hortmann, Michael Ulmer, Mirko von Bieberstein
DCC plc
Buyer
ABB Ltd. - M&A
2022-08-11
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Germany
M&A
Aaron Meyers, Audry Casusol, Brendan Cohen, Caitlin Hanley, Charles Sterling, Chase Kaniecki, Christine Song, Elaine Ewing, Gareth Kristensen, Hugo Gilli, Jaehwan Park, James Corsiglia, Jeffrey Lewis, JinSol Lee, Jordan Burns, Julia Brownstein, Laura Bagarella, Luke Anderson, Madison Bush, Maureen Linch, Meyer Fedida, Mirko von Bieberstein, Nickolas Bogdanovich, Pete Young, Rudiger Harms, Suzannah Golick
ABB Ltd.
Buyer
3M Co. - M&A
2023-05-02
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Germany
M&A
Aaron Meyers, Anne-Sophie Coustel, Audry Casusol, Daniel Ilan, Edoardo Roversi, Gerolama da Passano, Guillaume Le Masson, Hugo Latrabe, Jerome Hartemann, Joshua Deull, Matteo Montanaro, Maureen Linch, Nickolas Bogdanovich, Patrick Bock, Victoria Ju, Yuan He
3M Co.
Seller
Synopsys Inc. - M&A
2023-08-23
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Germany
M&A
Chase Kaniecki, Christopher Moore, Elise Lane, Gareth Kristensen, James Corsiglia, Jens Hafemann, Jonathan Seebach, Julie Bontems, Ka Louie, Kenneth Reinker, Marco Minati, Michael Brems, Michael Doppner, Michael Kern, Mirko von Bieberstein, Monica Lindsay, Morten Werner, Nico Abel, Prudence Buckland, Sebastian Kummler, Steven Kaiser, Vladimir Konchakov, Yulia Solomakhina
Synopsys Inc.
Buyer
Veolia Environnement SA - M&A
2023-11-30
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Germany
M&A
Veolia Environnement SA
Buyer
Among top hires, Orrick added a Kirkland & Ellis capital markets duo, Paul Weiss brought in NY capital markets partners, while King & Spalding, Hogan Lovells Cadwalader and Lowenstein Sandler expanded their structured finance and securities benches
Lin Yu’s move marks Cleary’s second Goldman Sachs partner hire in New York in 14 months
Additions from Clifford Chance, Mayer Brown, Akin and Freshfields headlined a week that also included an M&A hire for Paul Weiss and Cleary’s hire of a PE-focused debt finance partner
We round up this week’s top moves in the finance, corporate, M&A and PE practices in the UK, France, the US and Germany
M&A
We roundup top lateral hires in finance, corporate, PE and M&A practices at law firms across the US and Europe
The move gives the US firm a four-partner antitrust team across Brussels and London, adding senior firepower in two key European competition hubs
M&A
We round up top lateral hires across the finance, PE, M&A, competition and corporate practices at leading law firms in the UK, the US and the EU
Jeff Karpf, who took on the role of managing partner in January, discusses his first 90 days, capital markets trends amid tensions, and lateral hiring priorities
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