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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

United Kingdom

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Key practice areas
Banking and finance
Banking
Bank lending : Borrower side
Bank lending : Sponsor side
Financial restructuring
Capital markets
Capital markets : Debt
Capital markets : High yield
Capital markets : Equity
Financial and corporate
Financial services regulatory
Corporate and M&A
Private equity
Restructuring and insolvency
M&A
Project development : Energy
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.

Address:
2 London Wall
Barbican
London
EC2Y 5AU
Tel:020 7614 2200 Email:Contact Us Web Address:https://www.clearygottlieb.com/
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Bank lending : Borrower side
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Capital markets : Debt
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Capital markets : High yield
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Financial services regulatory
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Private equity
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Private equity funds
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Restructuring and insolvency
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Helene Zotiades
Firm:
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Rating:
Notable practitioner
Practice Area:
M&A
Jurisdiction:
United Kingdom
Bar Admission:
England & Wales
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Edward Aldred
Firm:
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Rating:
Notable practitioner
Practice Area:
Banking
Jurisdiction:
United Kingdom
Bar Admission:
England & Wales
Gabriele Antonazzo
Firm:
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Rating:
Notable practitioner
Practice Area:
Private equity funds
Jurisdiction:
United Kingdom
Bar Admission:
England & Wales
New York
David Christmas
Firm:
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Rating:
Highly regarded
Practice Area:
Private equity funds
Investment funds
Jurisdiction:
United Kingdom
Bar Admission:
England & Wales
David Gottlieb
Firm:
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Rating:
Highly regarded
Practice Area:
Capital markets : Debt
Capital markets : Equity
Jurisdiction:
United Kingdom
Industry Sector:
Financial services
Bar Admission:
New York
Jim Ho
Firm:
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Rating:
Highly regarded
Practice Area:
Banking
Financial restructuring
Jurisdiction:
United Kingdom
Bar Admission:
England & Wales
Sarah Lewis
Firm:
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Rating:
Notable practitioner
Practice Area:
Capital markets : Debt
Capital markets : Equity
Jurisdiction:
United Kingdom
Bar Admission:
England & Wales
New York
District of Columbia
Polina Lyadnova
Firm:
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Rating:
Highly regarded
Women Leaders
Practice Area:
Banking
Financial restructuring
Jurisdiction:
United Kingdom
Industry Sector:
Financial services
Bar Admission:
England & Wales
Russia
Vladislav Miroshnichenko
Firm:
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Rating:
Rising star
Practice Area:
M&A
Solomon Noh
Firm:
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Rating:
Highly regarded
Practice Area:
Restructuring and insolvency
Jurisdiction:
United Kingdom
Bar Admission:
England & Wales
Michael Preston
Firm:
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Rating:
Highly regarded
Practice Area:
Private equity
M&A
Jurisdiction:
United Kingdom
Bar Admission:
Hong Kong
New Zealand
England & Wales
Nallini Puri
Firm:
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Rating:
Rising star partner
Practice Area:
M&A
Jurisdiction:
United Kingdom
Bar Admission:
India
England & Wales
New York
Nick Rumsby
Firm:
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Rating:
Notable practitioner
Practice Area:
M&A
Jurisdiction:
United Kingdom
Bar Admission:
England & Wales
Tihir Sarkar
Firm:
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Rating:
Highly regarded
Practice Area:
Private equity
M&A
Jurisdiction:
United Kingdom
Industry Sector:
Technology and telecommunications
Bar Admission:
England & Wales
New York
Ian Shawyer
Firm:
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Rating:
Highly regarded
Practice Area:
Private equity
M&A
Jurisdiction:
United Kingdom
Bar Admission:
England & Wales
Sebastian Sperber
Firm:
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Rating:
Market leader
Practice Area:
Capital markets : Debt
Capital markets : Equity
Jurisdiction:
United Kingdom
Bar Admission:
New York
Deal Highlights
20 results20 results
Deal Name Deal Date Firm Name Jurisdiction Deal Type Lawyer Names Client Names Client Role
Vodafone Group Plc - Bond Issue
2021-05-01
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
United Kingdom
Bond issue
Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays, JP Morgan Chase, Standard Chartered Bank, Mizuho Bank
Underwriter
HSBC - Bond Issue
2021-05-01
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
United Kingdom
Bond issue
HSBC
Issuer
Barclays - Bond Issue
2021-08-01
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
United Kingdom
Bond issue
Barclays
Issuer
Banco Santander - Bond Issue
2021-09-01
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
United Kingdom
Bond issue
Banco Santander
Issuer
Banco Santander - Bond Issue
2021-06-01
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
United Kingdom
Bond issue
Banco Santander
Issuer
Barclays - Bond Issue
2021-03-01
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
United Kingdom
Bond issue
Barclays
Issuer
HSBC - Bond Issue
2021-08-01
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
United Kingdom
Bond issue
HSBC
Issuer
HSBC - Bond Issue
2021-03-01
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
United Kingdom
Bond issue
HSBC
Issuer
Banco Santander - Bond Issue
2021-03-01
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
United Kingdom
Bond issue
Banco Santander
Issuer
Tempur Sealy International Inc. - M&A
2021-05-27
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
United Kingdom
M&A
Alexander Waksman, Amy Shapiro, Beth Leggate, Chris Gollop, Ferdisha Snagg, Gareth Kristensen, Jennifer Maskell, Jonathan Povilonis, Lucas Hildebrand, Melissa Reid, Michael Albano, Nicolas Grabar, Paul Gilbert, Paul Shim, Richard Sultman, Tihir Sarkar
Tempur Sealy International Inc.
Buyer
HSBC - Bond Issue
2021-11-01
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
United Kingdom
Bond issue
HSBC
Issuer
Barclays - Bond Issue
2021-11-01
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
United Kingdom
Bond issue
Barclays
Issuer
HSBC - Bond Issue
2022-03-01
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
United Kingdom
Bond issue
HSBC
Issuer
HSBC - Bond Issue
2022-02-01
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
United Kingdom
Bond issue
HSBC
Issuer
European Bank for Reconstruction & Development - EBRD - Bond Issue
2022-02-01
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
United Kingdom
Bond issue
European Bank for Reconstruction & Development - EBRD
Issuer
GSK Consumer Healthcare Capital - Bond Issue
2022-03-01
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
United Kingdom
Bond issue
GSK Consumer Healthcare Capital
Issuer
OpenText Corp. - M&A
2022-08-25
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
United Kingdom
M&A
Christopher Moore, James Langston
OpenText Corp.
Buyer
KBR Inc. - M&A
2022-06-15
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
United Kingdom
M&A
Ashley Moss, Emma Warren, Ern Lim, Gareth Kristensen, George Taylor, John Messent, Jonas Zenger, Luca Bernini, Melissa Reid, Nallini Puri, Rebecca Davis, Richard Sultman
KBR Inc.
Buyer
Infinite Electronics Inc. - M&A
2023-01-19
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
United Kingdom
M&A
Infinite Electronics Inc.
Buyer
Edenred SA - M&A
2023-05-16
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
United Kingdom
M&A
Aleksandra Katolik, Andrea Neoh, Anissa Belgacem, Anne-Sophie Coustel, Ashley Moss, Jerome Hartemann, Jonathan Griggs, Ka Louie, Magdeleine Dupe, Melissa Reid, Nallini Puri, Paul Gilbert, Peter North, Philip Herbst, Prudence Buckland, Richard Sultman, Rodolphe Elineau, Tihir Sarkar, Valerie Lemaitre, Yuan He
Edenred SA
Buyer
Corporate
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This week’s top moves: US firms chase capital markets and finance firepower
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
Noemi Distefano, August 13 2026
Capital Markets
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Cleary returns to Goldman Sachs for partner hire
Lin Yu’s move marks Cleary’s second Goldman Sachs partner hire in New York in 14 months
Noemi Distefano, July 27 2026
Corporate
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This week’s top moves: Simpson Thacher dominates transatlantic hiring
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
Noemi Distefano, July 16 2026
Banking
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This week’s people moves: K&L Gates, Cleary, Fieldfisher and more
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
Noemi Distefano, July 02 2026
M&A
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This week’s people moves: Cleary, Simpson Thacher, Willkie and more
We roundup top lateral hires in finance, corporate, PE and M&A practices at law firms across the US and Europe
Noemi Distefano, May 21 2026
Corporate
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Kirkland pulls four veteran antitrust partners from Cleary
The move gives the US firm a four-partner antitrust team across Brussels and London, adding senior firepower in two key European competition hubs
Noemi Distefano, May 18 2026
M&A
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This week’s people moves: McDermott, King & Spalding, Dentons and more
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
Noemi Distefano, May 07 2026
Capital Markets
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Cleary’s managing partner: ‘Continuity with momentum’
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
April 27 2026
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