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Rankings published in 2026
Banking
Tier 1
25 firms ranked
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A&O Shearman
11 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
10 practice areas
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Tier 2

DLA Piper
9 practice areas
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Dentons
7 practice areas
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Loyens & Loeff
11 practice areas
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NautaDutilh
10 practice areas
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Stibbe
10 practice areas
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Tier 3

CMS Derks Star Busmann
8 practice areas
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De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
10 practice areas
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Freshfields
14 practice areas
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Heussen
3 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
9 practice areas
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Linklaters
10 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
12 practice areas
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Stek
7 practice areas
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Van Doorne
12 practice areas
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Tier 4

AKD
8 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
9 practice areas
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Bond Advocaten
3 practice areas
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Houthoff
10 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
10 practice areas
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Tier 5

Greenberg Traurig
8 practice areas
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Lexence
6 practice areas
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Orange Clover
4 practice areas
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Taylor Wessing
3 practice areas
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Capital markets : Debt
Tier 1
13 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
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Clifford Chance
10 practice areas
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Linklaters
10 practice areas
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NautaDutilh
10 practice areas
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Tier 2

Simmons & Simmons
10 practice areas
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Tier 3

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
10 practice areas
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Freshfields
14 practice areas
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Houthoff
10 practice areas
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Loyens & Loeff
11 practice areas
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Stibbe
10 practice areas
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AKD
8 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
9 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
9 practice areas
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Capital markets : Equity
Tier 1
15 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
11 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
10 practice areas
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De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
10 practice areas
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Linklaters
10 practice areas
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NautaDutilh
10 practice areas
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Stibbe
10 practice areas
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Tier 2

Freshfields
14 practice areas
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Houthoff
10 practice areas
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Loyens & Loeff
11 practice areas
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Tier 3

Baker McKenzie
9 practice areas
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Bird & Bird
7 practice areas
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CMS Derks Star Busmann
8 practice areas
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Greenberg Traurig
8 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
10 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
9 practice areas
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Capital markets : Structured finance and securitisation
Tier 2
16 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
11 practice areas
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NautaDutilh
10 practice areas
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Tier 2

Clifford Chance
10 practice areas
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Freshfields
14 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
9 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
10 practice areas
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Tier 3

Baker McKenzie
9 practice areas
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De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
10 practice areas
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FIZ advocaten
2 practice areas
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Loyens & Loeff
11 practice areas
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Stibbe
10 practice areas
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Bond Advocaten
3 practice areas
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Dentons
7 practice areas
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Eversheds Sutherland
4 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
12 practice areas
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Rutgers & Posch
4 practice areas
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Financial services regulatory
Tier 2
15 firms ranked
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Tier 1

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
10 practice areas
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NautaDutilh
10 practice areas
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Stibbe
10 practice areas
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Tier 2

A&O Shearman
11 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
10 practice areas
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Loyens & Loeff
11 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
10 practice areas
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Tier 3

AKD
8 practice areas
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CMS Derks Star Busmann
8 practice areas
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Dentons
7 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
9 practice areas
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Bird & Bird
7 practice areas
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FG Lawyers
2 practice areas
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Freshfields
14 practice areas
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Lexence
6 practice areas
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M&A
Tier 2
39 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
11 practice areas
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De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
10 practice areas
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NautaDutilh
10 practice areas
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Tier 2

Clifford Chance
10 practice areas
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Freshfields
14 practice areas
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Stibbe
10 practice areas
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Tier 3

AKD
8 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
9 practice areas
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DLA Piper
9 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
9 practice areas
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Houthoff
10 practice areas
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Lexence
6 practice areas
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Linklaters
10 practice areas
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Loyens & Loeff
11 practice areas
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Van Doorne
12 practice areas
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Tier 4

CMS Derks Star Busmann
8 practice areas
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Dentons
7 practice areas
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Florent
3 practice areas
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Greenberg Traurig
8 practice areas
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Jones Day
4 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
12 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
10 practice areas
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Stek
7 practice areas
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Tier 5

DeBreij
1 practice area
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Heussen
3 practice areas
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Taylor Wessing
3 practice areas
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Tier 6

Bird & Bird
7 practice areas
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Eversheds Sutherland
4 practice areas
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Fieldfisher
4 practice areas
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Orange Clover
4 practice areas
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Osborne Clarke
2 practice areas
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Vriman M&A Lawyers
2 practice areas
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Windt Le Grand Leeuwenburgh
3 practice areas
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9Corporate
1 practice area
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BarentsKrans
3 practice areas
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DVDW Advocaten
4 practice areas
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JB Law
2 practice areas
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Ploum Lodder Princen
4 practice areas
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Rutgers & Posch
4 practice areas
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Project development
Tier 2
13 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
11 practice areas
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AKD
8 practice areas
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De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
10 practice areas
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NautaDutilh
10 practice areas
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Stibbe
10 practice areas
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Tier 2

Clifford Chance
10 practice areas
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Habraken Rutten
3 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
12 practice areas
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Pels Rijcken
4 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
10 practice areas
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Bird & Bird
7 practice areas
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Freshfields
14 practice areas
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Van Doorne
12 practice areas
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Project finance
Tier 1
20 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
11 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
10 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
12 practice areas
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Stibbe
10 practice areas
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Tier 2

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
10 practice areas
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NautaDutilh
10 practice areas
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Tier 3

AKD
8 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
9 practice areas
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Freshfields
14 practice areas
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Habraken Rutten
3 practice areas
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Houthoff
10 practice areas
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Linklaters
10 practice areas
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Loyens & Loeff
11 practice areas
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Pels Rijcken
4 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
10 practice areas
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Stek
7 practice areas
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Van Doorne
12 practice areas
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Bird & Bird
7 practice areas
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CMS Derks Star Busmann
8 practice areas
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Dentons
7 practice areas
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Restructuring and insolvency
Tier 1
25 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
11 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
10 practice areas
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Houthoff
10 practice areas
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NautaDutilh
10 practice areas
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Tier 2

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
10 practice areas
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Freshfields
14 practice areas
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Resor
4 practice areas
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Stibbe
10 practice areas
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Tier 3

AKD
8 practice areas
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DLA Piper
9 practice areas
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DVDW Advocaten
4 practice areas
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Linklaters
10 practice areas
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Loyens & Loeff
11 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
12 practice areas
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Van Doorne
12 practice areas
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Wijn & Stael
2 practice areas
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Windt Le Grand Leeuwenburgh
3 practice areas
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Tier 4

CMS Derks Star Busmann
8 practice areas
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Dentons
7 practice areas
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Florent
3 practice areas
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HVG Law
2 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
10 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
9 practice areas
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Jones Day
4 practice areas
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Van Benthem & Keulen
1 practice area
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Linked Reviews
Financial and corporate

Magic Circle law firm Clifford Chance’s Amsterdam office has been active for almost half a century. 

 

Focusses/specialisms 

The firm is renowned in the Netherlands for its strength in banking, capital markets and restructuring mandates, where it ranks among the very best in the market. 

 

 

 
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Deal Highlights
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Deal Name Deal Date Firm Name Jurisdiction Deal Type Lawyer Names Client Names Client Role
Rabobank - Bond Issue
2021-03-01
Clifford Chance
Netherlands
Bond issue
Rabobank
Issuer
Port of Rotterdam - Bond Issue
2021-03-01
Clifford Chance
Netherlands
Bond issue
Goldman Sachs
Underwriter
Volkswagen Group - Bond Issue
2021-01-01
Clifford Chance
Netherlands
Bond issue
Volkswagen Group
Issuer
CTP BV - Bond Issue
2021-09-01
Clifford Chance
Netherlands
Bond issue
Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Erste Group Bank AG, KBC, JP Morgan Chase, ING Bank
Underwriter
NIBC Bank - Bond Issue
2021-09-01
Clifford Chance
Netherlands
Bond issue
Morgan Stanley
Underwriter
TenneT Holding BV - Bond Issue
2021-06-01
Clifford Chance
Netherlands
Bond issue
SEB - Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, Danske Bank Corporate Finance, OP Corporate Bank Oyj, Royal Bank of Scotland Group
Underwriter
De Volksbank - Bond Issue
2021-03-01
Clifford Chance
Netherlands
Bond issue
ING Bank
Underwriter
Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten NV - Bond Issue
2021-07-01
Clifford Chance
Netherlands
Bond issue
Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Commerzbank, ABN AMRO Bank, Bank of Montreal, Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten NV - BNG, ING Bank, Deutsche Bank, Nomura, Barclays, Rabobank, BNP Paribas, Royal Bank of Canada, Crédit Agricole, UniCredit, Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg - LBBW, Daiwa Capital Markets, Citigroup, JP Morgan Chase, NORD/LB, Groupe BPCE, DZ Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland Group, Scotiabank, Mizuho Bank, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, Morgan Stanley, Société Générale, TD Global Finance, Toronto-Dominion Bank
Underwriter
Dutch Property Finance 2021-2 BV - Bond Issue
2021-09-01
Clifford Chance
Netherlands
Bond issue
Groupe BPCE, HSBC, BNP Paribas, Barclays
Underwriter
ABB Finance BV - Bond Issue
2021-01-01
Clifford Chance
Netherlands
Bond issue
Citigroup, BNP Paribas, HSBC, UniCredit, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, ING Bank, Barclays, Crédit Agricole, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan Chase, Société Générale, UBS
Underwriter
Sagax EURO MTN NL BV - Bond Issue
2021-07-01
Clifford Chance
Netherlands
Bond issue
Sagax EURO MTN NL BV
Issuer
Telefonica Europe BV - Bond Issue
2021-02-01
Clifford Chance
Netherlands
Bond issue
Telefonica Europe BV
Issuer
LeasePlan Corp NV - Bond Issue
2021-09-01
Clifford Chance
Netherlands
Bond issue
LeasePlan Corp NV
Issuer
NIBC Bank - Bond Issue
2021-06-01
Clifford Chance
Netherlands
Bond issue
Morgan Stanley
Underwriter
Sagax EURO MTN NL BV - Bond Issue
2021-01-01
Clifford Chance
Netherlands
Bond issue
Sagax EURO MTN NL BV
Issuer
De Volksbank - Bond Issue
2021-06-01
Clifford Chance
Netherlands
Bond issue
Credit Suisse, ABN AMRO Bank, Barclays, Crédit Agricole, Morgan Stanley
Underwriter
Louis Dreyfus Company B.V - Bond Issue
2021-04-01
Clifford Chance
Netherlands
Bond issue
Société Générale, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, UniCredit, DBS Bank, Groupe BPCE, Standard Chartered Bank
Underwriter
CTP BV - Bond Issue
2021-02-01
Clifford Chance
Netherlands
Bond issue
ING Bank, Citigroup, JP Morgan Chase, UBS
Underwriter
Jubilee Place 2021-1 BV - Bond Issue
2021-04-01
Clifford Chance
Netherlands
Bond issue
Citigroup
Underwriter
Siemens Financieringsmaatschappij NV - Bond Issue
2021-03-01
Clifford Chance
Netherlands
Bond issue
Siemens Financieringsmaatschappij NV
Issuer
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Corporate partner Aline Cardin and counsel Alexander Tollast discuss winning the instruction, road-testing the EU Pilot Regime and turning a first-of-its-kind transaction into know-how
Gibson Dunn has hired a seven-lawyer investment funds team from Clifford Chance in Paris, led by partner Xavier Comaills, as the firm continues its European expansion
Clifford Chance, Bowmans and Udo Udoma & Belo Osagie were among the top winning firms at the awards dinner held in Cape Town on March 17  
M&A
Corporate M&A and PE lawyer Alexandra Wilde has been appointed as managing partner to ‘lead the next phase of growth across the US region’
New hires were made across the PE, M&A, real estate, antitrust, finance and capital markets practices in the UK and the US
M&A
New hires were made across the corporate, PE, regulatory and finance practices in Abu Dhabi, Brussels, Sydney, Rome, London and the Cayman Islands
Lawyers at Clifford Chance and Skadden examine how the regulation has driven legal demand at their firms and transformed advisory strategies
A revamped rulebook has given a boost to London IPO activity that looks set to continue in the fourth quarter and into 2026, lawyers tell IFLR
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