Clifford Chance LLP

Clifford Chance LLP has strong expertise in regulatory capital securities for banks and insurers, corporate hybrid instruments, equity-linked products, and liability management. The firm also advises on sovereign and emerging markets issuances, green, social, and sustainability-linked bonds, digital bonds, as well as EMTN and ECP programmes. Team head Matthew Fairclough advises across a wide spectrum of debt and equity capital markets, with particular expertise in corporate hybrid capital and regulatory capital products across the UK, Europe, and Africa. He is supported by Paul Deakins, who focuses on Eurobonds, EMTN programmes, and other public securities offerings for both corporate and financial institution issuers; and Simon Sinclair, who advises on convertible and exchangeable bonds, regulatory capital instruments, and liability management transactions. Kate Vyvyan is a name to note for her work with sovereigns, supranationals, international corporates, and leading investment banks active in the debt capital markets.