Clifford Chance appoints new Regional Practice Area Leaders for Continental Europe and UK

Clifford Chance appoints new Regional Practice Area Leaders for Continental Europe and UK

Clifford Chance has appointed Giuseppe De Palma and Matt Fairclough as Regional Practice Area Leaders Global Financial Markets for Continental Europe and the UK respectively, and Thomas Krecek as the firm's Regional Practice Area Leader for Corporate in Continental Europe.

Giuseppe De Palma has been Clifford Chance's Managing Partner for Italy since 2014. He specialises in acquisition and leverage finance, real estate finance and debt restructuring. He advises international and domestic credit and private equity funds and banks on European high-profile transactions with significant structuring complexities and multiple sources of funding.

Matt Fairclough's practice covers a broad range of debt and equity capital markets, advising on issuance of debt securities, equity-linked bonds, hybrid and regulatory capital products and on liability management. His clients include underwriters, corporate, financial institution and sovereign issuers and trustees. Matt helped to establish the firm's Arcus LGBTQ+ and allies affinity network in Asia Pacific during his time working in Hong Kong and is currently the partner sponsor for the Arcus affinity network in the UK.

Thomas Krecek has expertise in advising clients on domestic and cross-border transactions including acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, joint ventures and public takeovers, private equity investments with specific focus on financial institutions, as well as Franco-German transactions.