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Clifford Chance appoints 24 new partners

Leading international law firm, Clifford Chance has today announced the promotion of 24 lawyers to its partnership, including Miloš Felgr in Prague.

The new partners are drawn from all of the firm's market-leading practices and reflect the range and depth of the firm's capability in those areas most critical to the world's leading businesses. The new partners' practices cover public M&A and IPOs; Private Equity, funds and trusts; leveraged, acquisition, asset and project financing; investigations, commercial litigation; tax and employment matters; and sanctions. The new partners are based in 13 of the firm's international offices.

Miloš Felgr has been appointed as partner of Clifford Chance's Prague office after having joined the firm in 2002 and having been promoted to the position of counsel in 2014. Miloš is recognised as a leading banking & finance lawyer in the Czech Republic by all key legal directories and is the head of Clifford Chance's finance practice in Prague, one of the top finance teams in Prague. The reputation and excellent quality of the work done by Miloš' team is such that it has consistently been involved in most of the top, high-end banking & finance deals taking place in the Czech market.

Clifford Chance Managing Partner, Matthew Layton commented, "These promotions recognise talent, commitment and entrepreneurialism. Each of these new partners has already made their mark: by virtue of the quality of their expertise and service delivery, they are seen as 'go-to' advisors by their clients; they are role models for our teams; and they play a critical part in delivering the firm's strategy. I congratulate each of them for their impressive achievements to date and the valuable contribution they have already made to the firm and I look forward to working alongside them as they further develop their careers at Clifford Chance."

Alex Cook, Prague's Managing Partner added, "I am delighted to have Miloš join us as a partner and head of our finance practice at the point when we are saying goodbye to Vlad Petrus. Miloš is a talented lawyer and will bring drive and enthusiasm – qualities that will, without a doubt, elevate our practice to the next level and beyond".

The promotions will take effect from 1 May 2016 and will bring the total number of partners in the firm to 577.

The full list of newly promoted partners:

Americas

Jake Farquharson – Capital Markets, New York
Patrick O'Reilly – Finance, New York
Daniel Winick – Finance, New York

Asia Pacific

Yusuke Abe – Finance, Tokyo
Timothy Democratis – Finance, Beijing
Edith Leung – Finance, Hong Kong

Continental Europe

Luis Alonso – Corporate, Madrid
Guillermo Guardia – Corporate, Barcelona
Niek De Pauw – Corporate, Brussels
Marianne Pezant – Corporate, Paris
Ioana Talnaru – Corporate, Bucharest
Miloš Felgr – Finance, Prague
Fabian Bőhm – Real Estate, Frankfurt
Floris van de Bult – Tax, Pensions & Employment, Amsterdam
Alexandre Ooms – Tax, Pensions & Employment, Brussels

London

Paul Deakins – Capital Markets
Louise Keary – Capital Markets
Alexandra Davidson – Corporate
Katherine Moir – Corporate
Christopher Sullivan – Corporate
Andrew Husdan – Finance
Michael Pearson – Finance
Michael Lyons – Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Christopher Yates – Litigation & Dispute Resolution