Clifford Chance named 'Middle East Law Firm of the Year' by IFLR

About Clifford Chance:

Clifford Chance's 92-lawyer UAE offices in Dubai and Abu Dhabi are fully integrated into the firm's worldwide network of offices and have a market leading finance practice in the Middle East. The firm celebrated its 30th anniversary in the United Arab Emirates in 2005, having opened its first office in the region in Sharjah in 1975.

Clifford Chance is one of the world's leading law firms, helping clients achieve their goals by combining the highest global standards with local expertise. The firm has unrivalled scale and depth of legal resources across the four key markets of the Americas, Asia, Europe and the Middle East, and focuses on the core areas of commercial activity: capital markets; corporate and M&A; finance and banking; real estate; tax; pensions and employment; litigation and dispute resolution. Clifford Chance has 29 offices in 20 countries with 3,600 legal advisers and also operates a 'best friends' arrangement with AZB & Partners in India and with Lakatos, Köves & Partners in Hungary, and a co-operation agreement with Al-Jadaan & Partners Law Firm in Saudi Arabia.

Clifford Chance was ranked 'tier one' in more international tables than any other firm in the Chambers Global 2009 Directory. This independent analysis focuses on firms' legal ability, professional conduct, client service, and commercial awareness, and these rankings provide outstanding recognition for the Firm's breadth of expertise and consistency of quality across global markets.

Clifford Chance was named 'Most Innovative Law Firm' in the 2008 Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Awards, an in-depth Europe-wide analysis of innovation in law firms in areas from legal expertise to client service, marketing, environment and technology.

For further information about Clifford Chance see www.cliffordchance.com.

For further information about this release contact:

Melanie Carruthers
Business Development Manager
Clifford Chance
Tel: +971 4 362 0623

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