Regulatory & Trade

Clifford Chance is at the forefront of the development and restructuring of the regulatory regimes in a number of industries, including electricity, financial services, gas, ports, rail, shipping, energy, water, telecommunications and transport.

Regulated industries

We advise operators and providers of services, governments, commercial and other lenders, sponsors, export credit agencies and multilateral agencies. Our work includes advising on privatisations, acquisitions and sales, strategic investments, financings, and commercial arrangements.

Trade

Clifford Chance's International Trade Law Group has extensive experience of advising on a wide range of trade law matters

These include:

WTO
Anti-dumping
Anti-subsidy
Safeguards
Trade barrier regulations
Customs and origin
Export controls
Preferential trade arrangements
Bilateral and multilateral trade agreements.

With trade law specialists in Brussels and Washington DC and with one of the largest integrated networks of any law firm, Clifford Chance has an unrivalled ability to advise on local as well as international trade law problems. We also have extensive experience of advising on third country trade proceedings.