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Clifford Chance

Clifford Chance
Steve Nickelsburg

Steve Nickelsburg

Partner

Partner
Steve Nickelsburg

Steve Nickelsburg has twenty-five years' experience in internal investigations, government enforcement matters, and complex civil litigation. He represents corporate clients, sovereign and multilateral institutions, and individuals in a wide range of cases with cross-border implications, including anticorruption, economic sanctions, anti-money laundering, unfair competition, intellectual property theft, and commercial disputes, as well as matters involving human rights claims and sovereign immunity. Steve also advises multinational companies on litigation and transactional risk assessment, risk mitigation strategies, and compliance measures.

Steve is a member of our Global and Americas ESG Boards and global Business and Human Rights Risk team.

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Career and qualifications

  • Judicial Clerk, The Honorable Anthony M. Kennedy, Supreme Court of the United States (OT99)
  • Judicial Clerk, The Honorable J. Harvie Wilkinson III, Chief Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
  • University of Virginia School of Law (JD, Law Review, Order of the Coif) 1998
  • Northeastern University (MS, Engineering) 1993
  • Duke University (BS, Engineering, magna cum laude) 1989
  • Admitted as an Attorney-at-Law in Virginia 2001
  • Admitted as an Attorney-at-Law in the District of Columbia 2002
  • Joined Clifford Chance as a Partner 2007

Professional bodies

  • Steve serves on the Board of Visitors of Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment.