The Magic CircleLarge / full-service

Clifford Chance

London·New York

Banking & finance·M&A·Legal tech

Formed in 1987 by the merger of Clifford Turner and Coward Chance -- the legal profession's first-ever 'super-merger' -- Clifford Chance became the first Magic Circle firm to practise US law, a genuinely global institution before that was the industry norm.

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Created the legal profession's first-ever 'super-merger'

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"Talent can come from anywhere"

Intellectual agility over grades

Demonstrated resilience through adversity

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