International law firm Clifford Chance is strengthening its global Corporate practice with a prominent addition to the German team. Anselm Raddatz joins the firm from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer where he was a partner in the Corporate/M&A practice and co-head of the global Energy and Natural Resources Group. He will be based in Clifford Chance's Düsseldorf office.
Anselm is recognised as one of Germany's leading M&A lawyers and has many years experience advising on complex international M&A transactions, as well as on corporate restructuring projects and joint ventures. He has particular expertise in transactions in regulated industries and for private equity investors, both in Germany and abroad.
Anselm will become the co-head of Clifford Chance's Corporate practice in Germany alongside Thomas Krecek. He will also become a member of Clifford Chance's Global Corporate Leadership Group (GCLG).
Peter Dieners, Managing Partner of Clifford Chance in Germany, is delighted to welcome Anselm to the firm: " Anselm Raddatz joining is a great step for us: as a Clifford Chance partner he will provide our Corporate practice with recognised, leading expertise and will complement our young, successful and ambitious Corporate team perfectly. His extensive experience will be of real value in the effective implementation of our strategy in Germany, and also globally."
Christopher Kellett, Head of the Clifford Chance Germany Private Equity practice, stated: "Anselm Raddatz is an outstanding addition to our German Private Equity practice. The Private Equity market and our client base are evolving rapidly, opening up new opportunities for us where Anselm will play an important role in helping strengthen and expand our leading position in the German market."
Guy Norman, Global Head of Clifford Chance Corporate practice said: "This is a significant hire for our global Corporate practice, in an important market. Our ability to offer clients the very best service from the very best team is critical to the success of our strategy as we look to further strengthen our relationships with the world's leading businesses. I have no doubt that Anselm will make a considerable contribution to our future success."
Clifford Chance has a leading global Corporate practice and we regularly advise clients on some of the most complex, high-profile mandates thanks to our international reach, extensive experience and deep sector expertise. Our German team has recently worked on numerous important transactions, advising clients such as GE on the sale of real estate assets and real estate secured loans to Kildare Partners, The Coca-Cola Company on a merger creating the world's largest independent Coca-Cola bottler, Fosun Industrial on the acquisition of a holding in Hauck & Aufhäuser and METRO Group on the sale of GALERIA Kaufhof. The firm's German Private Equity practice has worked on a number of successful transactions recently, for example advising Cinven on its acquisition of Synlab or KKR on its investment in Deutsche Glasfaser.
