The head of the firm's Singapore office will have a remit to lead Clifford Chance's global focus on financial investors, such as private equity firms and asset managers.
Law firm Clifford Chance has appointed Kai-Niklas Schneider to a new financial investor leadership role in its Executive Leadership Group – firm's top strategic decision body.
«This new global leadership role underpins our commitment to ensure we remain best-placed to help the preeminent investors now, and in the future, as the opportunities and challenges before them grow in scale and complexity,» Matthew Layton, Clifford Chance global managing partner, said about the appointment.
Schneider is a U.S.-qualified lawyer with over 20 years of specialist experience working with financial investors. He has been managing partner of Clifford Chance's Singapore office since 2016. He has particular expertise in the funds sector, advising clients on the formation of and investment in a wide variety of private investment funds, and is an active member of the investment funds community.
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