Areas of expertise  
     
 

CLD currently offers consultant lawyers with expertise in the following fields:

Corporate and Commercial
    •    Corporate tax
    •    Customs & Excise
    •    EU & competition
    •    Financial services
    •    Flotations: small & mid-cap
    •    M&A
    •    Partnership
    •    Private equity
    •    VAT & indirect tax
    •    Venture capital
Technology, media and telecoms
    •    Advertising & marketing
    •    Broadcasting & digital carriage
    •    Computer games
    •    Defamation & privacy
    •    Film & TV
    •    Franchising
    •    Information technology
    •    Intellectual property
    •    IP: trade mark filing
    •    Music
    •    Patent & trade mark attorneys
    •    Pharmaceuticals & biotechnology
    •    Publishing
    •    Sponsorship
    •    Sport
    •    Telecoms
    •    Theatre Environmental
Projects, energy and natural resources
    •    Electricity, nuclear & renewables
    •    Mining & minerals
    •    Oil & gas
    •    Private Finance Initiative
    •    Project finance
    •    Water
Dispute resolution
    •    Arbitration
    •    Banking litigation: investment, retail
    •    Commercial litigation
    •    Debt recovery
    •    Mediators
    •    Public international law
Human resources
    •    Employee share schemes
    •    Employment
    •    Health & safety
    •    Immigration
    •    Pensions
Finance
    •    Acquisition finance
    •    Acquisition finance
    •    Asset finance & leasing
    •    Bank lending: investment grade debt   & syndicated loans
    •    Commodities & futures
    •    International capital markets: debts & equity
    •    Islamic finance
    •    Securitisation
Real Estate
    •    Commercial property
    •    Construction
    •    Environment
    •    Planning
    •    Property Finance
    •    Property litigation
Public Sector
    •    Administrative and public law
    •    Public affairs

*Available during 2005 Unless stated otherwise the areas set out above are non-contentious.