Clifford Chance has promoted three new partners in Asia Pacific, part of a global cohort of 31 new partners, effective May 1, 2025. The new partners highlight the strength of top talent available to clients across the breadth of international markets and sectors aligned with the firm’s global growth strategy. The new partners in Asia Pacific are Chin Seng Chew (GFM-Singapore), Chloe Cheng (Corporate-Singapore) and Mel Chan (GFM-Singapore). Chin Seng Chew specialises in representing international financial institutions, credit funds, sponsors and borrowers on leveraged and acquisition financing, private credit, infrastructure debt, fund financing, syndicated lending and restructuring transactions covering the Asia Pacific region, with a particular focus on Southeast Asia and India. He joined the firm in 2017, has worked in its Singapore and Hong Kong offices, and is dual-qualified to practise in Singapore and England. Singapore-based Chloe Cheng is a member of the firm’s APAC Private Funds Group. She is a Singapore-qualified lawyer, and advises clients on the formation of and investment in a wide variety of private funds. She also counsels clients on co-investments, secondaries and spin outs. Mel Chan regularly advises sponsors, multilateral development banks, development finance institutions, export credit agencies and commercial banks on the financing of energy and infrastructure projects, with a particular emphasis in the Asia Pacific. Her experience spans across the oil & gas, refining and petrochemicals, power and infrastructure sectors. She has worked on numerous first-of-a-kind projects, and has handled multiple complex multi-source financings and blended finance transactions. She also has extensive experience on ECA-backed financings. Mel is a member of the Clifford Chance Global Energy Transition Initiative. Her focus is...

Clifford Chance has named Australia Corporate Practice Head Mark Currell as the new Managing Partner of the firm’s Perth and Sydney office, effective May 1, 2025. He succeeds Richard Gordon, whose second term concludes in April 2025, and who will continue to support the firm on regional strategic initiatives. Currell joined Clifford Chance as a partner in 2018, and has since played a pivotal role in establishing and building both the firm’s M&A team and cross-practice, multijurisdictional specialist private capital team. “Over the past eight years, we have achieved remarkable growth in Australia, increasing our headcount to nearly 200 across Perth and Sydney, and establishing ourselves as a trusted advisor to market leading clients. I look forward to taking on this role and working with our exceptional teams to drive the best outcomes for our clients and continued strategic growth across our core practice areas, said Currell. Outgoing Australia Managing Partner Richard Gordon said, “Mark’s collaborative leadership style and dedication to Clifford Chance make him well-positioned to guide the firm through its next phase of growth in Australia. I’m excited about the firm’s future. As we adapt to the evolving needs of our clients, we’ll continue to innovate, expand our practice areas, and facilitate deeper connections with our global network.” Connie Heng, Regional Managing Partner for Asia Pacific, added, “Richard has played a pivotal role as Managing Partner, taking our Australian practice from strength to strength. I look forward to benefiting from the valuable knowledge and insights of both Richard and Mark, as we leverage opportunities in the current business environment and advance our strategic...