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<section class="section_aside_contact section_class"> <h3>Tariq Imam</h3> <h4>Partner and Head of Real Estate, Middle East</h4> <h5> <a class="icon_chair" href="/people_and_places/people/offices/dubai.html" title="Clifford Chance, Dubai">Dubai</a> </h5> <p class="icon_phone" onClick="ga('send', 'event', { eventCategory: 'Tel Num Clicks', eventAction: 'click'});"> +971 4503 2683</p> <p> <a class="icon_email" href="mailto:tariq.imam@cliffordchance.com" onclick="ga('send', 'event', { eventCategory: 'People & Partner Contact Form Submissions', eventAction: 'click'});linkClick('Sustainability \x26 ESG|expertssimple|\/content\/cliffordchance\/expertise\/services\/esg|Email|Email|Email Clicked');"> Email Tariq </a> </p> <p class="p_contact_link"><a href="/people_and_places/people/partners/ae/tariq_imam.html" class="icon_profile" id="icon_profile_id">See my full profile</a></p> </section> </article> <article class="article_aside_contact"> <div class="div_profile_image_container"> <img 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<p class="icon_phone" onClick="ga('send', 'event', { eventCategory: 'Tel Num Clicks', eventAction: 'click'});"> +442070068622</p> <p> <a class="icon_email" href="mailto:rae.lindsay@cliffordchance.com" onclick="ga('send', 'event', { eventCategory: 'People & Partner Contact Form Submissions', eventAction: 'click'});linkClick('Sustainability \x26 ESG|expertssimple|\/content\/cliffordchance\/expertise\/services\/esg|Email|Email|Email Clicked');"> Email Rae </a> </p> <p class="p_contact_link"><a href="/people_and_places/people/partners/gb/rae_lindsay.html" class="icon_profile" id="icon_profile_id">See my full profile</a></p> </section> </article> <article class="article_aside_contact"> <div class="div_profile_image_container"> <img src="/content/dam/cliffordchance/profiles/910000/918454-half.png/_jcr_content/renditions/original" width="200" height="166" alt="Lily Marcel"/> </div> <section class="section_aside_contact section_class"> <h3>Lily Marcel</h3> <h4>Partner</h4> <h5> <a class="icon_chair" href="/people_and_places/people/offices/london.html" title="Clifford Chance, London">London</a> </h5> <p class="icon_phone" onClick="ga('send', 'event', { eventCategory: 'Tel Num Clicks', eventAction: 'click'});"> +442070064158</p> <p> <a class="icon_email" href="mailto:lily.marcel@cliffordchance.com" onclick="ga('send', 'event', { eventCategory: 'People & Partner Contact Form Submissions', eventAction: 'click'});linkClick('Sustainability \x26 ESG|expertssimple|\/content\/cliffordchance\/expertise\/services\/esg|Email|Email|Email Clicked');"> Email Lily </a> </p> <p class="p_contact_link"><a href="/people_and_places/people/partners/gb/lily_marcel.html" class="icon_profile" id="icon_profile_id">See my full profile</a></p> </section> </article> <article class="article_aside_contact"> <div class="div_profile_image_container"> <img src="/content/dam/cliffordchance/profiles/000000/003567-half.png/_jcr_content/renditions/original" width="200" height="166" alt="Angela McEwan"/> </div> <section class="section_aside_contact section_class"> <h3>Angela McEwan</h3> <h4>Partner</h4> <h5> <a class="icon_chair" href="/people_and_places/people/offices/amsterdam.html" title="Clifford Chance, Amsterdam">Amsterdam</a> </h5> <p class="icon_phone" onClick="ga('send', 'event', { eventCategory: 'Tel Num Clicks', eventAction: 'click'});"> +31207119142</p> <p> <a class="icon_email" href="mailto:angela.mcewan@cliffordchance.com" onclick="ga('send', 'event', { eventCategory: 'People & Partner Contact Form Submissions', eventAction: 'click'});linkClick('Sustainability \x26 ESG|expertssimple|\/content\/cliffordchance\/expertise\/services\/esg|Email|Email|Email Clicked');"> Email Angela </a> </p> <p class="p_contact_link"><a href="/people_and_places/people/partners/nl/angela_mcewan.html" class="icon_profile" id="icon_profile_id">See my full profile</a></p> </section> </article> <article class="article_aside_contact"> <div class="div_profile_image_container"> <img 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Email Jeroen </a> </p> <p class="p_contact_link"><a href="/people_and_places/people/partners/nl/jeroen_ouwehand.html" class="icon_profile" id="icon_profile_id">See my full profile</a></p> </section> </article> <article class="article_aside_contact"> <div class="div_profile_image_container"> <img src="/content/dam/cliffordchance/profiles/600000/621417-half.png/_jcr_content/renditions/original" width="200" height="166" alt="Maren Stadler-Tjan"/> </div> <section class="section_aside_contact section_class"> <h3>Maren Stadler-Tjan</h3> <h4>Partner</h4> <h5> <a class="icon_chair" href="/people_and_places/people/offices/luxembourg.html" title="Clifford Chance, Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a> </h5> <p class="icon_phone" onClick="ga('send', 'event', { eventCategory: 'Tel Num Clicks', eventAction: 'click'});"> +352 48 50 50 472</p> <p> <a class="icon_email" href="mailto:Maren.StadlerTjan@cliffordchance.com" onclick="ga('send', 'event', { eventCategory: 'People & Partner Contact Form Submissions', eventAction: 'click'});linkClick('Sustainability \x26 ESG|expertssimple|\/content\/cliffordchance\/expertise\/services\/esg|Email|Email|Email Clicked');"> Email Maren </a> </p> <p class="p_contact_link"><a href="/people_and_places/people/partners/lu/maren-stadler-tjan.html" class="icon_profile" id="icon_profile_id">See my full profile</a></p> </section> </article> <article class="article_aside_contact"> <div class="div_profile_image_container"> <img src="/content/dam/cliffordchance/profiles/900000/907081-half.png/_jcr_content/renditions/original" width="200" height="166" alt="Natsuko Sugihara"/> </div> <section class="section_aside_contact section_class"> <h3>Natsuko Sugihara</h3> <h4>Partner</h4> <h5> <a class="icon_chair" href="/people_and_places/people/offices/tokyo.html" title="Clifford Chance, Tokyo">Tokyo</a> </h5> <p class="icon_phone" onClick="ga('send', 'event', { eventCategory: 'Tel Num Clicks', eventAction: 'click'});"> +81366326681</p> <p> <a class="icon_email" href="mailto:Natsuko.Sugihara@CliffordChance.com" onclick="ga('send', 'event', { eventCategory: 'People & Partner Contact Form Submissions', eventAction: 'click'});linkClick('Sustainability \x26 ESG|expertssimple|\/content\/cliffordchance\/expertise\/services\/esg|Email|Email|Email Clicked');"> Email Natsuko </a> </p> <p class="p_contact_link"><a href="/people_and_places/people/partners/jp/natsuko_sugihara.html" class="icon_profile" id="icon_profile_id">See my full profile</a></p> </section> </article> <article class="article_aside_contact"> <div class="div_profile_image_container"> <img src="/content/dam/cliffordchance/profiles/920000/927385-half.png/_jcr_content/renditions/original" width="200" height="166" alt="David Tsai"/> </div> <section class="section_aside_contact section_class"> <h3>David Tsai</h3> <h4>Partner</h4> <h5> <a class="icon_chair" href="/people_and_places/people/offices/hong_kong.html" title="Clifford Chance, Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a> </h5> <p class="icon_phone" onClick="ga('send', 'event', { eventCategory: 'Tel Num Clicks', eventAction: 'click'});"> +85228262466</p> <p> <a class="icon_email" href="mailto:david.tsai@cliffordchance.com" onclick="ga('send', 'event', { eventCategory: 'People & Partner Contact Form Submissions', eventAction: 'click'});linkClick('Sustainability \x26 ESG|expertssimple|\/content\/cliffordchance\/expertise\/services\/esg|Email|Email|Email Clicked');"> Email David </a> </p> <p class="p_contact_link"><a href="/people_and_places/people/partners/cn/david-tsai.html" class="icon_profile" id="icon_profile_id">See my full profile</a></p> </section> </article> <article class="article_aside_contact"> <div class="div_profile_image_container"> <img src="/content/dam/cliffordchance/profiles/910000/910160-half.png/_jcr_content/renditions/original" width="200" height="166" alt="Laura Underhill"/> </div> <section class="section_aside_contact section_class"> <h3>Laura Underhill</h3> <h4>Partner</h4> <h5> <a class="icon_chair" href="/people_and_places/people/offices/london.html" title="Clifford Chance, London">London</a> </h5> <p class="icon_phone" onClick="ga('send', 'event', { eventCategory: 'Tel Num Clicks', eventAction: 'click'});"> +442070062203</p> <p> <a class="icon_email" href="mailto:laura.underhill@cliffordchance.com" onclick="ga('send', 'event', { eventCategory: 'People & Partner Contact Form Submissions', eventAction: 'click'});linkClick('Sustainability \x26 ESG|expertssimple|\/content\/cliffordchance\/expertise\/services\/esg|Email|Email|Email Clicked');"> Email Laura </a> </p> <p class="p_contact_link"><a href="/people_and_places/people/partners/gb/laura_underhill.html" class="icon_profile" id="icon_profile_id">See my full profile</a></p> </section> </article> <article class="article_aside_contact"> <div class="div_profile_image_container"> <img src="/content/dam/cliffordchance/profiles/930000/936348-half.png/_jcr_content/renditions/original" width="200" height="166" alt="Thomas Voland"/> </div> <section class="section_aside_contact section_class"> <h3>Thomas Voland</h3> <h4>Partner</h4> <h5> <a class="icon_chair" href="/people_and_places/people/offices/dusseldorf.html" title="Clifford Chance, Düsseldorf">Düsseldorf</a> </h5> <p class="icon_phone" onClick="ga('send', 'event', { eventCategory: 'Tel Num Clicks', eventAction: 'click'});"> +49 211 4355 5642</p> <p> <a class="icon_email" href="mailto:thomas.voland@cliffordchance.com" onclick="ga('send', 'event', { eventCategory: 'People & Partner Contact Form Submissions', eventAction: 'click'});linkClick('Sustainability \x26 ESG|expertssimple|\/content\/cliffordchance\/expertise\/services\/esg|Email|Email|Email Clicked');"> Email Thomas </a> </p> <p class="p_contact_link"><a href="/people_and_places/people/partners/de/thomas-voland.html" class="icon_profile" id="icon_profile_id">See my full profile</a></p> </section> </article> <article class="article_aside_contact"> <div class="div_profile_image_container"> <img src="/content/dam/cliffordchance/profiles/500000/521406-half.png/_jcr_content/renditions/original" width="200" height="166" alt="Michelle Williams (She/Her)"/> </div> <section class="section_aside_contact section_class"> <h3>Michelle Williams (She/Her)</h3> <h4>Partner</h4> <h5> <a class="icon_chair" href="/people_and_places/people/offices/washington.html" title="Clifford Chance, Washington D.C.">Washington D.C.</a> </h5> <p class="icon_phone" onClick="ga('send', 'event', { eventCategory: 'Tel Num Clicks', eventAction: 'click'});"> +1 202 912 5011</p> <p> <a class="icon_email" href="mailto:michelle.williams@cliffordchance.com" onclick="ga('send', 'event', { eventCategory: 'People & Partner Contact Form Submissions', eventAction: 'click'});linkClick('Sustainability \x26 ESG|expertssimple|\/content\/cliffordchance\/expertise\/services\/esg|Email|Email|Email Clicked');"> Email Michelle </a> </p> <p class="p_contact_link"><a href="/people_and_places/people/partners/us/michelle_williams.html" class="icon_profile" id="icon_profile_id">See my full profile</a></p> </section> </article> <article class="article_aside_contact"> <div class="div_profile_image_container"> <img src="/content/dam/cliffordchance/profiles/000000/009586-half.png/_jcr_content/renditions/original" width="200" height="166" alt="Alistair Woodland"/> </div> <section class="section_aside_contact section_class"> <h3>Alistair Woodland</h3> <h4>Partner, Co-Head of Global Employment Practice</h4> <h5> <a class="icon_chair" href="/people_and_places/people/offices/london.html" title="Clifford Chance, London">London</a> </h5> <p class="icon_phone" onClick="ga('send', 'event', { eventCategory: 'Tel Num Clicks', eventAction: 'click'});"> +442070068936</p> <p> <a class="icon_email" href="mailto:alistair.woodland@cliffordchance.com" onclick="ga('send', 'event', { eventCategory: 'People & Partner Contact Form Submissions', eventAction: 'click'});linkClick('Sustainability \x26 ESG|expertssimple|\/content\/cliffordchance\/expertise\/services\/esg|Email|Email|Email Clicked');"> Email Alistair </a> </p> <p class="p_contact_link"><a href="/people_and_places/people/partners/gb/alistair_woodland.html" class="icon_profile" id="icon_profile_id">See my full profile</a></p> </section> </article> <article class="article_aside_contact"> <div class="div_profile_image_container"> <img src="/content/dam/cliffordchance/profiles/900000/900036-half.png/_jcr_content/renditions/original" width="200" height="166" alt="Cheng Li Yow"/> </div> <section class="section_aside_contact section_class"> <h3>Cheng Li Yow</h3> <h4>Partner</h4> <h5> <a class="icon_chair" href="/people_and_places/people/offices/london.html" title="Clifford Chance, London">London</a> </h5> <p class="icon_phone" onClick="ga('send', 'event', { eventCategory: 'Tel Num Clicks', eventAction: 'click'});"> +44 207006 8940</p> <p> <a class="icon_email" href="mailto:chengli.yow@cliffordchance.com" onclick="ga('send', 'event', { eventCategory: 'People & Partner Contact Form Submissions', eventAction: 'click'});linkClick('Sustainability \x26 ESG|expertssimple|\/content\/cliffordchance\/expertise\/services\/esg|Email|Email|Email Clicked');"> Email Cheng Li </a> </p> <p class="p_contact_link"><a href="/people_and_places/people/partners/gb/cheng_li_yow.html" class="icon_profile" id="icon_profile_id">See my full profile</a></p> </section> </article> <article class="article_aside_contact"> <div class="div_profile_image_container"> <img src="/etc/designs/cc2014/images/aside_thumb.png" width="200" height="166" alt="Deborah Zandstra"/> </div> <section class="section_aside_contact section_class"> <h3>Deborah Zandstra</h3> <h4>Partner</h4> <h5> <a class="icon_chair" href="/people_and_places/people/offices/london.html" title="Clifford Chance, London">London</a> </h5> <p class="icon_phone" onClick="ga('send', 'event', { eventCategory: 'Tel Num Clicks', eventAction: 'click'});"> +442070068234</p> <p> <a class="icon_email" href="mailto:deborah.zandstra@cliffordchance.com" onclick="ga('send', 'event', { eventCategory: 'People & Partner Contact Form Submissions', eventAction: 'click'});linkClick('Sustainability \x26 ESG|expertssimple|\/content\/cliffordchance\/expertise\/services\/esg|Email|Email|Email Clicked');"> Email Deborah </a> </p> <p class="p_contact_link"><a href="/people_and_places/people/partners/gb/deborah_zandstra.html" class="icon_profile" id="icon_profile_id">See my full profile</a></p> </section> </article> </section> </section> <section id="section_aside_contacts_list"> <section class="section_aside_contacts_list_hcarrier" data-thisiteration="0"> <article class="article_aside_contact_small"> <a data-thisiteration="1" class="a_people_thumb" href="#"> <img src="/content/dam/cliffordchance/profiles/500000/520177-half.png/_jcr_content/renditions/original" width="120" height="100" alt="David Evans"/> <p> David <br/> Evans </p> <h2 class="pageColour_text">Senior Counsel</h2> <h3>Washington D.C.</h3> </a> </article> <article class="article_aside_contact_small"> <a data-thisiteration="2" class="a_people_thumb" href="#"> <img src="/content/dam/cliffordchance/profiles/910000/915872-half.png/_jcr_content/renditions/original" width="120" height="100" alt="Chihiro Ashizawa"/> <p> Chihiro <br/> Ashizawa </p> <h2 class="pageColour_text">Counsel - Head of Capital Markets (Japanese Law)</h2> <h3>Tokyo</h3> </a> </article> <article class="article_aside_contact_small"> <a data-thisiteration="3" class="a_people_thumb" href="#"> <img src="/content/dam/cliffordchance/profiles/900000/900027-half.png/_jcr_content/renditions/original" width="120" height="100" alt="Clare Burgess"/> <p> Clare <br/> Burgess </p> <h2 class="pageColour_text">Partner, Global Co-Head of the Energy & Resources Sector</h2> <h3>London</h3> </a> </article> <article class="article_aside_contact_small"> <a data-thisiteration="4" class="a_people_thumb" href="#"> <img src="/content/dam/cliffordchance/profiles/900000/905774-half.png/_jcr_content/renditions/original" width="120" height="100" alt="Caroline Dawson"/> <p> Caroline <br/> Dawson </p> <h2 class="pageColour_text">Partner</h2> <h3>London</h3> </a> </article> <article class="article_aside_contact_small"> <a data-thisiteration="5" class="a_people_thumb" href="#"> <img src="/content/dam/cliffordchance/profiles/400000/490468-half.png/_jcr_content/renditions/original" width="120" height="100" alt="Peter Dieners"/> <p> Peter <br/> Dieners </p> <h2 class="pageColour_text">Partner</h2> <h3>Düsseldorf</h3> </a> </article> <article class="article_aside_contact_small"> <a data-thisiteration="6" class="a_people_thumb" href="#"> <img src="/content/dam/cliffordchance/profiles/910000/912435-half.png/_jcr_content/renditions/original" width="120" height="100" alt="Thais Garcia (She/Her)"/> <p> Thais <br/> Garcia (She/Her) </p> <h2 class="pageColour_text">Partner</h2> <h3>São Paulo</h3> </a> </article> <article class="article_aside_contact_small"> <a data-thisiteration="7" class="a_people_thumb" href="#"> <img src="/content/dam/cliffordchance/profiles/000000/001708-half.png/_jcr_content/renditions/original" width="120" height="100" alt="Kate Gibbons"/> <p> Kate <br/> Gibbons </p> <h2 class="pageColour_text">Partner</h2> <h3>London</h3> </a> </article> <article class="article_aside_contact_small"> <a data-thisiteration="8" class="a_people_thumb" href="#"> <img src="/content/dam/cliffordchance/profiles/600000/627689-half.png/_jcr_content/renditions/original" width="120" height="100" alt="Adam Hedley"/> <p> Adam <br/> Hedley </p> <h2 class="pageColour_text">Partner</h2> <h3>London</h3> </a> </article> <article class="article_aside_contact_small"> <a data-thisiteration="9" class="a_people_thumb" href="#"> <img src="/content/dam/cliffordchance/profiles/000000/005405-half.png/_jcr_content/renditions/original" width="120" height="100" alt="Nigel Howorth"/> <p> Nigel <br/> Howorth </p> <h2 class="pageColour_text">Head of Global Environment Group</h2> <h3>London</h3> </a> </article> <article class="article_aside_contact_small"> <a data-thisiteration="10" class="a_people_thumb" href="#"> <img src="/content/dam/cliffordchance/profiles/910000/919238-half.png/_jcr_content/renditions/original" width="120" height="100" alt="Tariq Imam"/> <p> Tariq <br/> Imam </p> <h2 class="pageColour_text">Partner and Head of Real Estate, Middle East</h2> <h3>Dubai</h3> </a> </article> <article class="article_aside_contact_small"> <a data-thisiteration="11" class="a_people_thumb" href="#"> <img src="/content/dam/cliffordchance/profiles/920000/928967-half.png/_jcr_content/renditions/original" width="120" height="100" alt="Nadia Kalic"/> <p> Nadia <br/> Kalic </p> <h2 class="pageColour_text">Partner, Global Co-Head of the Energy & Resources Sector</h2> <h3>Sydney</h3> </a> </article> <article class="article_aside_contact_small"> <a data-thisiteration="12" class="a_people_thumb" href="#"> <img src="/content/dam/cliffordchance/profiles/900000/904517-half.png/_jcr_content/renditions/original" width="120" height="100" alt="Daud Khan"/> <p> Daud <br/> Khan </p> <h2 class="pageColour_text">Partner</h2> <h3>Abu Dhabi</h3> </a> </article> <article class="article_aside_contact_small"> <a data-thisiteration="13" class="a_people_thumb" href="#"> <img src="/content/dam/cliffordchance/profiles/920000/925240-half.png/_jcr_content/renditions/original" width="120" height="100" alt="Anna Kirkpatrick"/> <p> Anna <br/> Kirkpatrick </p> <h2 class="pageColour_text">Director</h2> <h3>London</h3> </a> </article> <article class="article_aside_contact_small"> <a data-thisiteration="14" class="a_people_thumb" href="#"> <img src="/content/dam/cliffordchance/profiles/930000/934309-half.png/_jcr_content/renditions/original" width="120" height="100" alt="Paul Koppel"/> <p> Paul <br/> Koppel </p> <h2 class="pageColour_text">Partner</h2> <h3>New York</h3> </a> </article> <article class="article_aside_contact_small"> <a data-thisiteration="15" class="a_people_thumb" href="#"> <img src="/content/dam/cliffordchance/profiles/000000/002922-half.png/_jcr_content/renditions/original" width="120" height="100" alt="Roger Leese"/> <p> Roger <br/> Leese </p> <h2 class="pageColour_text">Partner</h2> <h3>London</h3> </a> </article> <article class="article_aside_contact_small"> <a data-thisiteration="16" class="a_people_thumb" href="#"> <img src="/content/dam/cliffordchance/profiles/500000/521054-half.png/_jcr_content/renditions/original" width="120" height="100" alt="Rae Lindsay"/> <p> Rae <br/> Lindsay </p> <h2 class="pageColour_text">Partner</h2> <h3>London</h3> </a> </article> <article class="article_aside_contact_small"> <a data-thisiteration="17" class="a_people_thumb" href="#"> <img src="/content/dam/cliffordchance/profiles/910000/918454-half.png/_jcr_content/renditions/original" width="120" height="100" alt="Lily Marcel"/> <p> Lily <br/> Marcel </p> <h2 class="pageColour_text">Partner</h2> <h3>London</h3> </a> </article> <article class="article_aside_contact_small"> <a data-thisiteration="18" class="a_people_thumb" href="#"> <img src="/content/dam/cliffordchance/profiles/000000/003567-half.png/_jcr_content/renditions/original" width="120" height="100" alt="Angela McEwan"/> <p> Angela <br/> McEwan </p> <h2 class="pageColour_text">Partner</h2> <h3>Amsterdam</h3> </a> </article> <article class="article_aside_contact_small"> <a data-thisiteration="19" class="a_people_thumb" href="#"> <img src="/content/dam/cliffordchance/profiles/910000/910878-half.png/_jcr_content/renditions/original" width="120" height="100" alt="Steve Nickelsburg"/> <p> Steve <br/> Nickelsburg </p> <h2 class="pageColour_text">Partner</h2> <h3>Washington D.C.</h3> </a> </article> <article class="article_aside_contact_small"> <a data-thisiteration="20" class="a_people_thumb" href="#"> <img 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