Lainie L. Kernis

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Clifford Chance U.S. LLP provides legal services. It offers services in the fields of commercial, capital markets, merger, finance and banking, real estate, tax, pensions and employment, litigation, and dispute resolution. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP provides legal services. It is a law firm, which provides transactional and litigation guidance to multinational corporations, investment banks & venture capital firms in the U.S. and abroad. Its practice areas include corporate finance and legal services to financial institutions, energy, financial restructuring, insurance, intellectual property, litigation, and real estate. The company was founded in 1876 and is headquartered in New York, NY.