25 October 2004 LAWFUEL – Law, legal, attorney, law firm newsPhilippe Raybaud, 31 years old, holds a Business law, Tax and Accountancy
Magistère (a master degree), delivered by the University of Aix-en-Provence,
and a LLM of Chinese and Comparative Law, obtained from the City University
of Hong-Kong. Before joining Clifford Chance, he worked for the Paris and
New York office of Debevoise & Plimpton for more than five years. Philippe
Raybaud works primarily on mergers & acquisitions, joint venture and
capital-investment transactions.
Philippe Raybaud won the 5th Trophies of the “Best Young Business Lawyer”
organized by ACE (Association française des avocats Conseils d’Entreprises –
French Association of Business Lawyers)
Olivier Renault, a graduate of the Institut d’Etudes Politiques of Paris
(Sciences-Po) in economics and finance, is 32 years old. He also holds a
master degree (DEA) in “International Private Law and International Business
Law”, from Panthéon-Sorbonne Paris University. Before joining Clifford
Chance, he worked with the Paris office of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen &
Hamilton for seven years. His practice included mergers & acquisitions,
projects and privatisations in the energy industry.