Cleary Gottlieb advising HSBC on $11 billion bid for Crédit Commercial de France

In the first acquisition of a Paris-listed bank by a foreign institution, HSBC Holdings is buying Crédit Commercial de France in a deal worth $10.6 billion. Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton is acting as legal adviser to HSBC and local firm Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier for Crédit Commercial.