Key Takeaways
- • Clifford Chance has appointed Andrew Stone as a partner in its Sydney office, strengthening its Australian private capital and funds practice.
- • Stone brings more than 20 years of experience advising investment managers on establishing and operating funds across multiple asset classes, including licensing, fundraising, disclosure, and superannuation regulation.
- • Stone is the firm's eleventh private capital partner appointment in 2026, according to the source article.
- • Stone will work alongside Partner Philip Podzebenko, whose team recently advised the GPT Wholesale Shopping Centre Fund on approximately A$1.2 billion in retail acquisitions.
- • Clifford Chance Australia Managing Partner Mark Currell says the appointment supports integrated advice across the full investment lifecycle, from fundraising through restructuring and exit.
Summary
Clifford Chance has appointed Andrew Stone as a partner in its Sydney office, adding expertise in investment funds, asset management, and financial services regulation to the firm's Australian private capital practice. Stone has more than 20 years of experience advising investment managers on establishing and operating investment funds across multiple asset classes. His regulatory background covers licensing, fundraising and disclosure requirements, and superannuation regulation.
Stone will work alongside Partner Philip Podzebenko to support the continued development of the firm's Australian funds practice. Podzebenko advises private capital and strategic investors on acquisitions and investments involving real assets, and his team recently advised the GPT Wholesale Shopping Centre Fund on approximately A$1.2 billion in retail acquisitions. Stone's appointment adds experience across critical infrastructure, real estate, public and private equity, and public and private debt.
The appointment is Clifford Chance's eleventh private capital partner addition during 2026. Stone is a member of the Property Council of Australia's Capital Markets Division Governance and Regulatory Committee and the Law Council of Australia's Financial Services Committee. It follows the recent addition of Australian real estate lawyer Stuart Dixon-Smith to the firm's global Real Estate team.
Clifford Chance Australia Managing Partner Mark Currell said Stone's experience would strengthen the firm's ability to advise private capital clients from fundraising and investment deployment through restructuring and exit. Podzebenko said Stone brings considerable funds experience across a broad range of asset classes, adding depth to the firm's global funds and asset management offering.
Stone will work alongside Partner Philip Podzebenko to support the continued development of the firm's Australian funds practice. Podzebenko advises private capital and strategic investors on acquisitions and investments involving real assets, and his team recently advised the GPT Wholesale Shopping Centre Fund on approximately A$1.2 billion in retail acquisitions. Stone's appointment adds experience across critical infrastructure, real estate, public and private equity, and public and private debt.
The appointment is Clifford Chance's eleventh private capital partner addition during 2026. Stone is a member of the Property Council of Australia's Capital Markets Division Governance and Regulatory Committee and the Law Council of Australia's Financial Services Committee. It follows the recent addition of Australian real estate lawyer Stuart Dixon-Smith to the firm's global Real Estate team.
Clifford Chance Australia Managing Partner Mark Currell said Stone's experience would strengthen the firm's ability to advise private capital clients from fundraising and investment deployment through restructuring and exit. Podzebenko said Stone brings considerable funds experience across a broad range of asset classes, adding depth to the firm's global funds and asset management offering.
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