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Clifford Chance Europe LLP

Registered as CLIFFORD CHANCE EUROPE LLP. Company number OC312404. 18 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 April 2026, filed 28 May 2026.

41days on average to pay

  • Within 30 days
  • 31 to 60 days
  • Over 60 days

In the reporting period from 1 November 2025 to 30 April 2026, Clifford Chance Europe LLP reported that it took an average of 41 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 51% of invoices within 30 days, 31% in 31 to 60 days and 18% after more than 60 days. It said 18% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 27% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 30 April 2025, the average was 42 days, so it is 1 day faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 38 Oct 2020 29 Apr 2021 23 Oct 2021 22 Apr 2022 25 Oct 2022 38 Apr 2023 27 Oct 2023 47 Apr 2024 33 Oct 2024 42 Apr 2025 32 Oct 2025 41 Apr 2026

Bars are labelled with the month the period ended. The dashed line marks 30 days.

Every report filed

PeriodFiledAverage daysWithin 30 days31 to 60Over 60Not within termsSource
Nov 2025 to Apr 2026 28 May 2026 41 51%31%18%18% Report
May to Oct 2025 26 Nov 2025 32 49%38%13%13% Report
Nov 2024 to Apr 2025 29 May 2025 42 54%25%21%21% Report
May to Oct 2024 28 Nov 2024 33 46%44%10%10% Report
Nov 2023 to Apr 2024 30 May 2024 47 43%35%22%22% Report
May to Oct 2023 27 Nov 2023 27 58%36%6%6% Report
Nov 2022 to Apr 2023 26 May 2023 38 52%40%8%8% Report
May to Oct 2022 24 Nov 2022 25 64%25%11%11% Report
Nov 2021 to Apr 2022 27 May 2022 22 73%17%10%10% Report
May to Oct 2021 26 Nov 2021 23 75%20%5%5% Report
Nov 2020 to Apr 2021 27 May 2021 29 76%16%8%12% Report
May to Oct 2020 19 Nov 2020 38 54%25%21%29% Report
Nov 2019 to Apr 2020 29 May 2020 41 60%23%17%27% Report
May to Oct 2019 28 Nov 2019 28 58%30%12%18% Report
Nov 2018 to Apr 2019 22 May 2019 30 70%18%12%15% Report
May to Oct 2018 28 Nov 2018 44 48%25%27%30% Report
Nov 2017 to Apr 2018 22 May 2018 43 42%37%21%30% Report
May to Oct 2017 29 Nov 2017 73 50%20%30%40% Report

Source: the company's filings on Check payment practices. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are as filed. We do not change them.