Ms Cecily Davis > Fieldfisher > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Fieldfisher offers expertise in large-scale UK infrastructure projects, especially within the health and education sectors through major PFI initiatives, and in energy-from-waste projects. The construction department is at the helm of Dan Preston, who specialises in dispute resolution and project management for contractors and employers. Cecily Davis hones her focus on transport and energy projects, advising diverse stakeholders both domestically and internationally. Senior associate Christina Cheriyan acts for purchaser and contractor clients across different sectors, with experience in non-contentious legal work including contract drafting, negotiation, and review.

Fieldfisher has a dedicated emerging markets team in London that handles transactional, regulatory, litigation and arbitration matters in key markets, notably Africa, the CIS, and the Middle East. It is particularly adept in banking, capital markets, corporate and regulatory matters in jurisdictions such as Kazakhstan, Ukraine and South Africa. ‘The firm has an impressive, very professional and balanced team‘, remark clients, and project and asset finance partner Matt Hinxman ‘always provides sound legal and strategic advice‘. Energy partner Nodir Sidikov ‘never fails to deliver commercial and workable solutions‘. Cecily Davis is the standout partner for matters in Africa. Sidikov and corporate partner Jonathan Brooks assisted KazMunayGas, the national oil & gas company of Kazakhstan, with its $330m IPO on the Astana International Stock Exchange. Sidikov and a team of senior associates acted for the same client in joint ventures relating to two large scale petrochemicals projects, involving to the construction and operation of the first integrated petrochemical complex in the Atyrau region.