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

Work Department
Construction/Energy and Natural Resources/Africa Group
Position
Partner
Career
Cecily is a construction partner in Fieldfisher’s London office.
Cecily is Head of Fieldfisher’s Africa Group and has significant experience advising on oil and gas, power and renewables projects, and related infrastructure projects, in the UK and Africa.
She advises on various construction and infrastructure projects in numerous sectors in the UK and internationally and has a particular specialism in energy projects and related infrastructure in Africa.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
Fieldfisher’s non-contentious team is noted for its understanding of construction contracts, particularly in regards to PFI projects in the education sector and design and build joint ventures in the pharmaceutical sector. Team head Dan Preston advises on contracts for a large nuclear energy decommissioning project. Christina Cheriyan is a highly active member of the team, advising joint ventures on domestic redevelopments, while Cecily Davis assists with large international petrochemical projects. Jahanara Hussain joined from TLT in July 2023, and assists with real estate developments with public sector funding.
London > Industry focus > Emerging markets
The London office of Fieldfisher is home to a dedicated emerging markets team that brings together finance, corporate, capital markets, regulatory and disputes expertise. ‘An absolutely stellar firm with real expertise across a wide range of disciplines‘, say clients. The firm advised the Kazakh sovereign wealth fund on the IPO of the country’s national air carrier. Project and asset finance partner Matt Hinxman, corporate and energy partner Nodir Sidikov, and head of the Africa desk Cecily Davis lead the group, which also calls on the skills of commercial crime specialist Quinton Newcomb, CIS corporate lawyer Anastasiya Kapustina and many others.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Franchising
- Employment > Senior executives
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: corporate and commercial
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Media finance
- Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Advertising & marketing
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Digital content & social
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Investment fund formation and management > Retail funds
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Finance > Trade finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Private client > Court of protection
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Employment > Health and safety
- Public sector > Healthcare
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Video games
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Mining and minerals
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Trade mark attorneys
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Finance > Securitisation
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Real estate > Property finance
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Employment > Immigration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport