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

Fieldfisher
RIVERBANK HOUSE
2 SWAN LANE
LONDON
EC4R 3TT
England
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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.