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 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.
London > Industry focus > Emerging markets
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.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Franchising
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- 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: Digital content & social
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Media finance
- Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
- Investment fund formation and management > Retail funds
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Finance > Trade finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Private client > Court of protection
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Employment > Health and safety
- Public sector > Healthcare
- Investment fund formation and management > Hedge funds
- 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: Advertising & marketing
- 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)
- Real estate > Property litigation
- 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
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property finance
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- 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)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Employment > Immigration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital