Mr David Ellis > Mayer Brown > Hong Kong, Hong Kong > Lawyer Profile

Mayer Brown
16-19F, PRINCE'S BUILDING
10 CHATER ROAD, CENTRAL
HONG KONG
Hong Kong

Work Department

Corporate & Securities, Real Estate.

Position

David Ellis is a partner of Mayer Brown. His work focuses on private equity transactions, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and commercial transactions with particular emphasis on the real estate sector.

He is noted for being “very easy to deal with” (Asian In-House Handbook (2003/04)) and is recommended by the Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2010/11) and considered by them to provide “a helpful dose in cynicism and coolness, combined with a high level of efficiency”. He was chosen as “Real Estate Lawyer of the Year – Hong Kong” by Acquisition International M&A Awards (2015), is listed as a leading lawyer for private equity by IFLR1000 (2014-2018) and was nominated as one of Asia’s leading lawyers in the real estate sector by Asialaw Leading Lawyers (2011).

Career

Admitted in England & Wales and Hong Kong.

Languages

English.

Education

Harvard Business School, “Leading Professional Service Firms”; Institute of Asian Private Equity Investment, “The Fundamentals of Asian Private Equity Investing”; The College of Law, Chancery Lane, England and Wales Solicitors’ Final Examination; Queen Mary, University of London, LLB.

Lawyer Rankings

China > Private equity: foreign firms

A global firm with a well integrated regional presence, Mayer Brown’s private equity group regularly advises top PE, venture capital, hedge, real estate, infrastructure and sovereign wealth funds across the spectrum of transactions. The Hong Kong-based team of Mark Uhrynuk, David Ellis and Ricky Yiu are key players, being considered experts in the ESG and real estate sectors respectively. Steven Tran departed to Morrison Foerster in December 2022.