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Bruce Embley

Partner

Partner
Bruce Embley

Bruce Embley specialises in cross-border and domestic M&A for a wide range of clients with a particular focus on financial sponsors and international corporations.

He has extensive experience advising clients on a broad range of sectors.

  • Permira on the partial sale of Alter Domus Group to Cinven, at an enterprise value of €4.9 billion (US$5.3 billion)
  • Permira on the sale, alongside Berkshire Partners, of a majority stake in Teraco Data Environments (Africa’s largest carrier-neutral data center, colocation and interconnection solutions provider) to Digital Realty Trust, Inc. at an enterprise value of US$3.5 billion
  • Agroberries (a company invested in by Continental Grain Company) on its ACQUISITION OF BerryWorld’s EMEA and Asia-Pacific businesses
  • Refresco Group B.V., a leading independent beverage solutions provider, on the sale of a majority stake in the business to KKR
  • the shareholders of MiQ, including the founders of the company and ECI Partners, in the sale of a majority interest in the company to funds advised by Bridgepoint
  • Mobile Telephone Networks Proprietary Limited in the US$410 million sale and leaseback of its telecommunication towers portfolio in South Africa to IHS Holding Limited
  • DSV Panalpina A/S in its US$4.2 billion acquisition of the global integrated logistics business of Agility Public Warehousing Company K.S.C.P.

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Career and qualifications

  • Liverpool University, (LL.B, 2:1 Honours) 1993
  • Admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales 1996
  • Joined Clifford Chance as a partner 2025

Awards and citations

  • Band 4, Private Equity: Buyouts: £500 million and above - UK-wide
    (Chambers UK 2025)
  • Key lawyer, Fintech: corporate and commercial
    (Legal 500 UK 2025)
  • Leading partner, M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
    (Legal 500 UK 2025)