Emma Davies is a Corporate partner in our London office. She has 25 years of experience advising financial institutions, industrial groups, trading companies, and global investors on strategic investments, restructurings, and partnerships across Greater China and the wider APAC region.
Emma's recent work includes advising clients on the restructuring of their PRC operations in response to the rapidly evolving macroeconomic and geopolitical landscape. This has involved business carve-outs, spin-off listings, and new business combinations with leading listed and unlisted enterprises in China.
Emma led the China Corporate/M&A group in Shanghai from 2002–2012 and founded the Firm’s China antitrust practice.
Contact details
- Clifford Chance, London
- +44 207006 2425
- Email me
- Speaks English and Mandarin
- Practice area M&A corporate
Career & qualifications
- Cambridge University (BA, Economics) 1988
- Admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales 1995
- Joined Clifford Chance 1997
- Admitted as a solicitor in Hong Kong 1997
- Seconded to Zheng, Liu, Yuan & Zhou law office, Beijing 1997-1998
- Partner since 2004
Awards and citations
- Leading individuals: Corporate/M&A: Hong Kong-based (International Firms)
Chambers Greater China Region Guide 2025 - Leading Partner – Corporate (including M&A) – Hong Kong
Legal500 Asia Pacific 2025 - Leading individuals: Life Sciences (International Firms)
Chambers Greater China Region Guide 2024 - Women Leader & Highly Regarded – M&A – Hong Kong
IFLR1000 2024