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Mr David Ellis
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.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Asset finance (including aviation and shipping finance)
- Construction
- Insurance
- Labour and employment
- Real estate
Firm Rankings
- Antitrust and competition
- Banking and finance
- Data protection and cyber security
- Intellectual property
- Restructuring and insolvency
- TMT
- Capital markets (debt)
- Corporate (including M&A)
- Dispute resolution: international arbitration
- Dispute resolution: litigation
- Structured finance and securitisation
- Investment funds
- Regulatory
- Regulatory: anti-corruption and compliance
- Capital markets (equity)