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About Martha Davis
Martha is an associate in our global transactions group based in London.
Martha advises clients across a range of sectors on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and corporate restructurings, as well as general corporate advisory and listed company matters.
Martha trained at the firm, which included a secondment to our Singapore office. As an associate, Martha has been on client secondment to the M&A legal team at Entain plc.
Recent work
In recent years, Martha has advised:
- BASF on the merger between Wintershall Dea and Harbour Energy, with the Wintershall Dea assets valued at US$11.2bn;
- Equans (a subsidiary of Bouygues SA, listed in Paris), on the sale of Equans Urban Energy;
- Entain plc on its £600m offer and institutional placing of new ordinary shares;
- Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec in relation to its investment in FNZ;
- Parker-Hannifin Corporation on its $8.8bn recommended acquisition of Meggitt plc;
- Allied Universal on its recommended £3.8bn cash offer for G4S plc;
- a consortium comprising APG Asset Management, National Pension Service of the Republic of Korea, and Swiss Life Asset Managers, on its acquisition of Brisa, the Portuguese toll road operator;
- ArcLight Capital Partners on the disposal of Bizkaia Energia; and
- Rio Tinto plc on the US$3.5bn disposal of its interests in the Grasberg gold and copper mine to Inalum, the Indonesian state-owned miner.
Qualifications
Education
- Trinity College Dublin (LL.B. and LL.M.)
- BPP University Law School (Legal Practice Course)
Professional qualifications
- Qualified as a solicitor in England & Wales