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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.

Bruce is an M&A partner based in London and has worked with QIA for over 15 years on a wide range of projects. He is well regarded for advising on complex and high-profile M&A transactions, including two of the five largest M&A deals of all time (AB InBev/SABMiller and Royal Dutch Shell). His experience also includes restructuring matters involving M&A, such as debt-for-equity swaps, acquisitions out of Chapter 11, and distressed M&A.

Career

Joined Clifford Chance as a partner 2025

Admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales 1996

Liverpool University, (LL.B, 2:1 Honours) 1993

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Private Equity: Buyouts: £500 million and above - UK-wide

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Bruce Embley enjoys a relatively broad practice that involves advising financial sponsors in particular, but also other entities in the private equity space. He is noted for his experience in both major buyouts and high-end M&A.

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