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Bruce Embley

Bruce Embley

UK 2026

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Clifford Chance LLP
 Clifford Chance LLP

Ranked in 1 practice area

Private Equity: Buyouts: £500 million and above

UK-wide

2 years ranked

About

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Practice Areas

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

Chambers Review

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Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession

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

Band 4
Individual Editorial

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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  • Bruce Embley is a fantastic lawyer.

    Private Equity: Buyouts: £500 million and aboveChambers Guide to the Legal Profession

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London (Firms)

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