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Marcia Ellis

Marcia Ellis

Greater China Region 2026

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Practice Areas

Private Equity Investments + Buyouts

Mergers + Acquisitions

Real Estate

Private Funds

SPACs

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)

Career

Marcia Ellis is the Global Chair of the firm’s Private Equity Group, and a member of our global board of directors. Her practice focuses on private equity transactions and complex mergers and acquisitions involving companies, real estate, and other assets located in Asia.

Having practiced in Asia for more than two decades, Marcia is one of the most experienced M&A lawyers active in the Asian market. In the past two years alone, Marcia has advised clients on deals with a total aggregate value of over US$171 billion.

Marcia regularly advises leading investors on M&A transactions, including SoftBank Vision Fund, Alibaba, GLP, Bain Capital Credit, BlackRock, Farallon Capital, Ascendent Capital Partners, RRJ Capital, Summer Capital, Celadon Partners and Ark Pacific Capital. In addition, she is experienced in representing U.S., UK and Asia based institutional investors in the acquisition, financing and disposition of real estate in China, Hong Kong and elsewhere in Asia, including numerous logistics and internet data center projects, and investment in and acquisition of real estate developers.

Publications

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Chambers Review

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Chambers Greater China Region

Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment (International Firms) - China

Band 1
Band 1

Individual Editorial
Marcia Ellis maintains her position at the forefront of the private equity market, handling high-profile transactions on behalf of investors and corporates.

Corporate/M&A: Hong Kong-based (International Firms) - China

Band 3
Band 3

Individual Editorial

Marcia Ellis is a skilled corporate lawyer handling a range of transactional mandates, including disposals, private equity deals and restructurings. She routinely serves clients from the TMT and fintech sectors.

Strengths

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  • She is the ultimate legal adviser.

    Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment (International Firms)Chambers Greater China Region
  • Marica is an incredible lawyer with a really good commercial sense on what is important. She knows what is risky but not a big issue.

    Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment (International Firms)Chambers Greater China Region
  • She can see things through the client’s eyes very well, which is something that deserves a mention because it’s not that common. She really advocates for the client like it were her own business.

    Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment (International Firms)Chambers Greater China Region
  • Marcia is sophisticated, experienced, skilled and is always strongly focused on providing the best client service possible.

    Corporate/M&A: Hong Kong-based (International Firms)Chambers Greater China Region
  • Marcia is great to work with and is a great counsel to have on our side when dealing with complexity.

    Corporate/M&A: Hong Kong-based (International Firms)Chambers Greater China Region
  • Her advice is consistently pragmatic, concise and tailored to the realities of the deal.

    Corporate/M&A: Hong Kong-based (International Firms)Chambers Greater China Region

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