Ella Davies

Senior Associate, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP

Ella is a senior associate in the Freshfields international arbitration group. She has acted as counsel in investment treaty and commercial arbitrations in the oil and gas, mining and telecoms sectors. Her recent experience includes advising a number of oil companies in relation to potential claims against an African state; representing a European telecoms company in an UNCITRAL arbitration against India under a bilateral investment treaty; and advising a consortium of oil and gas majors in an ad hoc arbitration with an African State oil company in which the consortium successfully secured an award for specific performance of a production sharing contract, including advising on related enforcement proceedings. Ella is qualified as a solicitor advocate in England and Wales. She holds a first-class BA and MSt in history from Oxford University.