Rachel Davies
Associate | San Francisco
Rachel Davies

Rachel Davies is an associate in the corporate and securities team, sitting in the San Francisco office. Ms. Davies focuses her practice on mergers and acquisitions in the context of complex domestic and cross-border transactions. She also has experience in fund formation and providing Australian regulatory advice.

Prior to joining Dechert, Ms. Davies was an associate in the Australian corporate, funds and securities team of an international law firm.

  • Moss Adams LLP, in connection with its combination with Baker Tilly.
  • Tyber Medical, LLC, in connection with its sale to Montagu Private Equity and combination with Intech and Resolve Surgical Technologies.
  • GIC Private Limited, in connection with its investment in Pye-Barker Fire & Safety.
  • A family office, in connection with its acquisition of an airflow technologies business.
  • An investment management company, in connection with a proxy contest.
  • An investment manager, in connection with the trading of certain assets.
  • A brokerage and investment banking firm, in connection with clearing and settlement services.
  • Grant Thornton LLP, an Illinois limited liability partnership, in connection with the sale of a majority stake of its advisory, tax, and consulting business to a consortium led by New Mountain Capital L.L.C.
  • Cerberus Capital Management L.P. in connection with the acquisition of Spring EQ, LLC, a leading provider of home equity financing solutions.
  • Marcum LLP in connection with its contemplated merger with CBIZ.
  • A global alternative asset manager, in connection with the acquisition of a registered investment adviser.
  • A global investment company, in connection with various infrastructure acquisitions in the United States.
  • A private investment firm, in connection with the acquisitions of interests in defense contracting businesses.
Services
    • University of British Columbia, B.A., 2012
    • University of New South Wales, Master of Criminal Justice and Criminology, 2013
    • University of Melbourne, Australia, J.D., 2016
    • California
    • Australia
    • High Court of Australia
    • Supreme Court of Victoria