Avocats – England

Emma Hurrell

Partner

B P Collins LLP

Emma Jeffries

Emma Jeffries is a Principal Associate Solicitor and Costs Lawyer who leads the Commercial Litigation Costs arm of the business. Emma has a wealth of experience in dealing with high value costs claims ranging from catastrophic injury costs, through all facets of commercial litigation and claims proceeding in the Competition Appeals Tribunal. Working with Insurers and Private Clients, Emma provides a true cradle to grave approach on cases, being involved from the outset with the implementation of retainers and reserves/costs estimates, through any costs management process which is required and thereafter dealing with any costs claims at the conclusion. Emma has been instrumental in the building of technology aimed at assisting Clients with the introduction of the new Fixed Recoverable Costs Regime, working closely with the Innovation Department to map all aspects regarding Fixed Recoverable Costs and build a user friendly product to streamline the costs calculations required. Notable cases include: 1. Russian Aircraft Operator Claims/Ukrainian Aircraft Operator Claims – multi billion pound aviation litigation. 2. London & Quadrant Housing Trust & Anor v WPHV Limited (in administration) & Ors (June 2024) –2 day costs management hearing to deal with costs budgets of 6 parties amounting to £21million. 3. Pacific Estate v Akhtar (March 2024) – recovered 89% of costs.. 4. Robinson v Havant Borough Council (February 2024) – recovered over 86% of costs through negotiated agreement. 5. Bocking v Taylor-Perecod (October 2023) – notwithstanding the Claimant’s application to amend the claim form to a value exceeding £10million to escape the costs management regime, the parties engaged on the issue of costs budgets to ensure the same were in place to assist with Client reserving and the forthcoming JSM. 6. Associated Newspapers Ltd v Buckingham Group Contracting Ltd (Cost Budgeting) [2022] EWHC 2767 (TCC) Costs management case whereby the Claimant Solicitors hourly rates were scrutinized and used as a tool by which the Court considered the overall costs budget to be disproportionate. 7. Sultan & Ali v Luton Borough Council (November 2022) – successfully recovered defence costs from Claimants Solicitor when ATE cover withdrawn.

Weightmans LLP

Emma Joy Smith

Partner

Shakespeare Martineau LLP

Emma King

Partner

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP

Emma Leavesley

Emma is a Partner in the Family Law team. She has a broad range of experience and specialises in all aspects of family law including divorce and separation, finances, arrangements for children and advising on the breakdown of cohabitating relationships. Emma is also experienced in preparing pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements and separation agreements. Experience Emma qualified as a solicitor in 2010. Her training, which focused on family law, was at a firm in West London. Over 10 years ago, Emma began working in the Thames Valley and has worked at a regional heavyweight firm and also at a Top Tier, Top 100 firm in Oxford for 4 years prior to moving to BP Collins. She has worked with clients from a diverse range of backgrounds including in the film industry, the arts, the medical profession, the motor industry and in academia. She is meticulous in her approach and works hard for clients to help them achieve the best possible outcome. She thinks strategically, pragmatically and constructively. Emma is a member of Resolution and is a Resolution Accredited Specialist in complex financial remedies and private law children matters. Emma has also completed her mediation training. Specialisms Emma is known for her empathetic approach with clients, which has seen her support and advise vulnerable clients through challenging cases, particularly those relating to children. Emma has completed her Mental Health First Aider training through Mental Health First Aid England which has assisted Emma in her awareness of the impact that a divorce and separation can have on an individual’s mental health.

B P Collins LLP

Emma Linch

Emma is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution and Media & Communications Disputes teams. She has gained litigation experience with specific involvement advising on high profile media, content and publishing matters.

Simons Muirhead Burton

Emma Livesey

Emma is a Principal Associate in the Corporate team based in the Solent office. She advises on a wide range of corporate matters including acquisitions and disposals, private equity transactions, group reorganisations, investments, corporate governance and compliance issues. Emma works with a variety of clients including private equity investors, private companies, management teams and owner managed businesses. Recent transactions include: advising LDC and the shareholders of BOFA International on the sale of fume and dust extraction systems specialist BOFA International, whose headquarters are in Poole, to USA NYSE listed Donaldson Company Inc for a value of £90 million. Donaldson agreed to acquire an 88% stake in BOFA for £79 million valuing the business at £90 million and Emma assisted with both the disposal by LDC and management as well as advising management on their continued shareholding post-completion. This followed the initial advice Emma provided in August 2015 when LDC completed their investment into the company to support the £23 million management buyout of the previous management team; acting on the sale of Hamleys, the famous toy retailer to Reliance Industries in a deal worth nearly £70 million. Emma also worked on the previous sale of the group in 2015 to Chinese footwear group C.banner International; and advising the shareholders on the sale of specialist IT-provider Taylor Made Computer Solutions (TMCS) to Peach Technologies, creating one of the UK's biggest IT managed providers as a result. She was awarded the 'Young Dealmaker of the Year' award at the Solent Deals Awards 2019.

Shoosmiths LLP

Emma Loveday

Emma’s practice involves all elements of private client work. She advises both UK and non-UK domiciled clients on tax matters generally and has extensive experience in advising trustees and beneficiaries on all trust matters, both UK and offshore, and related issues. Emma deals with Wills, succession, trust formation and tax planning associated with probate and will trusts. She also advises in relation to UK tax planning and mitigation for individuals and trustees. Emma has considerable experience of coordinating international tax planning and structuring inward investment for individuals and trustees. She also advises US individuals and beneficiaries on their UK tax affairs, dealing with UK wills and setting up trusts, working in co-ordination with US advisers. She also advises on charity law.

Wedlake Bell LLP

Emma Lowe

Emma is an experienced commercial litigator who advises on high value commercial disputes. Emma has significant experience in acting for large international organisations, PLCs and SMEs as well as private individuals. Emma has particular experience in advising clients in complex contractual, shareholder, warranty, confidential information, professional negligence and pensions disputes. She has represented clients seeking High Court interim injunctive relief, including Freezing Orders and advised on Search and Seizure Orders. She has represented clients in the High Court and has adopted many forms of Alternative Dispute Resolution including mediation and arbitration. Emma also specialises in acting for employers and senior employees in relation to the enforcement of restrictive covenants and has experience of High Court unfair competition actions. She can also advise employers and employees alike in relation to team moves. Emma is a very capable ambitious lawyer and an invaluable part of both the Leeds and national dispute resolution teams. Clients and colleagues continue to praise Emma for her thorough yet common sense approach to litigation. As well as her legal work Emma is also on the firm’s National Equality and Diversity working group, leads the Leeds Office’s inclusion and diversity programme and is one of its mental health and wellbeing champions.

Shoosmiths LLP

Emma MacIntyre

Emma is a Partner in the Real Estate department, specialising in property disputes. She has dealt with wide range of property matters concerning all types of property interests and acting for significant property owning companies, large corporate occupiers, retailers and high net worth individuals. Much of Emma's work involves advising on complex legal issues where litigation is often involved or contemplated. She is particularly experienced in dilapidations claims and contract/joint venture disputes having acted on a number that have involved proceedings and trials. She has also worked on contentious business lease renewals (both unopposed and opposed), property management issues (such as recovery of arrears, service charge disputes, consents and rent reviews), quiet enjoyment, contract disputes, trespass claims, covenant disputes, easements (including rights to light and rights of way) and adverse possession.

Mishcon de Reya LLP

Emma Marshall

Browne Jacobson LLP

Emma McCann

Senior associate solicitor Areas of expertise: Wills Administration of estates Tax planning Trust advice & deeds Deeds of Variation Powers of Attorney and Lasting Powers of Attorney.

Irwin Mitchell

Emma Moody

Emma is a partner and head of the firm's charities and not for profit team. Emma’s clients are both national (Addaction, Katie Piper Foundation, Children in Need, Crisis UK) and regional (Mental Health Matters, Gateshead College, St John of God Hospitaller Services); and she has provided support to trustees and senior management on a variety of legal issues ranging from governance reviews and restructuring exercises, incorporations and mergers, fundraising trading and tax, and compliance with regulatory requirements. Emma is also an approved Interim Manager, appointed by the Charity Commission on cases where there are regulatory concerns relating to a charity. Emma's clients benefit from comprehensive advice in areas such as employment and pensions, data protection, property and health and safety. Emma's approach is to understand what her clients wish to achieve, so she can deliver excellent technical advice, but in a straightforward and commercial manner, focusing on solutions and outcomes. Emma has worked on a number of college mergers resulting from a consolidation of the FE sector, she has acted as Interim Manager for a charity in relation to high profile safeguarding concerns, and is Interim Manager for a charity with internal governance issues to resolve. Emma is supporting a large membership body in its move to independence (creating an entirely new constitutional and governance framework) and is working with a significant national charity looking to develop its partnership arrangements with commercial fundraising partners. Emma is immersed in the sector through her trustee roles, through her interaction with umbrella bodies and regulators. She is a regular speaker at events on issues affecting the sector, and is a member of bodies including ACEVO, CFG and AoC.

Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP

Emma Morgan

Emma Morgan is a partner in the employment team and is based in the Manchester office. Emma specialises in both employment and business immigration law. During her career Emma has worked with clients in a variety of sectors and has particular experience of advising clients in the retail, logistics and transport, financial services and housing sectors. In respect of employment law Emma advises on a broad spectrum of complex employment issues including executive terminations, TUPE transfers and reorganisations as well as discrimination and other complex tribunal claims in the Employment Tribunal and the Employment Appeal Tribunal. Emma also has considerable experience of dealing with the employment aspects of corporate transactions and commercial contracts as well as advising on contractual disputes. In respect of business immigration law, Emma regularly advises organisations on the options for bringing overseas nationals into the UK, on eligibility to work requirements and compliance generally. Emma also advises on sponsor licence applications as well as suspensions or potential revocations under Tier 2 of the Points Based System. Most recently Emma has been advising employers on the impact of Brexit both in terms of the implications for their existing European workforce(s) and their ability to recruit. As part of this Emma has also been advising on the settled status scheme and how employers may encourage their European employees to register/formalise their residency in the UK. Emma also provides training to HR professionals, in-house lawyers and compliance and resourcing teams on both employment and business immigration law. Emma routinely works with in-house teams in respect of both employment and immigration matters and understands the impact of issues on clients’ businesses and works with them to find pragmatic and practical solutions

Shoosmiths LLP

Emma Newman

Managing Partner, Southern Home Counties

Stowe Family Law LLP

Emma Okenyi

Emma is the head of the Personal and Family Immigration department, established as a director and Solicitor at Paragon Law. Specialising in representing clients for family and personal immigration matters. She has extensive experience in all aspects of immigration law and in particular family and private life applications (both in country and entry clearance applications). Emma has special interest in complex nationality matters and has represented clients both within and outside the UK. In addition, Emma works closely with various local authorities in resolving immigration matters relating to children in care and victims of domestic abuse. Emma was instrumental in setting up a monthly pro bono immigration advice surgery service for users of Nottingham Citizens Advice Bureau- the advice surgery has been running for over 7 years.

Paragon Law

Emma Oliver

Associate

Shakespeare Martineau LLP

Emma Parker

*Emma is recognised as an Associate to Watch in Chambers&Partners* Emma is a Senior Associate who has particular expertise advising on UK corporate governance issues for large listed plcs, as well as advising in relation to tax-advantaged plans (both in the UK and overseas). Emma advises some of Tapestry’s biggest clients on the design, establishment, communication and strategic operation of employee share plans, plan rule drafting, and reviewing the legal and tax aspects of plan awards. Emma’s clients include Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, Costa, Howdens and Hays Group. Emma is one of the senior teachers on Tapestry’s accredited Cert. ESP course (having previously led on the implementation of a successful online version of the course during the pandemic), and regularly speaks at the ProShare conference and at other industry events (e.g. on ProShare’s Intro to ESO course). Emma also holds the role of employee trustee director of the Employee Ownership Trust for Tapestry and leads Tapestry’s internal training programme.

Tapestry Compliance

Emma Peacock

Emma is a Partner in the Employment department and is based in the London office. She advises on the full range of contentious and non-contentious employment law related issues including disciplinaries, grievances, poor performance, maternity, ill-health and more. She also has experience with business immigration.

Sherrards Solicitors LLP

Emma Pearce

Emma is a principal associate within the Real Estate team and has experience acting for corporate occupiers. Emma has been involved in a variety of Cransactions including estate management, assisting on acquisitions and the disposal of commercial premises. Emma joined Shoosmiths’ real estate practice in March 2015 from Shakespeares. Emma’s recent project experience includes advising: a number of well known high street names on all matters connected with the management of their property portfolios including disposals, lease renewals and alterations; acting on behalf of a well known Midlands retailer who was looking to assign 24 properties in a timely and pro-active manner; negotiating the sale of properties through auction; on the assignment of both simple and complex assignments of a large international retailer in the acquisition of 180 properties including the negotiation of variations and reversionary leases to ensure the new properties are in line with their standard portfolio; on the hive up of over 300 properties; and on reporting on property details of a portfolio ahead of an international acquisitions to ensure the client was aware of what they would be acquiring should the transaction proceed. Emma is very dedicated to her work and highly professional in the way she represents clients and deals with any queries raised. Emma has gained insightful knowledge of the retail world whilst carrying out a secondment at a national retailer. Prior to initiating her working career in law, Emma studied at the College of Law (LPC) and the University of Birmingham (LLM) and the University of Wales, Aberystwyth (LLB HONS).

Shoosmiths LLP

Emma Pein

Emma is an associate in the Public Law and Human Rights team. Emma specialises in housing, homelessness, community care and discrimination law. She advises and represents clients across all residential landlord and tenant matters, including disrepair, unlawful eviction, possession, harassment, and all tenancy-related disputes. Emma has experience litigating matters in both the County Court and the High Court. She regularly acts for vulnerable individuals, including those who lack capacity to litigate, and is instructed by the Official Solicitor in relation to both housing and Court of Protection matters. She has also acted in cases of significant wider public interest in which national charities have intervened. Emma adopts a robust approach to litigation and often succeeds in resolving matters without the need for court proceedings. She is committed to supporting survivors of domestic abuse and regularly assists those who are fleeing to obtain safe, suitable accommodation. Emma has a particular interest in housing-related discrimination and has brought cases on behalf of victims of race, sex and disability discrimination.

Bindmans LLP

Emma Penney

Emma is a senior associate in the corporate and finance. Emma has experience in advising clients on a wide range of corporate matters including mergers and acquisitions, private equity, open and closed-ended investment funds in Guernsey and also undertakes a range of finance transactions.

Carey Olsen LLP

Emma Pioli

Partner, Head of Asset Management

Gowling WLG

Emma Pitcher

Partner

Boult Wade Tennant LLP