London Bar
Banking and finance (including consumer credit)
LEADING JUNIORS2Emily Saunderson –Quadrant Chambers ‘Emily’s advice is excellently put together. She is user-friendly and responsive.’
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Emily Saunderson
Quadrant Chambers, London
- Phone0207 583 4444
- Email[email protected]
- Profilewww.quadrantchambers.com
Position
Emily is a general commercial practitioner specialising in commercial fraud, and banking and finance.
Career
Emily has experience in a broad range of commercial cases involving, for example, contractual interpretation and rectification; dishonest assistance; fraud; bribery; fraudulent trading; rights of set-off; contractual estoppel; rights under contracts of indemnity; and guarantees.
Her banking and finance practice has a particular emphasis on financial derivatives instruments, and she is familiar with standard form contracts including the ISDA Master Agreement.
Before embarking on a career in law, Emily was a financial journalist covering the global derivatives markets. She brings a strong understanding and useful insider’s perspective on financial markets to her legal practice.
Memberships
Chancery Bar Association, COMBAR, LCLCBA
Education
BA (Hons) Philosophy 1st class, University of Southampton;, PgDL, University of Westminster;, BVC, Inns of Court School of Law
Mentions
London Bar
Commercial litigation
LEADING JUNIORS5Emily Saunderson – Quadrant Chambers ‘Simply wonderful. Emily is extremely thorough with her preparation, and her drafting skills are up there with the best silks. Extremely calm and methodical in her advocacy, but knows when to be assertive for her client.’
London Bar
Financial services regulation
LEADING JUNIORS3Emily Saunderson –Quadrant Chambers ‘Incredible attention to detail - Emily is always on top of her brief, well prepared and able to present complex legal and regulatory advice in a way that clients can understand. She is also an impressive negotiator, bringing a useful skill set to meditations and settlement meetings.’