London Bar
Commercial litigation
Leading junior3Emily Betts –Gatehouse Chambers 'Super intelligent and extremely good with clients. Her drafting is concise and persuasive, and she is a formidable presence in court.'
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Emily Betts
Gatehouse Chambers, London
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Position
Emily is an experienced commercial barrister specialising in all aspects of commercial and property law. She has particular expertise in areas such as commercial fraud, shareholder/company disputes and secured lending.
Emily is an experienced trial advocate, both as sole counsel and as a junior to leading counsel, and has appeared in multi week trials in both the Commercial Court and the Chancery Division. The legal directories note she is “an exceptional lawyer with very strong advocacy skills”.
Also renowned for being “hard-working, personable and really bright”, she is seen as “a go to junior: there is no client or issue that she cannot deal with.”
Career
Call: 2009
Memberships
Chancery Bar Association
COMBAR
Property Bar Association
London Common Law and Commercial Bar Association
Young International Arbitration Group
ArbitralWomen
Education
LLM, Distinction and Prize for Legal Theory (LSE)
BVC, Very Competent (BPP)
Connor Scholarship, Middle Temple
GDL, Commendation (City University)
BSC (Hons) Economics and Geography, 2:1 (University College London)