Barrister practicing in a broad range of commercial litigation and arbitration in line with Chambers’ specialisms, including civil fraud, company law and insolvency.

Emma’s practice covers a broad range of commercial litigation in line with Chambers’ specialisms, including large commercial disputes, civil fraud, company law, insolvency, offshore litigation and arbitration.  

Notable recent cases include: Republic of Mozambique v Credit Suisse [2024] EWHC 1957 (Comm) (one of The Lawyers Top 20 Cases for 2023; high profile, multi-billion US$ fraud claim; 12 week trial); Playle v Verschuur (unfair prejudice dispute; 3.5 week trial); Joannou & Parakevaides (Overseas) (in liq) (claims brought by joint liquidators for wrongful trading, fraudulent trading, breach of fiduciary duties and unlawful means conspiracy; 14 week trial listed in 2025); MAD International v Manes [2021] EWHC 3335 (claims in deceit and breach of joint venture agreement; 4 week trial); Jones v Jones CFI 043/2022  (freezing injunction in the DIFC).

She also acts in confidential arbitrations, including most recently an LCIA arbitration relating to the beneficial ownership of a group of companies and an LCIA arbitration acting for a global financial institution in a dispute with a sovereign state.

Called to the Bar 2015 (Lincoln’s Inn); Pegasus Scholarship (Bermuda); Rights of audience before the AIFC Court in Kazakhstan (2018)

Publications: Co-author of “On Your Feet: A Practical Guide to Civil Advocacy” (2019); Contributor to Loose and Griffiths on Liquidators (9 ed., 2019); Co-author of Commercial Law and Financial Regulation [2016] UKSC Yearbook 314 (with Jonathan Crow KC and Lara Hassell-Hart)

Chancery Bar Association; Commercial Bar Association; Female Fraud Forum; Insolvency Lawyers Association; London Irish Lawyers Association; LCIA Young International Arbitration Group

Methodist College Belfast; Trinity College Dublin (LLB 2012); study abroad Washington & Lee University, Virginia; St Catharine’s College, Cambridge (LLM 2014); University of Law, Bloomsbury (2015 BPTC); Sir Thomas More Bursary, Levitt Scholarship and Buchanan Prize from Lincoln’s Inn

Hiking, skiing