Emily is a senior associate in the firm's Corporate Advisory team. She has extensive experience advising on mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, joint ventures and commercial contracts for listed and unlisted clients in the insurance, banking, telecommunications, FMCG, pharmaceuticals and oil and gas sectors.
Before joining Russell McVeagh in September 2019, Emily worked at another large New Zealand law firm. Prior to that she worked in Johannesburg for ENSafrica (the largest tier-one firm in Africa) where she advised on several high-profile transactions.
Emily joined Russell McVeagh in 2019 and was admitted to practice in South Africa in 2014. She is a foreign qualified lawyer. Emily was involved in the deal which won "M&A Deal of the Year" at the NZ Law Awards in 2020.