Expertise

Emma is a real estate practitioner with over 13 years' experience having worked on a significant number of leasing, investment acquisition / disposal and financing/refinancing transactions as well as portfolio asset management matters (industrial, office and retail) with clients operating within the real estate, industrial and advance manufacturing and retail & consumer sectors.  Emma works with both UK and overseas investors/developers, corporate occupiers, institutional and private equity investors.

Emma has broadened her practice into the energy and utilities sector and regularly advises on the real estate aspects of renewable energy projects across a breadth of technologies: including wind, solar, hydro and battery storage. She advises clients on all stages n the project lifecycle; from site origination, through the development phase and onto financial close. Emma frequently provides real estate support on major transactional projects, including financial and secondary market acquisitions/disposals.

Emma also supports the growth of the firm's data centre sub-sector practice with a particular focus on supporting landowners and energy client work. 

Emma has an excellent reputation and profile with clients and takes real pride in developing and nurturing her client relationships and investing in their goals and aspirations.  This, combined with her technical ability, dedication and drive ensures that clients strive towards those aspirations and goals being met.

Experience

Recent examples of the type of work that Emma has advised:

  • A consortium of lenders on the property aspects of the finance of a 67MW onshore windfarm in Scotland
  • Acquisition and disposal of a number of mixed-use real estate portfolios for both onshore and offshore investor clients
  • Acting for an energy operator on the land optioneering for an estimated 1GW BESS project in Scotland 
  • Acting for a number of institutional lenders on the funding of renewal energy projects (both landowner and operator interests being financed)  
  • Acquisition, re gear, sale and subsequent development of substantial office asset for UK developer. 
Languages
  • German – good command
  • French – good command  
Education
  • LLB (Hons) - University of Edinburgh (2008)
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice – University of Edinburgh (2009)