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Emma West

Senior Associate

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Emma acts for corporate clients, financial institutions, high-net worth individuals and trustees. She specialises in complex commercial, financial and trusts litigation with a multi-jurisdictional element. Emma has been described as a "great talent" and "unflappable" in the Legal 500 directory. Emma is the co-chair of the Commercial Litigators Forum Associates Committee.

"I adopt a commercial and pragmatic approach".

"I listen carefully to clients to understand their strategic objectives and adopt a commercial and pragmatic approach so they can best achieve those objectives. I deliver straightforward advice which cuts through legal and factual complexities. 

In the legal directories I have been described by those I have worked with as "capable of moving from the detail to the big picture with ease; intelligent and a delight to work with" and "incredibly clever".

Emma's recent work highlights

Acting for a bank successfully defending  fraud proceedings in Suppipat and Ors v Narongdej and Ors [2023] EWHC 1988 (Comm)

Dickinson & Ors v Utmost International Isle of Man Limited 

Acting for the beneficiaries of a family trust in proceedings concerning the restructuring of the trust.

Acting for a group of companies in a claim against a major commercial bank in a dispute arising from significant loan and interest rate swap arrangements.

Directory quotes

Recommended - Legal 500 UK 2025

"Emma West is a great talent: capable of moving from the detail to the big picture with ease; intelligent and a delight to work with." - Legal 500 UK 2024

"Emma West has a formidable memory and is unflappable." - Legal 500 UK 2023

Memberships

Commercial Litigators Forum Associates Committee

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