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About Emily Knight
Emily is a senior associate in the London dispute resolution group with a broad practice encompassing commercial litigation, transactional advisory work, global investigations and criminal and regulatory matters.
She has particular experience acting on complicated civil disputes and multi-jurisdictional government and internal investigations across different business sectors. She also advises on related compliance risk management.
Recent work
- Representing a FTSE 250 company to secure a Deferred Prosecution Agreement with the SFO.
- Acting for a multinational company in securities litigation brought in the High Court of England and Wales.
- Advising multiple corporates in relation to investigations by the UK Serious Fraud Office, the Financial Reporting Council and other domestic and international law enforcement agencies and regulators.
- Advising multiple companies in relation to internal investigations concerning potential regulatory and criminal exposure.
- Representing an auction house in relation to contractual claims brought in the High Court of England and Wales and on appeal to the Court of Appeal.
- Acting for a prominent investment bank on claims brought in the High Court of England and Wales in relation to alleged carbon trading fraud.
- Anti-Money Laundering advice and analysis.
Qualifications
Education
- LLM (Masters in Law), University of Cambridge
- BA (Law), University of Cambridge
Professional qualifications
- Solicitor qualified in England and Wales