Qualifications
BA / LLB (Hons), University of Otago;
LLM (First Class), Gonville and Caius, University of Cambridge
Admitted
2010, New Zealand
Emma is a commercial litigation and arbitration lawyer with a particular focus on banking and financial services matters.
She advises and represents public and private sector clients on complex commercial and regulatory matters and disputes. She assists clients with customer remediation, internal investigations, regulatory investigations, and broader regulatory engagement. Emma represents clients in both court proceedings and alternative dispute resolution. She is also a member of Chapman Tripp’s leading international law team and is experienced in international and cross-border litigation and disputes.
Emma advises a broad range of clients on the implications of key commercial and regulatory legislation, including the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act, Financial Markets Conduct Act, sanctions regimes, Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act, sanctions obligations, Contract and Commercial Law Act, Commerce Act, and Fair Trading Act.
After completing postgraduate study at the University of Cambridge, Emma worked in the Global Disputes team in London for a leading international law firm.
Recent highlights
- Assisting financial institutions with regulatory compliance and litigation risk, including advising on customer remediation and regulator and key stakeholder engagement.
- Advising ANZ Bank New Zealand Ltd on its response to the Commerce Commission’s market study into personal banking services.
- Acting for Z Energy Ltd on climate change-related tort claims filed against multiple New Zealand defendants.
- Representing the plaintiffs in a multi-jurisdictional arbitration for breach of contract in the International Chamber of Commerce International Court of Arbitration in London.
- Acting in a range of large-scale, multi-party defective building proceedings in the High Court for developers, bodies corporate and territorial authorities.
- Undertaking conduct and culture, governance, and health and safety reviews for a range of private and public sector clients, including a major bank, to identify potential issues and opportunities for improvement.
Affiliations
- Member of Wellington Women Lawyers' Association.
- Member of Banking & Financial Services Law Association.
- Contributor to Global Arbitration Review.
