Emilia is a senior commercial solicitor who helps ambitious businesses navigate complex commercial arrangements with confidence. She advises on a broad range of commercial contracts and strategic legal issues, combining technical legal expertise with practical, commercially focused advice that supports growth.
Emilia trained at SJ Berwin in London and qualified as a solicitor in 2012. Following qualification, she moved with her team to global law firm Reed Smith, where she advised on corporate and commercial matters before moving in-house to Eurostar and later to fast-growing start-up Content With Purpose.
Her experience both in private practice and in-house gives her a genuine understanding of the commercial realities her clients face. Having worked within businesses herself, Emilia understands the pressures of balancing legal risk with commercial objectives and works as an extension of her clients' teams, providing pragmatic, solutions-focused advice that enables businesses to move forward with confidence.
Emilia has a particular affinity with founder-led and scaling businesses. She understands the challenges that come with rapid growth, limited resources and the need to make commercially sound decisions at pace. She is passionate about making legal advice accessible, building long-term relationships with clients, and helping businesses put the right legal foundations in place to support sustainable growth.
Her work covers a wide range of commercial matters, including customer and supplier contracts, SaaS agreements, terms and conditions, introducer and referral agreements, manufacturing and distribution agreements, confidentiality agreements and day-to-day commercial advisory work.
Emilia works with businesses across a wide range of sectors, from early-stage ventures to established companies, adapting her advice to reflect each client's commercial objectives, industry and stage of growth.
- Supporting a children's home safety brand with the manufacturing arrangements needed to bring its first product to market, helping establish the commercial foundations for its launch and future growth.
- Supporting a technology business with the development and negotiation of its SaaS agreements, helping the business implement commercially practical customer terms that support its continued growth.
- Supporting Laura James, the home and garden furniture retailer, as its trusted commercial legal adviser, providing day-to-day advice across supplier, retail, marketing, photography and sales channel agreements.
- Helping an award-winning vitamin and nutritional supplements business, strengthening its manufacturing supply chain by developing template manufacturing agreements and negotiating contracts with manufacturers and packing partners.
- Advising an engineering manufacturer on the negotiation of high-value customer supply agreements, helping the business secure key commercial relationships while managing contractual risk.
- Advising an online prize draw and competition marketplace on the launch of its innovative online platform by preparing bespoke website terms and customer-facing legal documents, enabling the business to launch with confidence.
Outside work, Emilia is kept busy by her two young children. When she finds the time, she enjoys yoga, travelling and spending time with family and friends.
"Having worked both in private practice and in-house, I understand that legal advice has to work in the real world. I enjoy becoming a trusted adviser to my clients, understanding how their businesses operate and providing practical, commercial solutions that help them grow with confidence."
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