Emma Bailey > Fox Williams LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
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10 FINSBURY SQUARE
LONDON
EC2A 1AF
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Emma Bailey
Work Department
Tax and incentives.
Position
Partner
Emma has extensive experience advising on a broad range of direct and indirect tax matters, including in the context of public and private UK and cross border M&A, private equity transactions, corporate re-organisations and restructurings, and venture capital investment.
Emma regularly advises on tax issues affecting entrepreneurs, investors and business owners (including in connection with venture capital tax schemes). She has a specialism in employee share schemes and management incentive arrangements for private companies and works closely with Fox Williams’ employment and professional practices groups in relation to the tax issues arising in the context of the remuneration of employees, directors and partners.
Emma advises UK and overseas clients including listed companies, mid-tier corporates, owner-managed businesses, partnerships and LLPs and individuals in a wide range of business sectors including travel and leisure, real estate, banking, financial services, technology and digital and fashion.
Emma has contributed to a number of tax publications, including PLC Tax, Tolleys Tax Planning, and Xpert HR and is a regular speaker at seminars and conferences.
Career
Trainee solicitor Cameron Markby Hewitt (now CMS Cameron McKenna) 1995; associate Freshfields 1997; counsel Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer 2006; partner Fox Williams LLP 2010. Publications include: contributions to ‘PLC Tax’, ‘Tolley’s Tax Planning’, ‘Tolley’s Guidance’ and ‘Xpert HR’.
Memberships
Law Society of England and Wales; Share Plan Lawyers Group; Quoted Companies Alliance; member of Tax Committee and Share Schemes Committee.
Education
Keble College, Oxford (honours degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics); College of Law Chester.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Employment > Employee share schemes
Fox Williams LLP frequently advises North American clients on the share incentive aspects of acquisitions or strategic investments into UK private companies. The team also frequently assists clients within the technology and fintech arenas. Practice head Emma Bailey maintains her focus on establishing enterprise management incentive option schemes for key executives. Bailey is frequently supported by ‘technically very able and experienced’ tax specialist Jo Varia.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Transport > Aviation
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Transport > Travel
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Group litigation: Claimant
- Employment > Senior executives
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- Employment > Employers
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Employment > Immigration
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Transport > Aviation