Emily Scaife > Burges Salmon LLP > Bristol, England > Lawyer Profile
Burges Salmon LLP Offices

ONE GLASS WHARF
BRISTOL
BS2 0ZX
England
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Emily Scaife

Work Department
Corporate and Financial Institutions
Position
Emily is a finance lawyer with a particular focus on complex corporate restructuring and insolvency matters in the private and public sectors. She acts for key stakeholders including investors, companies, management teams, insolvency practitioners, regulators and pension trustees on both domestic and cross border matters.
Recent publishable highlights include advising on FTI Consulting’s administration and sale of Cote Restaurants; Bakers + Baristas’ company voluntary arrangement; and Causeway Capital’s acquisition of Patisserie Valerie.
Career
Trained at TLT (qualified 2012)
Eversheds 2012 – 2014
Burges Salmon 2014 to date (partner from 2021)
Memberships
Memberships: R3, TMA, IWIRC
Committees: TMA’s UK Network of Women
Lawyer Rankings
South West > Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
(Next Generation Partners)The insolvency and corporate restructuring team at Burges Salmon LLP is praise for being ‘commercial and proactive‘. Based in Bristol and led by the ‘dedicated‘ Andrew Eaton, the team is increasingly involved in international matters alongside its sector expertise in the real estate, hotels, transport, and healthcare industries, amongst others. Emily Scaife regularly acts for key stakeholders on distressed matters, and has experience advising both the public and private sectors. Real estate related issues form part of Colin Ligman‘s portfolio.
South West > Finance > Banking and finance
Headquartered in Bristol, Burges Salmon LLP fields a ‘highly collaborative and effective team’. The firm continues to be involved in a number of high profile transactions and restructurings across the market, and has recently been increasingly involved in sustainable financings and green loans. Andrew Eaton leads the team in which Richard Leeming sports a particular focus on real estate finance while Rachael Ruane frequently handles corporate and leveraged finance matters. Katie Allen is regularly sought out by clients in the hotel sector as well as in regards to student accommodation. May 2021 also saw the promotions of Victoria Allsopp and Emily Scaife to partner positions within the team.
Lawyer Rankings
- Banking and finance - South West > Finance
- Insolvency and corporate recovery - South West > Finance
- Next Generation Partners - South West > Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Bristol
- Real estate > Commercial property: Bristol
- Real estate > Construction
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Bristol
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Employment > Employment: Bristol
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy, project finance and PFI
- Real estate > Environment
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Private client > Family
- Crime, fraud and licensing > General crime and fraud
- Employment > Health and safety
- Employment > Immigration
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Public sector > Local government
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media and entertainment
- Employment > Pensions
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Planning
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Transport > Rail
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport