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Emma Hynes

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Position

Emma specialises in construction and commercial matters, including professional negligence claims. She is appointed to the Attorney General’s Panel and instructed as counsel to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry and for the Cabinet Office and Number 10 on the Covid-19 Inquiry. In legal circles she is known for her tenacity, meticulous preparation, and poise under pressure. She is a clear and articulate speaker and a skilled advocate.

Emma combined her sporting accomplishments with a successful career in business communications, working for organisations as diverse as Serco, The Carbon Trust, and Microsoft. This experience has given her a particular understanding of multinational commercial clients and a pragmatic and business-minded approach.

She currently sits on the board of Lifesafe Holdings plc, an AIM-listed fire safety products company, as a non-executive director.

Career

Call: 2013

Memberships

• Commercial Bar Association
• London Common Law & Commercial Bar Association
• National Association of Women in Construction
• Professional Negligence Bar Association
• Society of Construction Law
• TECBAR

Education

• LLM – King’s College London – (Distinction)
• BPTC – University of Law – (Outstanding)
• GDL – University of Law – (Distinction)
• BA in English and Ancient History, University of Queensland – (First Class Honours)
• L.LM – Georg Schwarzenberger Award for International Law
• L.LM – Prize for best student on Business Law programme
• BPTC – Inner Temple Exhibition Award
• BA – University Medal for Outstanding Scholarship

Leisure

Before changing career, Emma combined her work with fencing at an international level. She represented Australia in five world championships and has won two Commonwealth medals.