Emma Coates - Taylor Wessing

London UK

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Emma is an associate in the Construction and Engineering team, specialising in non-contentious construction law.

With experience in acting for a range of clients including developers and funders, Emma advises on all aspects of construction documentation including building contracts, consultant appointments, novation agreements, collateral warranties, third party rights, and security documentation including guarantees and performance bonds. Emma also works across a range of sectors and provides construction input into broader real estate and real estate finance transactions.

CV

Since 2021 Associate, Taylor Wessing

2021 Legal Secondee, PGIM Real Estate

2019 - 2021 Trainee solicitor, Taylor Wessing

Career

Since 2021 Associate, Taylor Wessing

2021 Legal Secondee, PGIM Real Estate

2019 - 2021 Trainee solicitor, Taylor Wessing

Education

2021 Admitted as a lawyer, England & Wales

2019 LPC and LLM in Commercial Legal Practice, BPP Law School, London

2018 Law (BA), University of Cambridge (including an Erasmus year at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)

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Real estate & construction

Building safety: roundup of case law in 2025 and what to look out for in 2026

4 December 2025

by Rebecca May and Emma Coates

Real estate & construction

Remoteness defence struck out in respect of remedial costs for cladding repairs

28 July 2022

Briefing

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Real estate

Is now the time for the abolition of cash retentions in the construction industry?

20 December 2021

Briefing

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