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Emma Coates

Emma Coates

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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. 

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CV

Since 2021 Associate, Taylor Wessing
2021 Legal Secondee, PGIM Real Estate
2019 - 2021 Trainee solicitor, Taylor Wessing
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)

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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20 December 2021
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