Emma Jordan

Emma leads our contentious trusts team in the UK. She's described by clients as a commercially astute advisor with a formidable reputation for trust litigation work. She's advised on landmark cases including the first ever action involving an insolvent trust. Emma's mandates often involve a crossborder or international element.

Emma is dual qualified as an English Barrister and a Jersey Advocate, allowing her to represent clients in the Jersey Courts directly.

She advises across aspects of contentious trusts work, and has a particular focus on representing trustees and high net worth clients.

Her practice covers civil fraud work, asset-tracing and recovery within the context of offshore trusts and structures. She also helps clients with alternative dispute resolution strategies including mediation.

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Career

Since 2015	Partner, Taylor Wessing
2014–2015	Partner, Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co LLP
2012 - 2014	Partner, Lawrence Graham LLP

2005 - 2012	Partner, Baker & Partners
2000 - 2005	English barrister, 7 Bedford Row

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Education

1999

University of Oxford, MA Jurisprudence

Additional languages

English

Expertise

Services and Groups Private client Trusts (contentious and non-contentious) and foundations

Sectors Private wealth

Experience

Acting in successful Z trust litigation

The former trustee of an insolvent trust in a precedent setting case from the Court of Appeal in Jersey. The Court of Appeal held that a former trustee's equitable lien and rights of indemnity should be enforced in priority to the current trustee's rights where the trust in question is insolvent. This case was a precedent setting judgment for the trust industry and for trust legal practitioners.

Awards

Chambers and Partners HNW 2022	Private Wealth Disputes - Band 1: Emma Jordan is "pre-eminent in trust litigation," acknowledges a Chancery barrister. She is a dual-qualified English barrister and Jersey advocate and is well placed to handle significant offshore litigation. "She is a true pleasure to work with, both on a personal and professional level, where she demonstrates outstanding skills in handling clients and the team," enthuses an interviewee. An impressed commentator adds: "Emma is stellar, to be honest."
Legal 500 UK 2023	Contentious trusts and probate - Leading Individual: Head of department Emma Jordan is an ’experienced litigator with significant advocacy experience’.
Legal 500 UK 2023	Contentious trusts and probate - Leading Individual: Specialist team in trust litigation. Very experienced in their field. Emma Jordan: clever and composed. Good at reading complex situations and adept at handling difficult clients’. ‘Taylor Wessing is a very well known player in this market, led by the excellent Emma Jordan’. ‘Emma Jordan is a leading individual in this area who combines the managerial skill and judgment of a solicitor running large scale litigation with her practice as a Jersey advocate’.
Legal 500 UK 2022	Contentious trusts and probate (Leading individual): "Emma Jordan is an excellent solicitor and Jersey advocate, with excellent judgment and a good commercial sense. I have recommended clients to her."
Chambers High Net Worth UK 2020	Leading individual - Private Wealth Disputes (band 2): Emma Jordan is described as "an excellent lawyer handling interesting work" by one source. She has in-depth expertise in complex offshore disputes and is recognised for her experience as a Jersey advocate. "She's very sensible and has a really good grasp of tricky issues that arise in these cases," reports a barrister.
eprivateclient Awards 2019	50 Most Influential
Legal 500 UK 2020	Leading individual - Private client: Contentious trusts and probate: 'Emma Jordan is one of the superstars of contentious trusts litigation. She is helped by a team of extremely able associates in particular Rob Gibson'.
Chambers High Net Worth UK 2019	Leading individual - Private Wealth Disputes (Band 2)
Legal 500 UK 2019	Leading individual - Private client: Contentious trusts and probate: Emma Jordan, who is also a Jersey advocate, is ‘highly knowledgeable and experienced’.
Chambers High Net Worth UK 2018	Leading individual: Emma is "highly knowledgeable and experienced".
The Lawyer’s ‘Hot 100 Listing’ UK 2018	Named as one of the top 100 lawyers in the UK
Legal 500 UK 2017	Leading individual - Private Client: Contentious trusts and probate: Emma Jordan heads the department at Taylor Wessing LLP; a Jersey advocate and ‘a brilliant litigator’, she is ‘at the cutting edge of "Z Trust" litigation in Jersey about insolvent trusts’.
Chambers High Net Worth UK 2017	Leading individual
WealthBriefing Europe Awards 2017	Private Client Lawyer of the Year