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.

CV

Since 2015 Partner, Taylor Wessing

2014–2015 Partner, Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co LLP

2012 - 2014 Partner, Lawrence Graham LLP

Carrière

Since 2015 Partner, Taylor Wessing

2014–2015 Partner, Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co LLP

2012 - 2014 Partner, Lawrence Graham LLP

Formation

1999 University of Oxford, MA Jurisprudence

Langues étrangères

Prix et distinctions

Legal 500 UK 2025

Featured

Chambers and Partners High Net Worth Guide 2024

Chambers and Partners HNW 2022

Legal 500 UK 2023

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.

Emma Jordan