OVERVIEW
Emma is a disputes lawyer with a focus on competition law.
Expertise
Emma advises clients on matters ranging from antitrust, investigations to merger control and litigation.
She joined Hausfeld from Simmons and Simmons. Prior to that Emma was an Associate at Slaughter and May where she acquired expertise advising in EU and UK competition law.
As part of her pro-bono efforts, Emma coordinated a charitable initiative ‘Oxfam Lawyers Against Poverty’ based within Oxfam which consisted of members committed to using the law in order to advance human rights and eradicate poverty. This included supporting groups on themes such as refugee rights and women’s rights.
EDUCATION
BA in English Literature, University of Durham
Distinction, Graduate Diploma in Law, BPP University
Distinction, Legal Practice Course, BPP University
BAR ADMISSIONS
Solicitor, England and Wales, 2015
Experience
Antitrust/Competition
Before Hausfeld, Emma was part of the legal team:
- Advising a digital comparison tool on alleged anti-competitive conduct regarding online advertising restrictions.
- Advising the Trustees of a major Pension Scheme on various competition and regulatory matters.
- Acting for a leading global bank on multi-jurisdictional investigations by various authorities into a cartel in foreign exchange trading.
- Advising an investment fund on various competition and regulatory matters, including several acquisitions.
- Acting for a large construction company on its appeal to the Competition Appeal Tribunal against the Competition and Markets Authority’s market investigation into aggregates, cement and ready-mix concrete.
- Acting for a multinational tobacco company on proceedings against the Competition and Markets Authority arising out of the tobacco decision, which ultimately went to the Supreme Court.
At Hausfeld, Emma is part of the legal teams:
- Filed an opt-out collective action with the CAT on behalf of an estimated 19.5 million eligible UK users of smartphones and tablets running on Google’s Android operating system relating to excessive and unlawful charges on purchase in the Google Play App Store. The claim alleges that Google unfairly restricts consumers from accessing potential competition from other app distributors, by requiring smartphone manufacturers to pre-install a bundle of Google’s proprietary apps and services including the Google Play Store as well as imposing other contractual and technical restrictions.
- Kent v Apple, the landmark collective action brought by Dr Rachael Kent on behalf of millions of UK iPhone and iPad users, seeking approximately £1.5 billion in damages. In October 2025, the Competition Appeal Tribunal unanimously found that Apple has abused its dominant position by unlawfully excluding rivals and charging unlawfully high fees on purchases of apps, app subscriptions and in-app purchases made by UK iPhone and iPad users. As the first case brought under the UK's collective proceedings regime to reach a successful outcome at trial, the judgment represents a significant milestone for collective actions and competition litigation in the UK.
