Emily Haithwaite

Practice Areas

Economic Substance; Hedge Funds; Investment Funds; Private Equity; Regulatory; Sustainable Investing and Impact Funds; Sustainable Investing and ESG; Technology and Web3; Managers and Sponsors; Real Estate Infrastructure and Energy Funds; Tax

Career

Emily is an investment funds partner in Ogier's Jersey office. She primarily advises in relation to private equity funds and is part of Ogier's multi-disciplinary Private Equity team. She advises a variety of investment fund sponsors on the formation, operation, listing and winding-up of funds (including end of life solutions), as well as investors investing into Jersey funds. Her expertise spans private funds, investment schemes and family office funds, open and closed-ended funds across a wide variety of strategies and asset classes.

In partnership with Ogier's private wealth teams, Emily advises family offices on private capital initiatives, investment structuring, governance and related matters.

Emily has extensive regulatory experience, having provided financial services law advice to businesses (on registration and on an ongoing basis, included in respect of obligations arising on a change of control) as well as to individual directors. She has advised a number of fund managers on their relocation to Jersey and regulatory licence applications. In addition, Emily frequently advises in relation to the impact of Jersey's economic substance rules and the registration requirements under the Proceeds of Crime law and obligations under the AML laws. She is an active member of Ogier's Technology and Web3 steering group, including advising on marketing funds with exposure to virtual assets to investors located in Jersey.

Emily is a recommended/ranked lawyer in Legal 500, IFLR 1000 and Chambers directories. Her wide-ranging investment funds, private capital and financial services law expertise has brought her recognition from clients and industry alike.