Emily Haithwaite
Group Partner, Ogier Legal L.P.
Jersey
"
Emily has onshore experience and a real client service mentality
"Chambers UK, 2025
Emily heads up Ogier's Jersey investment funds practice and has thirty years of experience in the sector. 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 institutional investors investing into Jersey funds.
Background and experience
Emily’s expertise spans private funds including private equity, venture capital, infrastructure and debt funds, investment schemes and family office funds, open and closed-ended funds across a wide variety of strategies and asset classes. Emily has extensive regulatory experience, having advised many asset managers and financial services businesses on asset management and financial services regulatory and governance matters, and has advised a number of global fund managers the establishment of operations in to Jersey.
Emily's wide-ranging investment funds and financial services law experience has brought her recognition from clients and industry alike. She is ranked in Band 1 in the Chambers & Partners directory, a Market Leader and Women Leader in the IFLR1000 directory and the Hall of Fame in the Legal 500 director.
Admitted in:
1996 - England and Wales Barrister (non practising)
Emily is not admitted in Jersey and not a partner of Ogier (Jersey) LLP
Languages
English
Recognition
Legal 500 UK, 2025
View more"Emily Haithwaite is very knowledgeable and user-friendly."
Legal 500 UK, 2026
"Hall of Fame "
Legal 500 UK, 2026
"Hall of Fame"
Legal 500 UK, 2025
"Emily is superb lawyer who leads a strong team. Emily's advice is always measured and relevant, and she is not afraid to question things and negotiate"
Chambers UK, 2024
"Emily's a very experienced and helpful lawyer"
Chambers UK, 2024
"Market leader, Women Leaders"
IFLR1000, 2024
"Emily is collaborative, commercial and works really well as part of a team"
Chambers UK, 2024
"Always available, listens to the issues at hand and responds with pragmatic and co-ordinated solutions in a timely manner. Unlike other law firms, you don’t feel that the time clock is switched on every time the phone is answered!"
Legal 500 UK, 2024
"Emily is sought after for her expertise on structuring, establishing, and listing funds. She maintains a prestigious roster of clients, including private equity groups and hedge funds"
Top 10 Offshore Investment Funds Lawyers, Business today 2023
"Emily is a highly regarded commercial lawyer and runs a first-rate team"
Chambers UK, 2023
"Looks after the relationship and is very user-friendly"
Legal 500, 2023
"Market leader, Women Leaders"
IFLR1000, 2023
"Great funds knowledge"
Legal 500 UK, 2023
"Seamlessly integrated Jersey-related law into many legal documents, and also were extremely knowledgeable about the Jersey regulatory landscape, including some complicated structures"
Legal 500 UK, 2022
"I have always admired her professionalism. She provides swift and concise responses to our legal queries which is very helpful"
Chambers UK, 2022
"Excellent to work with and her advice is always fantastic"
Chambers UK, 2022
"Global Elite Thought Leader"
Who's Who Legal, Private Funds, 2022
"A stand out leader – she is available whenever needed; provides calm and pragmatic advice and is always pleasant to work with"
Legal 500 UK, 2021
"Women Leader"
IFLR 1000, Women Leaders, 2021
"Market Leader"
IFLR 1000 UK, 2021
"Exceptionally good, with extensive experience advising on sovereign wealth funds and Jersey funds"
Who's Who Legal, 2021
"Highly sought-after by international clients for regulatory advice relating to Jersey funds"
Who's Who Legal, 2021
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