About Emma

As an Associate in the Halifax office, Emma's work is primarily in lender-side financings, commercial real estate, commercial leasing and contracts, serving developers, lenders and local business owners. Before law, she worked as an investigator, an anti-money laundering policy advisor, an intelligence analyst, a law enforcement officer, a university educator, and ran a small business for two decades. She holds a BSc, an MA and a law degree, and completed most of the coursework toward a PhD. She was called to the Nova Scotia Bar in 2022 after earning her Juris Doctor from the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University in 2021.

Practice areas

Real Estate Law Construction Law Business & Corporate Law

Education & credentials

Law school
Dalhousie University Schulich School of Law
Undergraduate
Dalhousie University, BSc, 1997
Other degrees
MA, Simon Fraser University, 1999

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