Skip to content

Emma Ghaffari

Senior Associate

Dubai

Image of Emma Ghaffari
Emma Ghaffari

Senior Associate

Dubai

Emma specialises in M&A transactions (both domestic and cross-border), including private acquisitions and disposals, joint ventures (entry and exit) and strategic investments, with a particular focus on transactions within the private equity sector.

She has experience acting for a wide range of clients, including corporates, financial sponsors, investment funds and government entities. Emma has also regularly advised several companies listed on the London Stock Exchange on the UK Listing Rules and UK Corporate Governance Code.

Emma joined Allen & Overy in 2021, having previously worked for other international law firms in Dubai, London and Stockholm and as in-house legal/M&A adviser to a major international private equity fund in London.

Expertise

Practices

Corporate and M&A

Office

Dubai

11th Floor, Burj Daman Building, Al Mustaqbal Street, Dubai International Financial Centre
Dubai
PO Box 506678

View office →

Qualifications

Professional

Admitted as a Solicitor (England and Wales), 2014

Qualified as lawyer in Sweden, 2007

Academic

Juris kandidat (Eng: Masters of Law), Stockholm University, 2007

Recognition