Emily Miles

Legal Director

Emily is a legal director with extensive experience advising entrepreneurs, investors and international corporate groups on a wide range of corporate and commercial matters.

Emily has particular expertise in private mergers and acquisitions, as well as investment and fundraising transactions. Her practice also encompasses pre-transaction restructurings, joint ventures, management incentive arrangements, and wider stakeholder advisory work.

Emily works with clients in a broad range of sectors, with a particular focus on the media, technology, retail and hospitality sectors. Additionally, Emily advises ultra-high net worth (UHNW) clients and their family offices on their investment and acquisition activities in the UK.

Emily’s experience includes an in-house secondment at the head office of a global entertainment, hospitality and leisure brand. 

Emily’s expertise has been recognised by The Legal 500, where she is listed as a “Key Lawyer” for M&A (£10-100m). Emily graduated from the University of Oxford with an MA in history before converting to law. Before joining Harbottle & Lewis in 2017, Emily trained at DLA Piper where she spent time on secondment in the Sydney office.