Overview
Emily’s practice focuses on litigation and dispute resolution in a variety of areas, with a particular focus on investor-state arbitration, international commercial arbitration, and corporate/commercial litigation.
Emily has considerable experience in both domestic and international commercial arbitrations, as well as international investment arbitrations conducted under various bilateral and multilateral treaties. She is also involved in set-aside and enforcement proceedings. Additionally, Emily regularly provides advice on matters related to investment protection. Her expertise includes commercial and investment arbitrations with several institutions, including the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), and in ad hoc arbitrations.
Emily has also appeared as counsel at all levels of court in Ontario, including the Federal Court.
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Professional Involvement
Emily is an active member of the ICC Canada Arbitration Committee and serves as the Conference Coordinator for the 2025 annual conference. Additionally, she was one of four Canadian representatives for the North American chapter of the International Chamber of Commerce Young Arbitration & ADR Forum (ICC YAAF) for its 2021-2024 mandate.
Emily is also an active member of the Young Canadian Arbitration Practitioners (YCAP). From 2020 to 2024, she served on the Executive and Board of YCAP, holding the position of Vice President – Communications.
Since 2018, Emily has annually guest lectured a session on investor-state dispute settlement to LLM students at Osgoode Hall Law School. In 2022/2023, Emily coached the Jessup Moot for the Queen’s Law team.
Emily was awarded the Gold Medal for achieving the highest standing in the faculty of law at Queen’s University. Emily was also awarded the Dean’s Gold Scholar Award for achieving the highest standing in her first year of law school, the Dean’s Bronze Scholar Award for achieving the third highest standing in her second year of law school, and the Dean’s Silver Scholar Award for achieving the second highest standing in her third year of law school. Emily was the recipient of the Blakes Scholar Award for two consecutive academic years, and was awarded course prizes in property law, contract law, public law, evidence, trusts, conflict of laws, criminal procedure and mental health law.
Education and Bar Admissions
- JD (Gold Medalist), 2014
- Queen's University Faculty of Law
- BA (Honours, History and Philosophy), 2011
- University of Toronto
- Ontario, 2015