
DDI: 029 2082 9102
Mobile: 07955 855727
Email: eshingler@darwingray.com
Emily is a senior associate in the Corporate and Commercial team. She offers comprehensive corporate and commercial law support to businesses in the private, public and third sectors. Her expertise lies in drafting intricate commercial contracts and providing guidance on corporate governance; catering to businesses of all sizes.
She also brings extensive experience in handling corporate transactions. This encompasses business disposals, private equity investments, management buyouts and assisting companies to become employee-owned.
Her skill set extends to reviewing and drafting a wide range of commercial documents, including shareholders’ agreements, terms and conditions, confidentiality agreements and franchise agreements.
Additionally, she holds a Master’s degree in Legal Practice from Cardiff University.
“I worked with Emily Shingler to review my existing Terms of Business and Engagement Letter to ensure they were up-to-date and legally appropriate, whilst including our customer-focus and natural warmth in the way we work. Emily did a great job. We worked together on various versions of the draft and Emily’s advice was pitch perfect. Thanks Emily for your support.” – Andrew Knight, The Spark Company
CORPORATE
Company incorporation
Debt and equity investment
General corporate governance advice
Group company restructures
Shareholders’ agreements
Share and asset sales, including management buyouts and sales to employee ownership trusts
Share options (including employee share schemes)
COMMERCIAL
Assignment and licensing of IP
Commercial contracts
Data protection
Franchise agreements
Non-disclosure agreements
Terms and conditions
Experience
Associate, Darwin Gray, 2022 – 2025
Solicitor, Darwin Gray, 2018 – 2022
Trainee solicitor, Darwin Gray, 2016 – 2018
Paralegal, Hugh James, 2015 – 2016
Education
University of Southampton
Cardiff University
The Law Society
Encouraging Women Into Franchising (EWIF)