Emily Brown
Emily Brown
Emily Brown
Emily Brown

“One of the best-kept secrets in the funds market; Emily is a force of nature.”

Chambers 2024

Biography

Emily Brown is the Co-Head of White & Case's Global Private Capital Industry Group, and a funds and investment management partner based in London.

Emily advises both fund managers and large institutional investors on all aspects of private funds, predominantly focusing on the capital-raising process. On the manager side, she focuses on private equity, real asset and venture capital funds, and advises on the structuring of funds, as well as on executive and employee incentive arrangements, secondary transactions and the wider elements of operating a private funds business. On the investor side, Emily has a depth of experience across asset classes, including on complex anchor arrangements, co-investments, secondaries, joint ventures and managed accounts, and on the particular issues of sensitivity to large investors. Emily has broad expertise across fund jurisdictions, including the United Kingdom, Luxembourg, Cayman, Delaware and the Channel Islands.

Emily has recently been recognised as a "Leading Partner" by The Legal 500 UK in 'Investment Fund Formation and Management: Private Funds' and is ranked by Chambers UK as Band 2 for 'Investment Funds: Investor Representation' with clients noting that she is "like an extension of our internal team" and a "top performer". Emily is also featured in Private Equity International's The Future 40 (2020) — a list recognizing the rising stars steering the private equity industry. She has been described by clients as  "exceptional," "practical, commercial and always on top of her brief" and "the definition of a trusted counsel."

Emily is also a member of the Global Private Capital Association Legal & Regulatory Committee. 
 

England and Wales, Solicitor
Bachelor of Arts
University of Oxford
Graduate Diploma in Law
BPP Law School
Legal Practice Course
BPP Law School
English
French

Leading Partner, Investment Fund Formation and Management: Private Funds
Legal 500 UK 2026

Band 2: Investment Funds: Investor Representation – UK-wide, Chambers UK 2026
Chambers UK 2026

Service areas