Wilson Sonsini Adds Leading Tax Lawyer Emma Game in London
September 11 2024 - 4:00AM
Business Wire
Game Bolsters Wilson Sonsini’s Transatlantic
Deal Team
Wilson Sonsini’s London Office Addresses UK
and European Tech Company Demand For Locally Based Silicon
Valley-Style Legal Counsel
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of
legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises
worldwide, announced today that Emma Game has joined the
firm as a partner. Her arrival strengthens the firm’s ability to
meet diverse transatlantic client needs and reinforces its position
as a leading resource for innovative UK and European companies
seeking a combination of practical legal advice and business acumen
as they scale in the U.S. and globally.
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“We are thrilled to welcome Emma to our thriving London office,
where her nearly 15 years of experience in tax elevates our
comprehensive business and transactional services for technology
and life sciences companies expanding in the U.S. and globally,”
said Daniel Glazer, managing partner of Wilson Sonsini’s
London office. “Emma's solution-focused approach and strong
reputation have earned her high regard from both clients and
colleagues, making her an ideal fit for our distinguished tax
practice. Her arrival further enhances our core capabilities,
offering high-growth, innovative clients yet another valuable
resource as they look to compete and win on the global stage.”
Wilson Sonsini’s London office has grown since opening in 2018
by adding talented transatlantic-focused U.S. and UK lawyers who
apply their international experience to support the advancement of
UK and European tech companies in the U.S. and globally — from
launching, scaling, and raising capital in the U.S. to exiting via
M&A, IPO, or otherwise.
Game joins Wilson Sonsini from Slaughter and May, where she
began her career as a trainee in 2009, eventually rising to senior
tax counsel. Her practice encompasses all tax matters relevant to
corporate and financing transactions, including M&A (public,
private, UK, and cross-border), joint ventures, demergers, and
IPOs. She also handles standalone tax advisory work, such as group
reorganizations and taxation of incentive arrangements for
individuals, as well as tax enquiries and disputes. Additionally,
Game led her former firm’s pensions tax practice, advising
employers and trustees on all aspects of pension taxation,
including pension funding structures.
Notable highlights of Game’s career include advising GSK on the
demerger of its consumer healthcare business to form Haleon, the
John Lewis Partnership on its £500 million residential rental homes
joint venture with abrdn, and Walmart on the approximately £3.8
billion buy-in of the Asda Group Pension Scheme with Rothesay Life,
among others.
Game graduated with a First with Distinction from King’s
College, Cambridge University, in 2007. She also earned
distinctions in her GDL at the University of East Anglia and LPC at
BPP Law School.
“Joining this exceptional firm was the obvious choice,” Game
said. “The collaborative spirit among its lawyers, who seamlessly
work across practices, regions, and offices to consistently deliver
optimal outcomes for clients, was a major factor. Additionally, I
look forward to reuniting with Ross Davies, with whom I’ve
worked closely a great deal before, to guide strategic cross-border
transactions spanning technology, financial services, media,
energy, and life sciences.”
Wilson Sonsini’s tax practice encompasses all areas of U.S.
federal and UK tax law for technology, life sciences, and growth
enterprises at all stages of development. The firm provides
representation to companies and funds in conjunction with its
mergers and acquisitions practice, which involves a wide range of
U.S., UK, and cross-border transactions, including public and
private acquisitions, management and leveraged buyouts, corporate
restructurings, spinoffs, recapitalizations, and joint ventures. In
addition, the team counsels clients on domestic and international
tax planning for corporate transactions, including equity and debt
financings, IPOs and tender or exchange offers.
About Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
For more than 60 years, Wilson Sonsini’s services and legal
disciplines have focused on serving the principal challenges faced
by the management and boards of directors of business enterprises.
The firm is nationally recognized as a leading provider to growing
and established clients seeking legal counsel to complete
sophisticated corporate and technology transactions; manage
governance and enterprise-scale matters; assist with intellectual
property development, protection, and IP-driven transactions;
represent them in contested disputes; and/or advise them on
antitrust or other regulatory matters. With deep roots in Silicon
Valley, Wilson Sonsini has more than 1,000 attorneys and 19 offices
in 17 technology, business, and regulatory markets across the
United States, China, and Europe. For more information, please
visit www.wsgr.com.
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