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Emily is a senior associate in the Professional, Financial and Insurance Disputes team in Abu Dhabi. Emily’s practice involves advising insurers, reinsurers and their insureds on complex insurance and reinsurance disputes, insurance coverage issues and liability disputes. She has a particular interest in liability disputes in the construction, engineering and energy sectors, including those involving engineers, architects and consultants.
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+971 2 494 3543 +971 52 281 0953 Emily.Macdonald@clydeco.aeMain Office
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Before moving to the UAE in February 2021, Emily practised in leading insurance teams in Brisbane, Australia and was the associate to a judge of the Queensland Court of Appeal. Emily has wide experience advising insurers on indemnity, exposure and strategy. She also has experience in commercial litigation and regulatory investigations, having represented insureds in three Royal Commissions of Inquiry.
Emily now advises litigants before the UAE courts and other GCC countries and routinely provides coverage and strategy advice to insurers and reinsurers in the region.