Emily Widdrington Emily Widdrington

Emily Widdrington

Partner Dubai

T: +9714 278 2356

Emily is a partner in the Assets and structured Finance group.

Emily specialises in shipping finance with over 12 years’ experience advising and acting for banks and ship owners on loan and security documentation. Her experience ranges from advising on high-value ECA-backed financings to loan agreements involving sustainability-linked margin adjustments. She was named a ‘Key Lawyer’ in the Transport Finance and Leasing category by Legal 500.

Emily joined Watson Farley & Williams in 2008 and qualified into the Asset Finance group in London in 2010. Since joining she has spent time in the firm’s Singapore, Paris and London offices and has been on two client secondments, the first with an international bank in Norway and the second with a ship owner in Geneva.

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  • Advising General Maritime Corporation (Genmar) on its recent merger with Navig8 Crude Tankers, which will create one of the world’s largest owners of very large crude carriers (VLCCs).