Emma Woolley

Emma is a leading Australian private wealth lawyer and Head of our Family Office Advisory practice , specialising in family office advisory and the succession of substantial family wealth and private business. She advises high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, family offices and owners of private and family businesses on the protection, governance and intergenerational transfer of wealth.

Clients value Emma as a trusted strategic advisor where legal, commercial, tax, governance and family considerations intersect. She works closely with family principals, family office executives and their advisors to develop solutions that protect and transfer wealth while recognising the importance of preserving family relationships.

Emma brings practical insight from her holding board and advisory positions with privately held family business groups . Originally from the Channel Islands, Emma began her legal career with Ogier in Jersey, where she developed experience in trusts, estate planning and private wealth structures. This background informs her work with internationally connected families, offshore trusts, overseas assets and cross-border succession arrangements.

She is recognised for her private wealth and succession expertise by Chambers High Network Guide, including for Private Wealth Law and Family Offices & Funds Structuring, Best Lawyers and Doyle's Guide, where she is recognised by Doyle’s Guide as a Preeminent Wills, Estates and Succession Planning lawyer.

Emma regularly speaks and publishes on trusts, estates and succession planning and family office matters, including developments affecting private clients, family offices, trustees and family businesses.