Emily Mutter

Emily advises emerging technology companies and established, owner-managed businesses across British Columbia on financings, fund creation, acquisitions and sales, corporate reorganizations and tax-deferred rollovers.

Emily’s clients include founders and boards of emerging technology companies, owners of established private businesses, and investors and funds. She brings a finance background to her corporate work, which helps when a transaction turns on valuation, financing terms or investor expectations.

Practice

Technology. Emily works with technology companies on the structure, contracts and governance a growing business needs, from incorporation and shareholder agreements to the commercial agreements it runs on.

Artificial intelligence. As businesses build on or adopt AI, Emily advises on the legal questions it raises in contracts and transactions: who owns AI-generated work and the data behind it, what vendor and licensing terms actually allow, and how AI tools and assets are reviewed when a company raises money or is bought or sold.

Corporate finance. Emily acts for companies raising capital and on fund creation, and puts in place the corporate structure and records investors expect to see.

Mergers and acquisitions. Emily guides owners through the purchase and sale of companies, and through the reorganizations that often come before a sale. On reorganizations and rollovers, she handles the corporate and legal steps and works alongside each client's accountants, who advise on the tax planning.

Practice areas: Artificial Intelligence · Corporate Finance · Mergers & Acquisitions · Technology

Background

Before practising law, Emily worked at a large hedge fund in London, England, focused on futures and foreign exchange. Her work there centred on liquidity, risk control and research, combined with real-world trading, for professional and large institutional clients.

Education and bar admission

Emily holds a Master of Laws (LLM) from the University of British Columbia, a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from Queen Mary University of London, and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of British Columbia. She was called to the bar of British Columbia in 2022 and is a member of the Law Society of British Columbia.