Emily Murphy

Practice Areas

Emily Wang Murphy advises a wide range of clients on strategic transactions, business contracts and corporate governance, including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and other commercial arrangements.

While her clients run the gamut from start-ups and closely-held businesses to multi-industry conglomerates, EdTech, and government-sponsored enterprises, Emily has a special focus on federally regulated sectors, including institutions of higher education and government contractors. She works closely with owners, executives and boards to help them meet their short- and long-term business goals.

Emily finds her work with higher education clients especially rewarding. Her legal support helps these institutions in turn provide life-changing education and opportunities to thousands of students. She has served as corporate counsel in numerous transactions involving educational institutions, including stock and asset acquisitions/divestitures, institutional mergers and sole-member installations. Emily takes pride in being a problem solver who offers creative solutions to clients from both a legal and business perspective.

In addition, Emily practices in the area of export finance, serving as outside counsel to the U.S. Export-Import Bank. She has closed corporate, asset-backed and small project financings, supporting American exports to and financings in Morocco, Gabon, Nigeria, Turkey and Mexico, among other countries.

Clients find Emily to be highly communicative, collaborative and proactive, with exceptional project management skills. She frequently hears from clients that “deals go more smoothly” when she is involved. Often, following a merger or acquisition which Emily has quarterbacked, she is engaged by the surviving entity or other parties who enjoyed working with her at the negotiation table.

Emily co-chairs the firm’s Higher Education Practice Group and the Asian – South Asian Affinity Group. She also proudly serves as the Partner Champion for the firm’s collaboration with Diversity Lab and its OnRamp Fellowship program.

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