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Amelia Clegg

Barrister (Senior Associate), Edmonds Marshall McMahon
Amelia joined Edmonds Marshall McMahon in January 2024 as a Senior Associate. She is a dual qualified English barrister and New York attorney.

Amelia completed her pupillage and took tenancy at a highly ranked barristers’ chambers. At the independent bar, Amelia practised predominantly in all areas of criminal law, appearing in the Crown and Magistrates’ Courts.

Having been admitted to the New York Bar, Amelia spent three years working as a litigation association at an AM100 law firm in New York City, where she gained a wide range of experience in state and federal litigation, with a particular emphasis on commercial litigation and white collar criminal litigation. Her US work included acting as defence counsel in a high profile commercial bribery case and representing a large regulatory sports body with respect to cases brought by former athletes for alleged concussions sustained while playing sports.

In 2022, Amelia’s aptitude for legal writing was recognized at the United States Supreme Court, where she was presented with the American Inns of Court’s Warren E. Burger Award for excellence in legal writing.
Amelia was called to the Bar in 2017, after graduating from the University of Oxford with a Bachelor’s degree in Classics and having completed her GDL and BPTC at the City Law School, London. Amelia was admitted to the New York Bar in 2021, having completed her LLM at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School as a Thouron scholar.

Contributed to

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Asset stripping
Asset stripping
Practice Notes

This Practice Note explains the criminal behaviour of asset stripping within companies, sometimes called ‘phoenixing’. It explains what phoenix companies are, the purpose behind asset stripping and the offences which might be committed by undertaking asset stripping. The Practice Note also explains which prosecuting authorities might commencing criminal prosecutions for asset stripping.

Insolvency investigations [Archived]
Insolvency investigations [Archived]
Practice Notes

This Practice Note is archived and is no longer maintained. It explained how and why insolvency investigations are carried out and who undertakes them. It explains the statutory powers of the official receiver and the differences between a public and private examination.

Practice Area

Panel

  • Contributing Author

Qualified Year

  • 2017 (England and Wales); 2021 (New York)

Experience

  • Blank Rome LLP, New York (2020 - 2023)
  • 23 Essex Street, London (2017 - 2020)

Membership

  • Young Fraud Lawyers Association
  • Women in Criminal Law
  • Honourable Society of the Inner Temple
  • American Bar Association

Qualifications

  • BA Classics (2015)
  • GDL (2016)
  • BPTC (2017)
  • LLM (2020)

Education

  • University of Oxford (2015)
  • City University, London (2016-2017)
  • University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School (2020)

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