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Emma C. Bauknight

Emma C. Bauknight

Senior Associate

Meridian
1320 Main Street
17th Floor
Columbia, SC 29201
T 803.255.9341
emma.bauknight@nelsonmullins.com
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Emma focuses her practice on a variety of buy-side and sell-side merger and acquisition transactions. She also represents and advises clients with general private corporate matters including entity formation, business restructuring and other corporate governance. Additionally, Emma assists businesses with locating, expanding, and operating in the U.S. and negotiating economic development incentives with state and...

Emma focuses her practice on a variety of buy-side and sell-side merger and acquisition transactions. She also represents and advises clients with general private corporate matters including entity formation, business restructuring and other corporate governance. Additionally, Emma assists businesses with locating, expanding, and operating in the U.S. and negotiating economic development incentives with state and local governments.

Emma C. Bauknight

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Experience

The following is a selected sampling of matters and is provided for informational purposes only. Past success does not indicate the likelihood of success in any future matter.

Previous Professional Experience

  • Law Clerk, Alabama law firm (2018–2019)
  • Summer Associate, South Carolina law firm (2018)
  • Clerk, South Carolina Attorney General’s Office (2016)
  • Tax Intern, German accounting firm (2015)
The following is a selected sampling of matters and is provided for informational purposes only. Past success does not indicate the likelihood of success in any future matter.

Previous Professional Experience

  • Law Clerk, Alabama law firm (2018–2019)
  • Summer Associate, South Carolina law firm (2018)
  • Clerk, South Carolina Attorney General’s Office (2016)
  • Tax Intern, German accounting firm (2015)

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Recognitions

The bar rules of some states require that the standards for an attorney's inclusion in certain public accolades or recognitions be provided. When such accolades or recognitions are listed, a hyperlink is provided that leads to a description of the respective selection methodology.

  • Columbia Business Monthly Legal Elite of the Midlands, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions (2021)
  • S.C. Supreme Court Pro Bono Honor Roll (2019, 2020)

Emma focuses her practice on a variety of buy-side and sell-side merger and acquisition transactions. She also represents and advises clients with general private corporate matters including entity formation, business restructuring and other corporate governance. Additionally, Emma assists businesses with locating, expanding, and operating in the U.S. and negotiating economic development incentives with state and... local governments.

Experience

The following is a selected sampling of matters and is provided for informational purposes only. Past success does not indicate the likelihood of success in any future matter.

Previous Professional Experience

  • Law Clerk, Alabama law firm (2018–2019)
  • Summer Associate, South Carolina law firm (2018)
  • Clerk, South Carolina Attorney General’s Office (2016)
  • Tax Intern, German accounting firm (2015)

Education

  • Samford University Cumberland School of Law, JD, magna cum laude (2019)
  • University of Alabama School of Law, LLM, Taxation, magna cum laude (2022)
  • Wofford College, BA, Accounting, cum laude (2016)

Admissions

  • South Carolina

Practice Areas

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The bar rules of some states require that the standards for an attorney's inclusion in certain public accolades or recognitions be provided. When such accolades or recognitions are listed, a hyperlink is provided that leads to a description of the respective selection methodology.

  • Columbia Business Monthly Legal Elite of the Midlands, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions (2021)
  • S.C. Supreme Court Pro Bono Honor Roll (2019, 2020)