Crowell & Moring U.K. LLP

Privacy & Cybersecurity; Technology; Artificial Intelligency

Partner

Emma is a market-leading attorney on issues related to artificial intelligence (AI) and emerging technologies regulation. She is renowned for her adept handling of global privacy, cybersecurity, telecommunications, and internet regulatory matters. Companies and investors of all sizes rely on her strategic counsel to navigate intricate government and regulatory issues and complex commercial transactions and investments. With a background as a policy advisor in the UK government and extensive private practice experience on both sides of the Atlantic, Emma offers unparalleled insights and solutions to clients.

Emma, a partner in Crowell’s London office and a member of the Privacy and Cybersecurity Group, also counsels clients on complex technology procurements and supply chain challenges involving critical infrastructure or assets in retail, travel, payments, financial services, and other regulated sectors. Clients call upon Emma to lead negotiations or regulatory submissions, valuing her candid, clear, and collaborative approach and her ability to help them achieve their commercial objectives or deliver their digital transformation goals.

Emma is ranked as a leading partner in The Legal 500, ranked in Chambers UK, and listed in ComputerWeekly’s Top 20 Most Influential Women in UK Tech. She is co-founder and director of the Interparliamentary Forum on Emerging Technologies, a not-for-profit that has built a global network of legislators sharing best practice on AI and other emerging technology regulation. She is also a founding member of the global UNESCO Women4EthicalAI, collaborating with the University of Oxford in its AI in Education Hub and is a UNESCO Global Expert without Borders in AI regulation.

Co-founder and Director, Interparliamentary Forum on Emerging Technologies Founding Member, UNESCO Women4EthicalAI

University of Leeds, L.L.B., (Hons), Law, 1997 Inns of Court School of Law, Hardwicke Scholar, Bar Vocational Course, Very Competent