Emma Burnett > CMS > London, England > Lawyer Profile

CMS
CANNON PLACE
78 CANNON STREET
LONDON
EC4N 6AF
England

Position

Partner
Head of Data Protection

Career

Emma Burnett is a partner in the Commercial Team and her practice focuses on data protection, technology and outsourcing. She regularly advises high profile international clients on her core specialism of data protection and has significant experience in information technology and intellectual property law, having previously undertaken a secondment to Royal Mail Group Limited as acting Head of the IT/IP legal team.

Emma has extensive experience in drafting and negotiating commercial agreements, including licences and terms and conditions for the supply of goods and services. Emma is known for her proactive, solutions orientated approach and acts for clients across a wide range of industry sectors, including the technology, media and telecommunications, life sciences and financial services sector. Emma sits on the editorial board of Lexis PSL where she advises on data protection, IT and telecoms. She is also a member of the Financial Markets Law Committee, as part of which she has participated in a European Data Protection Reforms Working Group on the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation.

Memberships

  • Member,  the Financial Markets Law Committee
  • Member, the editorial board of Lexis PSL

Education

  • 1996 – LPC (Commendation), College of Law, Guildford
  • 1995 – CPE (Commendation), College of Law, Guildford
  • 1994 – BA (Hons) History (2:1), University of Exeter, Exeter

Lawyer Rankings

London > Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity

CMS fields a ‘great bench depth of skilled advisors who can handle any task‘. Emma Burnett leads the data protection team, and is seen as a go-to advisor by household names spanning the retail, technology and media sectors. The group is particularly well regarded for its ‘deep knowledge and expertise in the field of cybersecurity‘, and is regularly instructed following breaches and other incidents. Other areas of activity include the data aspects of M&A deals and, more recently, innovative AI projects.