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.