Emma Wright

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’s services include:

• Counseling clients on complex technology procurements and supply chain challenges involving critical infrastructure, assets, payments, manufacturing, and defense.
• Advising on EU privacy, cybersecurity, and resilience compliance issues and assisting with regulatory filings required under EU law.
• Advising on AI and emerging technologies commercialization or adoption.  
• Developing cybersecurity incident response plans and assisting with responses to cyber attacks.
• Helping UK and international companies with all regulatory and commercial aspects of the British and European procurement processes.

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.