Expertise

Emily is a Solicitor in the IP & Commercial team, specialising in commercial contracts and data protection matters.

Before joining Wedlake Bell in 2022, Emily gained experience negotiating contracts with a broad range of clients including financial services providers, charities, e-commerce brands and retailers. In addition, she assisted with the internal privacy compliance for a global SaaS vendor.

Recent Experience

• Advising a pension trust on their data protection policy.
• Advising a global financial services company on their intra-group data transfers and website user terms.
• Advising a construction membership scheme on various privacy matters to improve transparency towards their members.
• Advising a cloud-based trading software provider on their supplier data processing agreements and staff privacy notice.
• Advising an education service provider on their data protection policy

Career History

Emily obtained a First Class law degree from the University of Kent before completing her LPC LLM (masters-level qualification with an enhanced Legal Practice Course) with a Distinction at BPP Law School.

She completed her training contract in-house with a global marketing software-as-a-service vendor, where she gained exposure to a broad range of commercial and privacy matters and conducted negotiations with large high profile clients.

Before commencing her legal career, she worked in technology-focused recruitment.

Publications

Emily contributes to the following publications:

• Wedlake Bell DPO Podcast
• Wedlake Bell Quarterly in Advance
• Entertainment Law Review
• Journal of Data Protection & Privacy