Emma Wright

Technology Transactions

Artificial Intelligence

Privacy and Cybersecurity

Government Contracts

Emma is a market-leading attorney who helps clients translate regulatory frameworks related to emerging technologies into commercial and practical reality. A partner in Crowell’s London office and a member of the Privacy and Cybersecurity Group, Emma is renowned for her adept handling of issues related to incorporating or refreshing technology into business processes and the massive amount of data that businesses generate and collect, including global privacy, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence (AI), telecommunications, the cloud, and convergence.

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.

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