Emma Dowden

Chief Operating Officer, Burges Salmon

Emma is the firm’s Chief Operating Officer with responsibility for the firm’s strategic approach to its operations, leading a variety of business services teams including legal service delivery, risk, project management, IT and innovation.  She is a member of the partnership committee and the executive committee of the firm.  She joined the firm in 2007 from Hamptons Group Ltd where she was a member of the board.  Prior to that, she undertook various legal, risk and operational management roles at PricewaterhouseCoopers.