Emma Cousins
Legal Director
Emma Cousins is Legal Director at Torque Law and a highly regarded employment lawyer, known for delivering strategic, commercially focused advice on complex workplace issues.
Recognised by Chambers & Partners, Emma’s growing market profile reflects both her technical strength and the depth of trust she builds with clients. Emma advises on the full spectrum of employment law issues, advising household-name and global organisations on high-stakes and reputationally sensitive matters.
Emma leads on complex Employment Tribunal litigation, TUPE transfers and business restructurings, as well providing day to day HR advice and strategic guidance. She is also skilled at negotiation and advising on high-value exit packages for directors and senior executives.
Clients value her calm, solutions-driven style and her ability to cut through complexity, managing legal risk while remaining firmly focused on practical, commercial outcomes. She is trusted to provide advice that is not only legally robust but aligned to each client’s broader strategic objectives.
In 2022, Emma founded and now leads Torque Law’s Business Immigration practice. She advises extensively on sponsor licence applications, compliance frameworks and UKVI audits, offering holistic guidance and training that brings together employment and immigration expertise in one seamless service. For organisations navigating workforce mobility and regulatory scrutiny, that combined insight is invaluable.
Emma regularly leads on some of the firm’s most significant instructions and is highly regarded by peers as well as clients. Technically rigorous, commercially astute and refreshingly straightforward, Emma embodies Torque Law’s ethos: exceptional legal quality, delivered with clarity, collaboration and genuine human understanding.
Memberships: Employment Lawyers Association (UK), Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association