Emma Whiting
Partner
Emma Whiting is co-founder and partner at Torque Law and one of the UK’s most respected employment lawyers. With 25 years’ experience, including 16 years as a partner, Emma is consistently trusted with the most sensitive, high-risk and reputationally critical employment matters. She is regularly instructed by boards, General Counsel and senior leadership teams, and frequently attracts clients who previously retained global and national heavyweight firms.
Calm, commercially astute and unflappable under pressure, Emma is known for her ability to cut through complexity and deliver advice that is both technically rigorous and genuinely practical. Clients value her tenacity and creative problem-solving, particularly where legal risk, strategy and commercial objectives intersect. She is especially sought out for complex litigation, strategic workforce issues and situations where discretion and judgment are paramount.
Emma has led and supervised some of Torque Law’s most high-profile work in recent years, including acting as lead partner on urgent High Court injunctive proceedings relating to restrictive covenants, as well as defending complex discrimination and whistleblowing claims at Tribunal and appellate level. She is also widely regarded as a “go-to” adviser for senior executives, locally and nationally, negotiating exits from high-profile plc employers and securing the best possible outcomes.
Her standing in the market is reflected in the volume of referrals she receives from global law firms and highly ranked peers, who entrust Emma with matters of the utmost importance. Clients consistently describe her as “amazingly knowledgeable and experienced” and “outstanding, proactive and quick to respond”.
Outside the law, Emma brings the same energy and commitment to Team Torque – alongside an encyclopaedic knowledge of Strictly Come Dancing, when not at work, she is an avid tennis player and can often be found on a tennis court whatever the weather – reinforcing Torque Law’s belief that technical excellence, tenacity and humanity go hand in hand.
Emma is ranked as a Band 1 Leading Lawyer in Chambers & Partners 2026.