Emma Brunning

Emma joined Birketts in spring 2014.  She is a Partner, and she leads our Family Team in Chelmsford.

Specialising in providing strategic advice and representation across the family law sphere, Emma’s work focuses on complex family law disputes arising from separation and divorce, pre and post marital agreements and issues involving children in separating families. Her divorcing clients regularly face issues regarding family companies, trusts, properties, assets abroad, investment portfolios and large pensions.

Whilst Emma regularly represents people within court proceedings within Essex, London and further afield, she also works using alternative dispute resolution methods.  Emma aims to reach constructive solutions with minimum conflict: Having worked using the court system for over 25 years, she believes that Arbitration, Mediation and Collaborative law all have a role to avoid the acrimony and delays the court system can inadvertently cause.  She is a qualified Arbitrator in respect of financial matters arising from separation and divorce.  She is a trained collaborative lawyer, giving her clients the option to resolve their difficulties in a non-contentious manner. She acts as an Early Neutral Evaluator to include within mediation, providing her bespoke opinion to assist in unlocking disputes during negotiations. Emma is a Resolution accredited specialist in Advanced Financial Provision 1 and Private Children Law.

Experience & education

2021 Partner, Birketts.

2014 joined Birketts as a Senior Associate.

2006 Senior Associate at Legal 500 firm, leading the Chelmsford Family Team.

2003 Partner at Essex law firm.

1997 qualified as a Solicitor.