In 2011, Edhem served as counsel for Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a successful libel case against the Daily Telegraph.
[3] Edhem previously served as Common Councilman for the ward of Castle Baynard prior to becoming Alderman; and is a Freeman of the City of London.
Edhem was called to the Bar in 1993, where she was in pupilage to Michael Latham before she was made a member of chambers of 4 King's Bench Walk of the Inner Temple.
On Thursday, 20 February 2014, Emma Edhem was elected to the Court of Common Council in the Ward of Castle Baynard after a contested by-election and the resignation of Raymond Catt.
[6] Edhem at the time was an elected Councillor for the ward of Castle Baynard, and serving as Deputy Head of the International Law Group at No5 Barristers Chambers.