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Lewis Silkin

Immigration: Business

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Lewis Silkin

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Immigration: Business - UK-wide

Band 1

What the Team is Known For

Lewis Silkin offers a high-quality team with a distinguished business immigration offering. It has extensive experience advising international and domestic businesses from a variety of sectors, including law, technology and retail. The department is particularly noted for its expertise in advising prominent football clubs and their players on immigration matters. The firm regularly works with businesses on sponsor licence applications, training programmes, compliance and audits.

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Strengths

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  • They are really specialist and expert. They are able to merge the practical and legal elements, which is really impressive given the nature of the work we do.

    Immigration: Business respondentUK

  • Lewis Silkin have a clear understanding of the market, trends, and the financial implications of decisions. They consistently make informed choices that align with business objectives.

    Immigration: Business respondentUK

  • The team are exceptionally responsive and tend to support within a 24-hour timeframe. They provide clear advice which is easily understood and are always on hand to jump on a call.

    Immigration: Business respondentUK

Notable Practitioners

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  • Andrew Osborne
    Andrew Osborne

    Andrew Osborne

    Andrew Osborne is head of Lewis Silkin's immigration practice. He is frequently called upon by clients to handle Tier 2 visas and work permits for high-profile individuals, particularly in the sports arena. He often assists professional football players with their applications for leave to remain.

    • He is calm, assured and always has the right answer.

      Immigration: Business respondentUK

    • Andrew is efficient, professional and knowledgeable.

      Immigration: Business respondentUK
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  • Rose Carey
    Rose Carey

    Rose Carey

    Rose Carey heads Charles Russell Speechlys' immigration group. She works closely with household-name clients to assist with sponsor licence applications and to provide Brexit-related advice. Other areas of her work include preparing companies for audits by UKVI.

    • She is a really good immigration practitioner.

      Immigration: Business respondentUK

    • Rose is exceptional in her responsiveness to our needs. The level of service she provided was invaluable to us.

      Immigration: Business respondentUK
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  • Stephen O'Flaherty
    Stephen O'Flaherty

    Stephen O'Flaherty

    Stephen O'Flaherty has experience of assisting major sports teams with immigration compliance aspects of important transactions.

    • He is very accessible and provides strong, practical advice.

      Immigration: Business respondentUK
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  • Supinder Sian
    Supinder Sian

    Supinder Sian

    Supinder Sian advises leading corporates on their global mobility issues, including visa applications for permanent and temporary workers. He has niche expertise in the immigration issues faced by sports sector clients.

    • Supinder is a problem solver.

      Immigration: Business respondentUK

    • Supinder is an outstanding immigration expert. His ability to expedite matters and offer alternative options is the reason he's our first point of contact for all UK immigration matters.

      Immigration: Business respondentUK

    • He knows everything you need to know about immigration. He's very calm, methodical and practical.

      Immigration: Business respondentUK
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  • Naomi Hanrahan-Soar
    Naomi Hanrahan-Soar

    Naomi Hanrahan-Soar

    Naomi Hanrahan-Soar works with corporate clients on a full range of matters including sponsor licence applications and renewals. She is recognised for her ability to advise on issues at the intersection of employment and immigration law.

    • She is an incredible individual who manages to get the balance right between commercial and human-centred decision-making.

      Immigration: Business respondentUK

    • Naomi is a complete pro in every element and also has a very relaxed demeanour, making it easy to ask questions.

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  • Sam Koppel
    Sam Koppel

    Sam Koppel

    Sam Koppel is an associate who provides advice on both domestic and global immigration projects. He has experience in business compliance and sponsor licence applications in industries such as hospitality and recruitment.

    • He is highly recommended, personable, approachable, with knowledge that is beyond exceptional.

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