Emma Brooksbank > Freeths LLP > Leeds, England > Lawyer Profile
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100 Wellington Street
LS1 4LT
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Emma Brooksbank
Work Department
Business Immigration
Position
Emma has been a specialist immigration practitioner for over ten years. She was most recently employed as the Head of Immigration at Simpson Millar Solicitors LLP where she oversaw a national team of immigration lawyers. Emma joined Freeths LLP in 2018 as a partner and immigration specialist.
Emma can advise and assist corporate, higher education, local authority and individual clients in all areas of immigration law, policy making and business strategy. Her particular specialisms lie in advising investor and entrepreneur clients and guiding businesses and public sector bodies through the points based system and licence process to achieve the recruitment of overseas nationals.
Emma advises businesses, the education and health sector on how to mitigate the impact of Brexit with a view to retaining their workforce. She also assists businesses to ensure they have strategies in place to achieve right to work compliance and to protect against the reputational and financial impact of the civil penalty regime.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Employment > Immigration
Freeths LLP has proven capabilities in compliance, training, and sponsor licence work, and undertakes immigration due diligence in support of the wider firm’s corporate practice, in relation to major transactional mandates. Emma Brooksbank heads the national work from Leeds, and Shradha Virji is a key contact in the London practice.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Sheffield, South Yorkshire
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Sheffield, South Yorkshire
- Employment > Employment: Sheffield and South Yorkshire
- Real estate > Environment
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Real estate > Commercial property: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- Real estate > Construction
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Private client > Family: Leeds, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire
- Public sector > Local government
- Employment > Pensions
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Leeds, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire