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Lewis Silkin Offices

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255 Blackfriars Rd
LONDON
SE1 9AX
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Andrew Osborne

Work Department
Employment, reward and immigration.
Position
Partner. A key member of the Sports Group and Head of Immigration. Specialises in business and personal immigration including applications under the Points Based System and the strategic issues arising from the restrictions on skilled migration. The sports practice focuses on player transfer work and sporting disputes. Contributor to Butterworths Sports & Law Practice.
Career
Trained Magrath LLP; qualified 1997; solicitor Magrath LLP 1997 – 2000; solicitor SJ Berwin 2000-2001; solicitor PWC 2001-02; solicitor Hammonds 2003-06; partner Hammonds 2006-10; partner and head of immigration Lewis Silkin 2010 – present.
Memberships
Ius Laboris; British Association for Sport and Law; Immigration Law Practitioners Association; IBA.
Education
Keele University (1988 BA American Studies/Politics); College of Law, London (1995 LPC).
Lawyer Rankings
London > Employment > Immigration
(Leading partners)Drawing on its strengths as an international full-service firm, Lewis Silkin advises multinational corporates as well as start-ups on all their business immigration needs in sectors such as financial services, tech, oil and gas and sports. The group has extensive experience with applications like Skilled Worker, Global Business Mobility and Global Talent, and has additional expertise in the full range of Sponsor Licenses issues, including obtainment, overturning revocations, civil penalties under illegal working legislation, compliance and audits. Leading the team, Andrew Osborne advises across the full range of business and personal immigration, including strategic advice relating to recruitment, right to work and applications outside immigration rules. Supinder Singh Sian regularly advises on UK in-bound immigration and global mobility programs with niche capabilities in International Agreement Contractual Service Supplier sponsorship, whilst Stephen O’Flaherty has particular expertise advising on a broad range of immigration issues in the tech and sports sector. The ‘excellent‘ Naomi Hanrahan-Soar who is an expert in Sponsor License compliance issues and immigration work relating to M&A, and the ‘steadfast and impressive‘ Sam Koppel, who has broad experience advising on UK and global immigration projects, are also key contacts.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Employment > Employers
- Employment > Immigration
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Advertising & marketing
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Theatre, publishing and other media
- Employment > Senior executives
Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Music
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Video games
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Artificial intelligence
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Digital content & social
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Patent attorneys
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Trade mark attorneys
- Real estate > Property litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Franchising
- Real estate > Planning
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare