Emma Brooksbank

Business Immigration

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.