Danielle Cohen Solicitors is a ‘top-quality niche immigration firm in immigration and human rights work’. The group has considerable expertise in asylum and deportation cases and is highly experienced in handling Article 8 and right to private and family life applications, both inside and outside the immigration rules. Danielle Cohen is ‘a force to be reckoned with and a formidable advocate’ and has a broad immigration and asylum practice, as well as experience with other human rights-related applications. Giorgia Franchi is also a key contact in this area.

Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

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  • ‘A top-quality niche immigration firm in immigration and human rights work. It is punching above its weight in a highly competitive market.’

  • ‘Danielle Cohen is the brains and creativity behind this niche firm. She is a force to be reckoned with and a formidable advocate on behalf of her clients in every case she takes on.'

  • 'Giorgia Franchi produces fantastic results due to her meticulous preparation.'

  • ‘This is a small and well-focused team.'

  • ‘Good responsiveness and breadth of capacity with regard to the details of clients and their cases.'

  • ‘Dedication to client.’

  • ‘Danielle Cohen is a very experienced private client solicitor entirely committed to her client's interests, and a good and demanding supervisor of staff and chooser of Counsel.’

  • ‘Danielle Cohen brings tremendous determination and commitment to the case.'

Work highlights

  • Successfully handled an asylum application on behalf of a Myanmar national who participated in various pro-democracy activities following the military seizure of absolute legislative and administrative powers in February 2021.
  • Successfully acted for a stateless, Kuwaiti Bidoon woman, representing her in claiming asylum on the basis that she had a well-founded fear of persecution, based on being an undocumented Bidoon in Kuwait and a victim of domestic violence.
  • Successfully acted on behalf of a South African child – the son of an EU national mother, now deceased, and a non-EU national father – in applying for entry clearance outside the immigration rules, based on exceptional circumstances.

Other key lawyers

Danielle Cohen, Giorgia Franchi