ebl miller rosenfalck in London widens team of expert partners and consultants

After a significant increase in commercial property instructions in the past year, in particular from established European brands in the retail sector and more generally for the clients of our Danish, French and Swedish desks, ebl miller rosenfalck has been joined by Esat Degirmen as a partner to head the commercial property team.
Esat has a wealth of experience in structuring acquisitions and sales of real estate and in commercial landlord and tenant matters with particular expertise in the retail, office, hotels and leisure sector as well as in all aspects of property related work and brings with him a broad range of clients, such as portfolios, franchises, developers and charities.

Senior immigration consultant Koshi Blavo Barna joined ebl miller rosenfalck in June this year to head its Immigration Team.
Koshi is recognised as an expert in immigration law, with extensive expertise in corporate, business and private immigration matters. She assists multinational businesses with sponsorship applications, Tier 2 applications to hire non-EEA nationals, EEA applications and appeals, naturalisation/ citizenship applications, Article 8 applications and all corporate immigration law issues. She also assists with individual immigration law applications, in particular from entrepreneurs, investors, and other professionals, acting for in country clients and out of country visa applicants.
Emmanuelle Ries, Managing Partner, commented: “As the leading firm for cross-border commercial legal advice for mid-sized businesses on international trade, export and inward investment, we have seen a growing demand from our clients for immigration advice. With the Brexit decision, businesses and individuals will require assistance in navigating the immigration rules and Koshi will be there to facilitate our clients’ decisions on their European workforce and with all applications to employ foreign nationals.’’

Christian Bjärnram has also recently joined the firm as a partner to strengthen its Swedish desk.
Christian has a wealth of experience advising mid-sized corporates with most corporate and commercial matters.

Emmanuelle Ries, Managing Partner, commented: “We are fortunate and excited to welcome Christian to boost our offering to our Swedish clients. We have seen a significant increase of work in the Anglo-Swedish sector in the last year.’’

Christian Bjärnram added: “I have known the team at ebl miller rosenfalck for a number of years and am delighted to join them at this moment in time when they are strengthening their resources in this sector.”

Steen Rosenfalck, Senior Partner, said, “ebl miller rosenfalck is committed to being the leading firm for cross-border commercial legal advice to mid-sized businesses for international trade, export and inward investment. We will therefore seek further strategic opportunities and lawyers with skills to provide English legal services in the languages of our clients’ choice, especially in our main industry sectors.”