Member Profiles

ADBH ADVISORY IS A BOUTIQUE IMMIGRATION PRACTICE REGULATED BY THE OFFICE OF IMMIGRATION SERVICES COMMISSIONER (OISC).  ADBH partners with their clients to provide pragmatic solutions, commercially minded advice, and remove the stress of immigration procedures from clients and assignees.  ADBH work with trusted advisors to provide company incorporation, tax, employment, insurance, recruitment, and other legal services to ensure that their clients have a seamless and consistent client service and approach. Its principal, Anna Bose, has over 25 years of experience within the immigration services sector. Having started her immigration career with the Home Office, she has worked at two of the “Big Four” accountancy firms – Deloitte and KPMG. She has in-house experience heading up immigration for the UK and EMEA region for Cognizant Technologies during their time of expansion outside of India and the US. Anna has worked with boutique global immigration practices since 2012. In her 25-year career, she has been the ‘gamekeeper”, the “poacher”, the client, and assignee. Having provided immigration services within the IT consultancy industry over the last 20 years, she is very aware of the challenges organisations, and clients face. 

Helen joined BLM in 1996 and was made partner in 2002. She is head of the firm’s corporate sector group and lead partner in BLM’s Retail and Leisure unit. Helen specialises in the defence of high value chronic pain and catastrophic injury claims, particularly head injuries, group litigation and regulatory investigations.

Keith qualified into the corporate tax department at Clifford Chance and spent several years there before being appointed in 1989 as a partner to head up the corporate tax practice of Cameron Markby, now CMS Cameron McKenna LLP and was an equity partner for 22 years before co-founding NGM Tax Law. Keith has advised on all aspects of corporate tax from buying, selling and merging UK banks to financing Hollywood movies (including James Bond and Harry Potter). Keith has also been at the forefront of developments in tax based financing, acting for a wide range of businesses from major financial institutions to promoters of independent films. "We do not often get this kind of advice. It was great to see. If we had a problem, we would get on the phone to Keith and he would solve it" - Client feedback from a major UK bank

Jessica started her career with A&M Bacon Limited in 2007 as a Trainee Costs Lawyer. She became a fully qualified and regulated Costs Lawyer in December 2011. Not only did Jessica pass the Costs Lawyer examination, she was the winner of the ACL’s Gold Cup, achieving 95% being the highest marks in her qualifying examinations. In addition to her work as one of A&M Bacon Limited’s senior Costs Lawyers, Jessica is tasked with managing the practice. She regularly attends training and conferences on management and leadership and collates a large amount of management information to ensure A&M Bacon Limited continues to improve the already high standards of service it provides.

Karen founded Art Law at Mishcon de Reya in 1995. Clients she represents, across the globe, include artists and their estates, collectors, dealers, art foundations and charities, auction houses, galleries, museums and governments. Karen advises on a wide range of art related matters such as sale and purchase of art, artists' rights, their legacy, creation and management of artists estates, disputes over attribution, authenticity and ownership, cultural heritage matters, restitution of looted cultural property and anti-money laundering regulations. The legal directories describe Karen as 'pre-eminent in the field of art and cultural property'. She often features on 'Front Row', BBC Radio 4's flagship culture programme. Karen is quoted widely on art related legal issues and contributes to leading art publications including the Art Newspaper and Apollo. She is honorary legal counsel for the State Hermitage Foundation Museum, Israel. Karen is also a Trustee of Camden Arts Centre.