Zehra Tamkan
Partner | Senior Lawyer | Connaught Law
Core Practice Areas
- Immigration Law Excellence: 14+ years experience with personal and business immigration, asylum law, and corporate sponsor licensing
- Family Law Expertise: Complex financial disputes, child arrangements, domestic violence protection, and strategic private family law representation
- Dispute Resolution & Litigation: Complex financial disputes, civil and commercial litigation, and comprehensive mediation across all sectors
- Multi-Lingual Representation: English and Turkish fluency with tactical approach and high client success rates across practice areas
Professional Background & Partnership Excellence
Zehra Tamkan serves as a Senior Lawyer and Partner at Connaught Law, bringing exceptional legal expertise across Immigration Law, Family Law, and Dispute Resolution & Litigation. Having qualified as a solicitor in 2016 and joined Connaughts in 2017, she has rapidly established herself as a leading practitioner providing comprehensive and versatile services to clients across multiple complex legal areas requiring sophisticated strategic approaches and tactical excellence.
Her partnership status reflects recognition of outstanding legal capabilities, client service excellence, and business development achievements contributing to firm growth and reputation enhancement. Zehra's multi-practice expertise enables holistic legal support for clients facing interconnected legal challenges requiring coordinated strategies across immigration, family, and commercial law disciplines while maintaining the highest professional standards and achieving consistently successful outcomes.
With fluency in both English and Turkish, Zehra provides culturally sensitive legal representation for diverse client communities while maintaining sophisticated understanding of international legal frameworks, cross-border implications, and multi-jurisdictional considerations essential for complex legal matters requiring comprehensive strategic planning and tactical implementation across various practice areas.
Partnership Achievement and Professional Recognition:
- Senior Partner Status: Rapid advancement to partnership reflecting exceptional legal capabilities
- Multi-Practice Excellence: Comprehensive expertise across Immigration, Family, and Litigation law
- Solicitor Qualification 2016: Established legal career with consistent professional development
- Connaught Law Partnership: Joined 2017, achieved partnership through outstanding performance
- Bilingual Expertise: English and Turkish fluency enabling diverse client representation
- Client Service Excellence: High success rates and returning client relationships across practice areas
Immigration Law Excellence and Business Immigration Leadership
With over 14 years of immigration experience, Zehra provides comprehensive support across personal and business immigration matters, demonstrating exceptional expertise in spousal and fiancé visas, visitor visas, ancestry and nationality applications while maintaining consistently high success rates that generate substantial returning client instructions. Her extensive experience encompasses the full spectrum of UK immigration law requirements and procedural complexities.
Zehra's business immigration practice includes regular collaboration with investors, entrepreneurs, and their advisors to achieve optimal results for corporate clients across Skilled Worker visas, Sponsor License obtainment for companies of all sizes, Intra Company Transfer applications, and indefinite leave to remain proceedings. Her corporate immigration expertise extends to day-to-day HR immigration issues and non-EEA national recruitment strategies essential for modern business operations.
Immigration Law Specializations:
- Personal Immigration: Spousal/fiancé visas, visitor visas, ancestry and nationality applications
- Business Immigration: Corporate clients, HR immigration issues, non-EEA recruitment strategies
- Skilled Worker Visas: Employment-based immigration and workforce mobility solutions
- Sponsor License Applications: Corporate compliance and authorization for all company sizes
- Intra Company Transfers: Multinational employee relocation and internal transfers
- Indefinite Leave to Remain: Settlement pathways and permanent residence applications
Asylum Law and Human Rights Advocacy Excellence
Zehra possesses vast experience in asylum law, having represented victims of torture and achieved successful outcomes for clients at the pre-action stage against the Home Office as well as in court proceedings. Her commitment to human rights protection has enabled her to protect clients through the tenures of many Home Secretaries, establishing her as a vanguard of human rights advocacy within the immigration law community.
Specializing in appeals and judicial review related cases, Zehra demonstrates exceptional skills as an articulate negotiator, successfully settling with the Home Office without requiring full hearings in most cases. This strategic approach reduces client stress, expedites resolution timelines, and achieves optimal outcomes while maintaining strong advocacy for client rights and protection needs throughout complex asylum and human rights proceedings.
Asylum and Human Rights Expertise:
- Torture Victim Representation: Specialized support for vulnerable asylum seekers with trauma histories
- Pre-Action Success: Successful outcomes against Home Office before formal proceedings
- Court Representation: Comprehensive asylum hearing advocacy and legal argument
- Appeals and Judicial Review: Specialized expertise in challenging adverse immigration decisions
- Strategic Negotiation: Settlement achievement without full hearing requirements
- Human Rights Vanguard: Consistent protection across multiple Home Secretary tenures
Family Law Excellence and Child Protection Advocacy
As a highly skilled family lawyer, Zehra advises on all aspects of private family law including complex financial disputes following separation, intricate child arrangement matters, spousal maintenance, business assets, pension proceedings under Schedule 1 Children Act 1989, and injunctive applications. Her tactical approach to cases involves pushing boundaries to find solutions for clients during emotionally challenging separation periods.
Zehra maintains special interest in matters involving children, providing comprehensive guidance on special guardianship applications, parental responsibility matters, section 8 Children Act 1989 applications determining where children live and contact arrangements, and prohibited steps orders. Her expertise extends to domestic violence protection including non-molestation and occupation orders, parental conflict resolution, and cases involving serious allegations or substance misuse concerns.
Family Law Specializations:
- Complex Financial Disputes: High-value asset division and sophisticated financial settlements
- Child Arrangement Matters: Residence, contact, and welfare determinations
- Business Asset Division: Commercial property and enterprise valuation in divorce proceedings
- Special Guardianship: Alternative care arrangements and parental responsibility applications
- Domestic Violence Protection: Non-molestation and occupation order applications
- Substance Misuse Cases: Parental conflict resolution involving serious allegations
Strategic Approach and Client Care Excellence
Zehra is known for her tactical approach to cases and determination to push boundaries when finding solutions for clients experiencing difficult life circumstances. Her strengths include early case analysis and developing arguments that lead to prompt settlement, reducing emotional stress and financial costs while achieving optimal outcomes through strategic thinking and constructive, pragmatic advice tailored to individual client goals.
Her caring, sympathetic, and considerate approach ensures clients receive comprehensive support during challenging legal proceedings. Zehra prioritizes detailed client consultation, demonstrates thorough attention to detail, and utilizes unique case facts strategically to secure optimal outcomes for those she represents across all practice areas, maintaining reputation for achieving successful results through dedicated client advocacy and sophisticated legal analysis.
Client Care and Professional Excellence
- Tactical Case Management: Boundary-pushing solutions during difficult life circumstances
- Early Settlement Focus: Strategic analysis leading to prompt case resolution
- Caring Client Approach: Sympathetic and considerate support throughout proceedings
- Detail-Oriented Service: Thorough attention to case specifics and client needs
- Strategic Thinking: Constructive and pragmatic advice achieving client goals
Personal Interests and Professional Balance
- Outdoor Activities: Hiking enthusiasm promoting physical wellness and mental clarity
- Culinary Skills: Baking hobby demonstrating creativity and precision
- Gardening Passion: Horticultural interests supporting stress management and patience
- Multilingual Communication: English and Turkish fluency enhancing client accessibility
Dispute Resolution and Commercial Litigation Excellence
Zehra maintains extensive experience as a general litigator with specialized focus on complex financial disputes, earning widespread recognition for her skills while representing both claimants and defendants across diverse sectors. Her litigation practice encompasses civil and commercial disputes including breach of contract matters, while regularly obtaining interim remedies including injunctions, security for costs, and disclosure orders essential for strategic case management.
Her expertise extends to media-related litigation including defamation and libel cases, demonstrating sophisticated understanding of reputation management and publishing law complexities. With proven track record of achieving successful outcomes both in and out of court, Zehra conducts litigation at all levels while providing comprehensive mediation services for individual and corporate clients of all sizes, ensuring realistic case assessment and commercial decision-making support.
Litigation and Dispute Resolution Services:
- Complex Financial Disputes: High-value commercial and civil litigation management
- Breach of Contract: Commercial agreement disputes and enforcement proceedings
- Interim Remedies: Injunctions, security for costs, and disclosure order applications
- Media Litigation: Defamation, libel, and reputation management cases
- Multi-Level Litigation: Court proceedings across all judicial levels
- Mediation Services: Alternative dispute resolution and settlement negotiation
Expert Multi-Practice Legal Services
✓ Immigration Law Leadership Excellence
14+ years immigration experience with personal and business expertise, asylum law advocacy, and corporate sponsor licensing across all client categories
✓ Family Law and Child Protection Expertise
Complex financial disputes, child arrangements, domestic violence protection, and strategic tactical approach achieving early settlement outcomes
✓ Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Multi-sector litigation, interim remedies, media-related disputes, and comprehensive mediation services with proven successful outcomes
For expert multi-practice legal guidance from Zehra Tamkan and our specialist team, contact Connaught Law today. Our senior partner provides comprehensive legal services across immigration, family law, and dispute resolution with tactical excellence, caring client approach, and consistent success in achieving optimal outcomes for clients facing complex legal challenges requiring strategic multi-disciplinary expertise.
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