The Ukrainian 2016 Eurovision song contest winner, Jamala, recently fled Kiev and has been singing to raise money for her home country. A Morgan Lewis team in London provided urgent immigration counsel to enable the singer to perform at Concert for Ukraine, a live TV charity fundraiser that took place in Birmingham, England.
Compressing a process that would ordinarily take eight weeks, Morgan Lewis lawyers liaised with senior members of the UK Home Office and UK Music to secure visas for Jamala and her manager in less than 24 hours. As a result, Jamala was able to perform at the concert among artists that included Ed Sheeran, Snow Patrol and Camila Cabello.
The concert raised more than £13.4 million (nearly $18 million), which went to the Disasters Emergency Committee’s (DEC) Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal. DEC, an umbrella group of UK charities, raises funds to provide emergency aid and rapid relief to people caught up in disasters and humanitarian crises around the world.
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