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Julia Willand
assessor iuris, Immigration Practitioner
Director
Julia Willand was born in Germany and received most of her schooling in South Africa. She is in possession of both the German and the South African citizenships. She ended her schooling with the A-level diploma in Cologne, Germany, and subsequently studied law in Freiburg and Berlin. She achieved her qualification as attorney of law in Berlin in the year 1999. Julia Willand worked in organisations such as the „Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit“ (GTZ) and the „Zentralstelle für Entwicklungszusammenarbeit“. In the course of the GTZ-Project „Law Reform in Latin America“ she advised the Ministry of Law in La Paz, Bolivia.
In the year 2000 Julia Willand joined a consulting firm in Cape Town, South Africa, where she founded and headed the immigration department. In May 2005 she went on to found the immigration and consulting company IMCOSA.
Julia Willand is a registered „Immigration Practitioner“ with the Department of Home Affairs. Since April 2003, she is a member of the national „Immigration Advisory Board“, which advises the Minister of Home Affairs, as well as a co-director of the „Association of Immigration Practitioners of South Africa” (AIPSA).
Julia is also a co-director of the non-profit organisation “Nala - Partners for Entrepreneurship”.
In August 2004 Julia represented South Africa at the Olympic Games in Athens as beach volleyball player. This was the first time an African beach volleyball team was able to qualify for the Olympics.
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Yasemin Derviscemallioglu
assessor iuris, law diploma,
Consultant
Yasemin Derviscemallioglu was born in Germany to her parents of Turkish origin. She obtained her law degree and diploma at the University of Bielefeld. Her time as articled clerk was spent at the High Court in Düsseldorf, after which she qualified as an attorney in March 2005 with a specialization in labour law.
During her training to become an attorney Yasemin worked for de Rooy Broziak Attorneys in Cape Town amongst others. Yasemin was strongly engaged in supporting groups such as Amnesty International during her studies and assisted the Women’s Legal Centre in Cape Town during her articles.
Yasemin left Germany and followed her passion for South Africa and one particular South African settling in Cape Town in August 2005, where since October 2005 she is pursuing her career as a valuable member of IMCOSA’s management team.
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