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Biography

Elmar Drabek, is a founding partner of eos lawyers, a leading Austrian boutique law firm for immigration, citizenship and real estate transfer law. Prior to founding eos lawyers in 2022, Elmar was an attorney and partner at DORDA attorneys at law (2009 to 2022), a major Austrian full service law firm, whose immigration and nationality practice group he headed. During the first five years of his career as a lawyer, Elmar represented asylum seekers and migrants in landmark appellate cases for UNHCR, the Austrian Red Cross, Amnesty International and Caritas Austria. Elmar practices in the fields of immigration & nationality, private client, corporate and real estate transfer law. His clients include multinational corporations headquartered in India, the Russian Federation and the United States, high net worth individuals and non- governmental organizations. Elmar is a member of the Austrian Bar Association, the IBA, ABIL (American Business Immigration Lawyers) and VisaLaw International. He is also a foreign associate of AILA (American Immigration Lawyers Association) and author of several expert publications on immigration and citizenship law. Elmar regularly speaks on topics of immigration law and policy, citizenship law and administrative procedure at international conferences.