Associate - Immigration 4-5pqe

We are a “top 100”, London-based law firm with around 250 highly regarded specialist solicitors and lawyers. We advise a mix of commercial, not-for-profit, regulatory and private clients.

Our immigration team has a need for a c.4-5 year PQE immigration solicitor to advise on a broad mix of business immigration and private client immigration matters.

Our immigration team has been legal directory rated for more than 14 years and advises on almost all areas of UK immigration law as it relates to businesses and individuals, including advising on:

- Licensing as a sponsor with the Home Office and ongoing compliance with the sponsorship regime
- Immigration routes by which entrepreneurs and business people can establish UK companies and secure residence in the UK
- Immigration compliance audits
- Challenging unlawful Home Office decisions
- Immigration issues arising from corporate transactions and administrations
- Immigration issues arising from adoption and surrogacy

**Career development**

This is a rare opportunity for an enthusiastic associate who wants to step up to a collegiate and friendly team in which they:

- Will be given significant client facing and hands on responsibility from the offset
- Will be trusted to “run with” their own cases, with only as much supervision as is required depending on their ability and experience etc
- Can make a real impact within an established and highly ranked team
- Will be given an excellent platform on which to progress their careers, profiles and business development acumen

This role also offers (in time) a good opportunity for an associate to become legal directory noted and/or ranked in their own right and to occasionally travel to business development related events held outside the UK.

All our lawyers benefit from our career development programme. We understand the importance of building an internal network and have developed a cohort program to help our lawyers to work together across practice areas and share their knowledge, experiences and networks.

**Skills/experience**

We are looking for an immigration lawyer with the following skills/experience:

- c.4-5 years’ experience of advising **both** businesses (including large multinationals) and individuals on the full range of UK immigration law and someone who is strong in both areas and keen to continue advising on both
- Experience of working (for at least 3 - 4 years) within a leading legal immigration team that is ideally ranked or at least noted for **both** business and personal immigration work
- Experience of supporting other professional services firms and their clients with immigration matters
- Self-starter and strong internal drive
- Proactive and sophisticated management of a mixed caseload to make the legal advice process as smooth and seamless as possible for clients
- Sophisticated client service delivery
- Keen to take a proactive role in marketing and business development
- Friendly and collegiate personality
- Ability to “run with” large business and complex individual immigration matters with mínimal supervision
- Maintains good relationships with other team members
- Strong intellect
- Past supervision experience, e.g. supervising trainees, junior associates and/or paralegals
- Strong billing history and financial management skills, including regularly billing their own files
- First rate accuracy, technical and legal drafting skills

**Qualifications**

UK qualified solicitor.

Strong academics are essential, including at least a 2:1 degree from a Russell Group or other leading university, a commendation on the LPC (and if applicable a law conversion) or equivalent and at least A, A, B (or close) grades at A’ Level or equivalent.

**Agile working