Business Immigration Solicitor - Birmingham

Job Description:

Duncan Lewis Solicitors (Ltd):

Regulated by the Solicitor’s Regulation Authority, Duncan Lewis Solicitors was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in the City of London (Fenchurch Street EC3M), with offices nationwide. We are recognised by the Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners UK independent legal directories as a top-tier law firm in all of our key practice areas – “a diligent and professional team that is prepared to go the extra mile for its clients”. A paperless law firm with over 500 personnel that embraces hybrid-working, we service both corporate entities and private individuals in over 25 areas of law across 60 languages. We give people a voice – that is our ethos.

Recognised among The Times 200 Best Law Firms, we have been awarded Law Firm of the Year at the 2024 Lexis Nexis Awards and 2023 Modern Law Awards, reflecting our dedication to legal expertise and client service. We hold Investors in People Gold Standard accreditation for over 15 years, showcasing our commitment to professional development. Duncan Lewis is also Law Society Lexcel, Cyber Essentials Plus, and ISO 27001 certified, ensuring excellence in practice management and data security.

We are committed to recruiting dedicated and talented professionals and welcome applications from exceptional candidates. At Duncan Lewis, we value training and diversity, and we take pride in our inclusive workforce.

Immigration Department Background:

We are ranked and recommended as a top-tier practice by The Legal 500 directory for our services including business immigration, human rights, appeals and personal immigration. The Legal 500 legal directory applauds the services we provide nationwide, stating: “The breadth and depth of the team makes Duncan Lewis a real market leader for immigration matters. The \”innovative and courageous\” team \”are one of the most successful and effective immigration practices in the UK\”. \”They are a credit to the profession\”. Specialists in the full spectrum of immigration law including asylum, human rights, nationality and business immigration. Our immigration lawyers have an established reputation in acting for high net worth individuals, new and established business men and women, and innovative and skilled individuals under the points based system (PBS).

We offer a wide range of services to all foreign national individuals and families wishing to enter, remain, or settle in the UK. With over 160 specialist Immigration lawyers nationwide, we bring the highest level of expertise to all immigration matters. The department has a number of highly skilled lawyers who have trained as barristers, and undertake complex appeal cases in the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court. Our immigration team is renowned for their extensive experience in Business and Personal Immigration ranging from sponsorship licence applications, immigration compliance, skilled worker applications, graduate visa, global talent, scale-up worker visa, innovator founder visa, student and family visas, and nationality applications.

Main Responsibilities of the Role:

• Report directly to Department Director
• Ability to manage and supervise Trainee Solicitors and Caseworkers to manage appropriate caseload types and complexities
• Providing expert legal advice to clients on business and personal immigration regulations and policies
• Representing clients in negotiations and hearings on immigration issues.
• Developing and maintaining relationships with business clients.
• Working closely with other partners to create and implement the firm\’s strategic plans.
• Ensuring the legal team\’s compliance with all relevant laws and regulations.
• Identifying new business opportunities and contributing to the firm\’s growth.
• Managing client expectations and ensuring high levels of client satisfaction.

Key Skills Required:

• Must have a clean, valid Practising Certificate at the time of applying
• At least 2 years PQE experience of handling business/corporate/private client immigration cases
• Problem solving and excellent communication skills
• The passion and drive to succeed
• The ability to work well as part of a team and to lead and inspire others
• Expert knowledge of business immigration laws and regulations.
• Excellent negotiation and communication skills.
• Strong management skills
• Professional with a pro-active approach; excellent client care skills and ability to deal with vulnerable client matters in a sensitive manner and resolve complicated practicalities involved in Immigration issues
• Excellent networking and communication skills with the ability to successfully market the Company and generate new business
• Excellent IT Skills -familiar with Microsoft Office applications and document management skills