Corporate Immigration Solicitor (3-7 PQE)

Job Introduction

We are currently seeking an experienced Corporate Immigration lawyer to join our UK Inbound Immigration team. The successful candidate will work on their own caseload with minimal supervision, and be willing to support the team with business development and growth. Previous experience in corporate immigration is essential.

Main Responsibilities

Knowledge

• Immigration law and the industry as a whole (essential)
• Practical experience dealing with all aspects of Skilled Worker and Global Business Mobility applications and sponsor licence management
• Sound knowledge on all corporate immigration policies and practice
• Understanding and awareness of the requirements of private client immigration routes.

Skills

• Excellent client and customer care and management
• Excellent written and spoken English
• Strong case management skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Commercial awareness
• Excellent organisational and interpersonal skills
• Integrity
• Legal compliance
• An additional language ability would be beneficial.

Qualifications

A qualified solicitor in England and Wales with 3 to 7 years’ experience in corporate immigration law.

Key Role Outcomes

Applications. Providing advice and guidance on Skilled Worker and Global Business Mobility applications, sponsor licence applications and sponsor compliance. Ability to manage and coordinate your own caseload and demonstrate experience of high-profile client account management.

Training and Development. Deliver technical expertise and guidance to other team members. Assist with the delivery of appropriate training and development within the department. Fulfil a responsibility of self-development.

Professionalism. Deputise for other members of the team in their absence, passing urgent and complex issues to the head of department for guidance. Ensure that all the firm’s procedures are adhered to including anti-money laundering and KYC compliance, file opening, complaints, and accounts procedures.

The Ideal Candidate

You will be an experienced Corporate Immigration Solicitor with at least 3 – 7 years’ PQE. You will be a high-energy, can-do individual with excellent organisational and communication skills. You must be a strong team player able to work across several disciplines, and work well with a variety of stakeholders.

About Gherson

Started by Roger Gherson in 1988, Gherson Solicitors LLP is an award-winning immigration practice in London, specialising in UK immigration, nationality, extradition and human rights law.

Gherson offers services that cover the full spectrum of UK immigration categories, including but not limited to advice on the UK visit visas and the Points-Based system, as well as Innovator, Start-up, partners applications and immigration appeals. Gherson also specialises in complex human rights and asylum claims (private only), and defending extradition request, applications to the European Court of Human Rights, and applications for annulment at the General Court of the EU in respect of sanctions imposed by the Council of the EU.

With nearly 40 years of experience, Gherson\’s expertise extends from meeting the migration needs of international business people and UK-based companies to litigation in all UK jurisdictions, and the European Court of Human Rights and the European Court of Justice.

Gherson Solicitors LLP is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, religion, gender, age, sexuality, gender identification, or physical ability.