Immigration, 3-5 PQE, London

Our London-based law firm client's Immigration team is looking for a 3-5 PQE solicitor to advise on a broad mix of business immigration and private client immigration matters. The team has been legal directory rated for many years and advises on almost all areas of UK immigration law, as it relates to businesses and individuals, including advising on;

• Sponsorship based visa applications
• 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 UK
• Immigration compliance audits
• British citizenship and indefinite leave to remain/settlement applications
• Family and dependency-based visa applications
• Challenging unlawful Home Office decisions
• Immigration issues arising from corporate transactions and administrations and immigration issues arising from adoption and surrogacy.

Career development

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

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

This role also offers the opportunity for an associate to become legal directory noted and/or ranked in their own right. There will also be occasional travel to business development-related events held outside UK. All lawyers benefit from the career development programme. The firm understands the importance of building an internal network and has developed a cohort program to help lawyers to work together across practice areas and share their knowledge, experiences and networks.

Skills/experience

The suitable candidate will have the following skills/experience:

• 3-5 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 is keen to continue advising on both)
• Experience of working (for at least 3 years) within a leading legal immigration team, which 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
• Keen to take a proactive role in marketing and business development
• Ability to run with large business and complex individual immigration matters with minimal supervision
• Past supervision experience, e. supervising trainees, junior associates and/or paralegals
• Strong billing history and financial management skills, including regularly billing their own files.

Qualifications

England & Wales qualified, with strong academics, 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

• The firm has an agile working policy, under which (currently) the equivalent of two days a week can be spent working at home subject to client/department needs etc.

For a confidential chat about this, or other roles which we are handling, please contact Laura Klass.

Please note that where a level of preferred experience or qualification is indicated, this is a guideline only and does not preclude applications from candidates with more or less experience.Jameson Legal acts as an employment business for temporary recruitment and as an employment agency for fixed term contract and permanent recruitment.