Senior Solicitor

About your new role

Our Personal and Business Immigration team is expanding and we have an exciting opportunity for a business immigration solicitor to join us in our London or Birmingham.

Our market leading Employment, Pensions and Immigration team advises employers across the UK on all aspects of employment, pensions, and immigration law. We have a diverse caseload of immigration matters, encompassing both business and personal immigration. Our corporate clients are some of the UK's largest and well-known organisations from a wide range of sectors including logistics, healthcare, education, and technology. We believe that the quality of our clients and strength of our relationships with our clients speaks volumes about the excellence of service we provide.

You will work on a mixed caseload of matters (often complex and time sensitive), including but not limited to skilled worker visa applications, global business mobility applications, dependent visa applications, partner visas, indefinite leave to remain, British citizenship applications, sponsor licence applications, sponsor licence compliance and right to work issues.

There will also be opportunities to grow within the firm and be involved with business development, networking, and marketing.

Main duties and responsibilities

• Handle a mixed caseload of personal and business immigration work
• Provide tailored immigration, advice to a wide range of clients
• Assist other members of the team with their caseloads as appropriate
• Draft and prepare letters, e-mails, documents, immigration applications, and reports
• Ensure all work is conducted in compliance with relevant immigration laws and regulations
• Keep up with changes in immigration laws and policies to provide accurate and up-to-date advice to clients.
• Draft articles and legal updates
• Assist with business development initiatives including training and networking
• Work in accordance with client and internal SLAs
• Achieve set financial and chargeable targets

About You

You will have previous experience and a genuine and demonstrable interest in the above area of work.

We also require you to have/be:

• Have at least five years of experience with a keen interest in personal and business immigration work and the immigration rules (essential)
• Attention to detail and strong analytical skills
• Flexible and commercial approach
• Great teamwork skills and wants to work in a collaborative environment
• Ambitions to develop their career
• Strong academics and technical knowledge
• Good IT skills
• Good communication skills
• First-rate time management and organisation skills
• An ability to multi-task and prioritise, managing strict deadlines and targets