Associate (1-3 PQE) - Immigration

Mishcon de Reya LLP; Greater London; On-site; GBP 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Job summary

Mishcon de Reya LLP in London seeks an experienced Immigration lawyer to advise on UK and transatlantic immigration matters for high-net-worth clients and corporate clients. You will handle sponsor licensing, compliance, and routine and complex visa applications.

The role requires 1–3 PQE in immigration law, strong client management, and the ability to work across teams with a global client base. Flexible working is available within a high-performing team.

Qualifications

• 1-3 PQE gained within immigration law.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Excellent organisational skills.
• Ability to effectively manage own workload.
• Ability to lead and manage others.
• Ability to communicate effectively with people at all levels.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Experience in using AI.
• Personable and confident, able to build relationships with partners/ key stakeholders.
• Resilient and calm under pressure.
• Adaptable and flexible approach.
• Pro-active and takes initiative.
• A great communicator, with the ability to translate between the technical and plain English.

Responsibilities

• Advising HNW and UNHW clients in respect of their UK immigration options.
• Advising clients wishing to establish a business in the UK.
• Advising on various work based visa categories.
• Advising companies on all aspects of sponsor licencing, Home Office compliance and right to work checks.
• Global Talent, innovator and start-up visa applications.
• Applications for EU Nationals under the EU Settlement Scheme.
• Applications for Indefinite Leave to Remain in the UK.
• Applications for British Citizenship - often involving the exercise of discretion.
• Asylum, humanitarian protection and human rights claims.
• Strategic immigration advice.

Skills

Immigration law

HNW clients

Client relations

Team leadership

Legal drafting

AI experience

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Tools

AI tools

Job description

The Department

Our Immigration Group advises both corporate and private clients across a diverse range of sectors including financial, pharmaceutical, media, legal, technology, creative industries, sports and fashion. We provide results-focused advice with an awareness of the nuances applicable to each industry and immigration category. We have a track record of delivering outcomes in a whole range of different circumstances, from the day-to-day management of a client's global immigration needs, to more complex applications.

The Department

Our Immigration Group advises both corporate and private clients across a diverse range of sectors including financial, pharmaceutical, media, legal, technology, creative industries, sports and fashion. We provide results-focused advice with an awareness of the nuances applicable to each industry and immigration category. We have a track record of delivering outcomes in a whole range of different circumstances, from the day-to-day management of a client's global immigration needs, to more complex applications.

We have decades of experience looking after HNW clients. Their requirements are always specific and often unusual but invariably they focus on speed of decision and ability to travel freely. Our focus is to provide the highest levels of bespoke services to the most discerning international client base. For this we have a multinational team which is equipped with all the cultural and linguistic fluency that our clients expect.

Our Immigration Group also works closely with colleagues who advise on Tax and Wealth Planning, Real Estate, Reputation Management, Family and Employment law so that we provide integrated and innovative solutions.

In addition to advising on the full spectrum of UK immigration law, we also advise clients on their US immigration needs, providing comprehensive transatlantic immigration services for companies and individuals.

Our services include:

• Advising clients wishing to establish a business in the UK
• Skilled Worker and Global Business Mobility applications
• Advising companies on all aspects of sponsor licensing, Home Office compliance and right to work checks
• HR immigration training
• TUPE and company restructuring
• Applications for visit visas and temporary routes including students
• Global Talent applications
• Innovator Founder applications
• UK Expansion Worker applications
• Scale-up applications
• Graduate applications
• High Potential Individual applications
• Ancestry applications
• Applications for EU Nationals under the EU Settlement Scheme
• Applications for Indefinite Leave to Remain in the UK
• Applications for British Citizenship - often involving the exercise of discretion
• Asylum, humanitarian protection and human rights claims
• Appeals and Administrative review
• Strategic immigration advice
• US Immigration work.

Duties And Responsibilities

The role will involve advising on the following:

• Advising HNW and UNHW clients in respect of their UK immigration options.
• Advising clients wishing to establish a business in the UK.
• Advising on various work based visa categories.
• Advising companies on all aspects of sponsor licencing, Home Office compliance and right to work checks.
• Global Talent, innovator and start-up visa applications.
• Applications for EU Nationals under the EU Settlement Scheme.
• Applications for Indefinite Leave to Remain in the UK.
• Applications for British Citizenship - often involving the exercise of discretion.
• Asylum, humanitarian protection and human rights claims.
• Strategic immigration advice.

Skills/Experience

• 1-3 PQE gained within immigration law.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Excellent organisational skills.
• Ability to effectively manage own workload.
• Ability to lead and manage others.
• Ability to communicate effectively with people at all levels.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Experience in using AI.
• Personable and confident, able to build relationships with partners/ key stakeholders.
• Resilient and calm under pressure.
• Adaptable and flexible approach.
• Pro-active and takes initiative.
• A great communicator, with the ability to translate between the technical and plain English.

Please note that this job profile is not an exhaustive list of duties but merely an outline of the key components of the role. You may be required by your line manager to take on additional responsibilities when requested.

About Mishcon De Reya LLP

Mishcon de Reya is an independent law firm, which now employs over 1400 people withmore than 650 lawyers offering a wide range of legal services to companies and individuals. The firm has grown rapidly in recent years, showing more than 40% revenue growth in the past five years alone.

With presence in London,Oxford, Cambridge,Singapore, Hong Kong and UAE, the firm services an international community of clients and provides advice in situations where the constraints of geography often do not apply.

The work the firm undertakes is cross-border, multi-jurisdictional and complex, centred around three increasingly entwined and connected sectors: the Innovation Economy, Private Wealth and Capital, and Real Estate. The firm is known as a disputes powerhouse with a formidable capacity firmwide for dispute resolution.

We strive to create a fully diverse and inclusive workplace where all our people are empowered to fulfil their potential. We are proud of our agile working culture and are always happy to talk flexible working.