Business Immigration Solicitor

GEMINI RECRUITMENT SERVICES LTD; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work policy

Job summary

Gemini Recruitment are partnering with a large and established law firm to recruit a dedicated Business Immigration Solicitor for a permanent position in the UK. The role sits within a busy immigration department that handles sponsorship licences, compliance, and both business and personal immigration matters.

You will report to the Department Director, supervise junior lawyers, and provide expert advice while developing client relationships.

Qualifications

• Clean, valid Practising Certificate required.
• At least 2 years PQE in business immigration.
• Ability to manage client matters and lead others.

Responsibilities

• Report directly to Department Director.
• Supervise Trainee Solicitors and Caseworkers.
• Provide expert legal advice on business and personal immigration.
• Represent clients in negotiations and hearings on immigration.
• Build relationships with business clients.
• Collaborate with partners on strategic plans.
• Ensure compliance with laws and regulations.
• Identify new business opportunities and contribute to growth.
• Manage client expectations and satisfaction.

Skills

PQE 2+ years

Communication skills

Negotiation skills

Team leadership

Client care

Problem solving

IT skills

Networking

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Role: Business Immigration Solicitor

A Legal500, Leading law firm looking to recruit dedicated and experienced Business Immigration Solicitor for highly sought permanent positon.

Gemini Recruitment are currently partnering with a large and established law firm. Our client serves corporate entities and private individuals in over 25 practice areas from offices throughout London and across England and Wales. Our client's accomplishments are acknowledged and recommended in The Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners, as a top tier firm.

Our client holds the Investors in People Gold Accreditation Quality Standard Mark and is LEXCEL, Cyber Essentials Plus and ISO accredited and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.

Immigration Department Background:

Our client is ranked and recommended as a top-tier practice by The Legal 500 directory for services including business immigration, human rights, appeals, and personal immigration. The Legal 500 applauds the nationwide reach and quality of the services they provide.

They are specialists in the full spectrum of immigration law, including asylum, human rights, nationality, and business immigration. Their immigration lawyers have an established reputation for representing high-net-worth individuals, both new and established entrepreneurs, and innovative and skilled professionals under the Points-Based System (PBS).

Our client offers a wide range of services to foreign nationals and families seeking to enter, remain, or settle in the UK. With over 160 specialist immigration lawyers across the country, they bring exceptional expertise to all immigration matters. The department includes a number of highly skilled lawyers trained as barristers, who regularly undertake complex appeal cases in the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court.

Their immigration team is renowned for its extensive experience in both Business and Personal Immigration, covering areas such as sponsorship licence applications, immigration compliance, skilled worker applications, graduate visas, global talent visas, scale-up worker visas, innovator founder visas, student and family visas, and nationality applications.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• 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

This list is not exhaustive and there may be other duties as reasonably required.

On offer is an attractive salary package, a supportive team environment and real prospects for promotion. The Company will allow Hybrid-working in accordance with company policy.

About Gemini Recruitment and Equal Opportunities:

The company is committed to Equal Opportunities and embraces diversity and inclusivity of its staff and strives to ensure that their workforce reflects the diversity of the communities they serve.

The recruitment process will fully comply with GDPR and other applicable laws. Background checks including CRB / DBS checks will establish your eligibility to work in the UK and suitability to the role.