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Business Immigration Lawyer

Employer
Origin Legal
Location
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Salary
£excellent + benefits + bonus
Closing date
22 Dec 2021
Reference
ARP/LSG

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Practice area
Immigration
Contract type
Permanent
Hours
Full time
PQE
3 years, 4 years, 5 years, 6 years, 7 years+
Position
Solicitor
Sector
Private practice

Job Details

Our client are a leading top 200 UK law firm, operating nationally and advising businesses, institutions and individuals in the UK and internationally. Throughout the firms history their ethos has remained simple: providing clear legal advice and value and insight to their clients.

They now wish to recruit an Immigration specialist to provide a wide range of immigration advice, dealing with both business and personal immigration matters.  They do not advise on asylum cases.  The successful candidate will cover all tiers of the Points Based System, all types of business visa, family visas, EEA related applications, indefinite leave to remain and naturalisation.  With a broad diversity of corporate clients, in a variety of sectors,they advise on sponsor licencing, compliance and immigration strategy and enforcement matters and regularly deliver training to clients

The ideal candidate will have at least 4 years PQE and will be someone looking to remain and progress within the department as a specialist immigration law advisor with substantive experience in both corporate and private client immigration and nationality matters. The candidate will be expected to be able to run simple Skilled Worker cases from end-to-end with minimal supervision and some experience of supporting private clients and HNWIs is an advantage. Strong legal drafting, high quality written communication and client care skills are imperative for our client focused service. The role will involve:

  • Complete immigration application forms, including proof reading and check for accuracy.
  • Identify and check supporting documents required.
  • Draft letters of representations referring to the Immigration Rules and Home Office guidance and emails to clients and to the Home Office for supervisor review.
  • Book biometric appointments for clients.
  • Provide an initial response to telephone enquiries and discuss further with supervisor as appropriate.
  • Take accurate notes of calls and meetings.
  • Identify examples of good knowhow and assist senior fee earners with creating appropriate precedent documents.
  • Carry out research.
  • Remain alert to the constant changes in immigration law and practice and assist senior fee earners with drafting of regular updates, articles and training materials.
  • Other duties as may from time to time be given.

Company

Origin Legal is a specialist legal recruitment company launched in January 2005 by a management team that first came together in 1996. Origin Legal is recognised as one of the UK's leading providers of legal jobs at all levels for lawyers, legal executives, solicitors and paralegals. The company’s primary goal is to deliver the highest quality of service and through successful legal recruiting develop and maintain long term client relationships with firms throughout the UK and internationally.

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