Our lawyers specialise in helping overseas businesses setting up and growing in the UK, to understand and deal with complex Business Immigration and Employment laws.

Issues we regularly assist with include:

• Choosing the best way for staff to enter and work in the UK legally as well as related Business Immigration matters: including sponsorship applications; advice on the investor and entrepreneur immigration routes; illegal working issues and UK Border Agency inspections; sole representative applications; indefinite leave to remain and naturalisation as a British citizen.

• Suitable employment contracts, staff handbooks and policies that provide protection for the business from a joint Immigration and Employment perspective.

• Ensuring employers understand and comply with their employee and worker obligations and legal rights under UK employment law - including performance management, grievances, disciplinaries and dismissals.

• Helping with the employee recruitment and termination process - including the rights of employees on the transfer of ownership of a business.

• Providing practical assistance in managing the employment relationship.

• Providing on-going guidance and training and support of the employer’s operations as they grow.

• Helping employers to remain up to date with the changing legal landscape.

Products and services

Legal

Company incorporation, Employment, Immigration, Data protection and information assurance

Human resources

Staff management and progression, Staff onboarding, Succession planning

Industry

Aerospace, Advanced manufacturing, Biotechnology and pharmaceuticals, Business and consumer services, Chemicals, Communications, Creative and media, Education and training, Electronics and IT hardware, Financial and professional services, Food and drink, Global sports infrastructure, Life sciences, Leisure and tourism, Legal services, Mechanical electrical and process engineering, Mining, Oil and gas, Retail and luxury, Software and computer services

Regional

London, South East

International

United Kingdom

Languages

Afrikaans, French, Italian, Portuguese