Francesca Smith > Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP > Cardiff, United Kingdom > Lawyer Profile
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP Offices
1 CALLAGHAN SQUARE
CARDIFF
CF10 5BT
United Kingdom
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Francesca Smith
Work Department
Francesca is a Senior Associate solicitor in our Employment, Labor and Pensions Group specialising in all aspects of Employment Law and Immigration Law, having qualified in 2013. Francesca provides advice on international projects working closely with our overseas offices to collate and coordinate the legal advice and to advise on options and risks for transferring staff to work overseas and assessing and identifying the most appropriate route for overseas staff to work temporarily in the UK. Francesca has significant experience in the education sector advising on a wide range of student and staff sponsor licence and compliance issues, prevention of illegal working and queries relating to the Student Route, the Skilled Worker Route, T5 GAE route and the visitor route. Francesca has undertaken a large number of internal compliance and right to work audits on behalf of clients in preparation for Home Office compliance visits and has attended a large number of HEAT Home Office inspections to support clients. Francesca regularly provides training to clients on all aspects of the Points Based System, how to prepare for HEAT inspections and right to work obligations and is a regular speaker at the UKCISA annual national conference.
Position
Senior Associate
Lawyer Rankings
Wales > Employment > Immigration
Acting on its own, as well as engaging support from its Birmingham office – which was recently bolstered by the return of Nerys Ireland after a brief stint at Mishcon de Reya LLP – Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP is particularly effective at handling immigration work for education clients. Senior associate Francesca Smith is the principal contact from Cardiff and handles all aspects of immigration including sponsor licence and compliance issues, right to work and visa queries.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation
- Real estate > Commercial property
- Real estate > Construction
- Corporate and commercial
- Employment > Employment
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Employment > Pensions
- Real estate > Planning and environment
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property litigation