Kingsley Napley LLP

Immigration

Katie is a Partner in Kingsley Napley’s Immigration team and she heads up the Private Client Immigration team within the department. She advises on all aspects of UK personal immigration with an emphasis on more complex matters. She also specialises in applications for high net worth individuals and those in the tech industry, nationality and human rights matters and claims for international protection. She has a particular interest in complicated family applications including those with international adoption and surrogacy elements, working closely with Kingsley Napley’s Family & Divorce team and contributing articles on this subject to the legal press.

Katie writes and speaks regularly on UK immigration developments.

Joined Kingsley Napley as a solicitor in 2012; Senior Associate in 2016 and began heading up the private client immigration team in 2018. She became a partner in 2020.

Katie is a member of the Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association, contributing particularly to efforts to change the rules on family migration. She is also an active member of the International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA), having previously served as a VP of the Immigration and Labour Law Commission and been part of the organising committee for a seminar on Gender and Inclusivity in International Families in 2022.

Pembroke College, University of Cambridge, BA Law