Devan Khagram > Watson Farley & Williams LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Watson Farley & Williams LLP
15 APPOLD STREET
LONDON
EC2A 2HB
England
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Work Department

Employment and Immigration

Position

Devan advises on a broad range of contentious and non-contentious employment law matters for both individuals and companies, including the full range of day to day employment advice, drafting executive level service agreements and non-executive director agreements, employee disputes and policies and procedures.

He is very experienced in the employment aspects of share and business acquisitions (domestic and cross-border) and complex TUPE-related advice, including outsourcing agreements. Devan also has a particular expertise on employment-related matters in the maritime sector, acting for large cruise lines and other shipping companies and advising on a multitude of areas including seafarer employment agreements and collective bargaining agreements, jurisdictional issues and the full range of crewing issues.

He specialises in immigration matters such as all aspects of the Points-Based Immigration System including complex sponsorship licence and skilled worker applications and transfers of senior executives, UK nationality applications and the impact of Brexit on EEA nationals.

Devan has been recommended for immigration in leading legal directory The Legal 500 UK for a number of consecutive years and in 2021 was described as “outstanding.

Memberships

  1. Member of the Employment Lawyers Association (ELA)
  2. Member of the Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association (ILPA)

Education

  1. 2004 · Nottingham Law School
  2. 2003 · King’s College London (LLB – Law with European Legal Studies)
  3. 2001 – 2002 · University of Leiden (part of degree at King’s College)

Lawyer Rankings

London > Employment > Employers

Watson Farley & Williams LLP advises on the employment aspects of transactions, including in sectors such as renewable energy development and investment management. The team is jointly led by Devan Khagram, a maritime employment law expert, and aviation and financial services expert Anna Robinson. Senior associate Aarti Jagpal is also recommended.

London > Employment > Immigration

Watson Farley & Williams LLP has carved out a niche advising clients in the maritime sector in relation to the full range of immigration issues, as this is one of the firm’s core sector focusses, alongside the energy sector and tech and digital spaces. Co-head of the practice Devan Khagram leads the work in these sectors, and has particular expertise in matters concerning the relocation of executives in companies with complex structures. Anna Robinson co-heads the team, and has a focus on complex settlement and naturalisation applications as part of a broader practice assisting HNW individuals.