Anita Vasisht
Head of the immigration department, Immigration department., Wilson Solicitors LLP
- Phone020 8885 7917
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Work Department
Immigration department.
Position
Newly appointed head of Wilsons' immigration department, Anita leads our national security team working on cases involving closed material procedures before SIAC and the administrative court.
She also has vast experience in all areas of immigration work and has specialist level knowledge of asylum cases from North Africa, the Middle East (in particular Palestinian and Syrian cases) and the former Soviet republics.
Recently, Anita represented Syrian human rights activist and Oscar nominated and BAFTA winning film maker, Waad Al-Kateab, who fled Syria fearing for her life.
Career highlights include representing high profile Algerian former billionaire Rafik Khelifa in the first ever extradition case involving Algeria.
Anita's work has taken her to Moscow, Beirut, Tunis, Istanbul, Frankfurt and Beirut. Anita has also spent time in the southern Lebanon Palestinian refugee camps.
Education
Roan School for Girls, Greenwich; University of Surrey (1992 Law Society Finals; 1990 BSc (hons) French, Russian and Law).