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Westkin Associates is a leading immigration law firm based in Mayfair, London. It has expertise in all areas of UK immigration law, with a particular focus on corporate and private business immigration as well as EEA law, human rights and appeals.

The firm: The services Westkin provides and the responsibility that it has in assisting clients in often complex and stressful matters has been recognised and have added to its standing within immigration law. Westkin's immigration lawyers have over 20 years experience in providing stellar immigration advice and services in all aspects of immigration law. Westkin is proud of its reputation as one of the best immigration law firms in London and is committed to providing a specialist level of service to all its clients.

Its lawyers are from diverse backgrounds (over 15 different countries) and over 20 different languages are spoken. Westkin Associates advocates diversity in all areas; this is a method that provides us with the capabilities to be able to expand and network internationally from clients across the globe.

Westkin is headed by leading immigration and human rights law barrister Amir Zaidi. Prior to founding Westkin Associates, Amir practised as an immigration barrister at 1 Mitre Court Buildings. Amir was called to the Bar in 1999 and specialised in immigration (personal and business), nationality and human rights law for over 11 years.

Amir built up a strong reputation across the courts and among immigration lawyers as a leading practitioner within all areas of personal and corporate immigration law. He is well known for his unshakeable commitment to achieving outstanding results for all his immigration clients.

Types of work undertaken: Westkin is a leading immigration law firm with practice teams in all aspects of inbound UK immigration and nationality law, human rights, and corporate and private individual facilitation. It focuses on providing unsurpassed representation to corporations, professionals, high-net-worth individuals and all those in need of efficient, honest and effective advice.

Its practice areas within immigration law are split into two main divisions (corporate and private client).

The corporate teams deal with small and medium enterprises, and also represent many international companies, who require facilitation with relocating overseas branches and their employees. Westkin Associates can assist companies with the immigration and corporate immigration aspects of mergers and acquisitions.

The private client teams assist individuals with all aspects of immigration advice, whether clients are looking to invest in the UK, start up businesses in the UK, EEA advice, advice on appeals/representation in the immigration tribunals/courts, nationality and human rights and asylum, The team provides advice and representation on all areas of UK immigration law.

Westkin excels in providing clients with efficiency, speed, expertise and professionalism in its advice and representation.

Languages

  • Arabic
  • Farsi
  • Russian
  • Ukrainian
  • Spanish
  • Italian
  • Malay
  • Mandarin Chinese
  • Cantonese
  • Turkish

Staffing Figures

  • 1 Number of UK partners
  • 20 Number of other UK fee-earners