Employment and Immigration Team

Trained MacRoberts LLP,2001-2013- Dundas & Wilson LLP (now CMS Cameron McKenna), 2013-2015-MacRoberts LLP, 2015-2019- Partner at Weightmans LLP, 2019-current Employment and Immigration Partner at Brodies LLP.

Qualified in Scotland and England & Wales.

Employment Law Association, ILPA

Elaine heads the firm’s Immigration offering and acts for employers across the UK.

On the immigration side, Elaine has acted for employers in a range of sectors including Universities, financial services organisations, oil and gas, healthcare. She provides advice in relation to Sponsor Licence applications, compliance issues, Skilled Worker visas, business visitors, Innovator/ Start Up, Global Talent visas, Hong Kong BN(O) visas and Student visas.

Elaine also advises employers on the whole spectrum of employment law issues but has a special focus on TUPE and strategic advisory work. She regularly appears in employment tribunals across the UK and is interested in all areas of discrimination law - diversity and inclusion is a passion of hers.

University of Glasgow, LLB (hons) 2:1, Diploma in Legal Practice (with distinction), University of Toronto-LLM