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Mills & Reeve LLP

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Mills & Reeve LLP‘s Norwich office is a key hub in its firm-wide immigration practice, which ’provides good, sound advice, especially on visa immigration matters'. The firm advises clients in the education, health, charity, life sciences, technology, sports, and private wealth sectors, and it has stellar roster of clients, among them King’s College London, Triumph Motorcycles and Red Gate Software. Clients of practice head Alex Russell praise ‘the clear advice he provides' - he recently assisted a software company with its role as as Level 1 user on a sponsor management. Consultant Tracy Yates is ’very responsive whether the question is complex or simple – everything gets a considered and thorough response‘.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Mills and Reeve provide us with employment and immigration advice for all things in the UK and beyond. As a global organisation with offices in 2 other countries but workers spread across the world, Mills and Reeve use their partner network and connections to provide us with great employment and immigration advice globally. They connect us to the right people internally even on issues we hadn't thought of.’

  • ‘People across their employment and immigration teams are all excellent and thoughtful communicators. They actively listen to the issues and concerns of their clients and ask clear and relevant questions to tailor their advice to needs. They don't make assumptions or sweeping statements, instead they return with clear, comprehensive answers that provide you with all you need.’

  • ‘The team is responsive and provides good, sound advice, especially on visa immigration matters. They have a good knowledge of our business and how to support it in the best way. Their webinars are also full of relevant and insightful information.’

  • ‘I've always been appreciative of and confident in the advice and guidance that the team provides.’

  • ‘Alex Russell instils confidence and assurance which is what we're looking for in order that we are legally compliant and following best practices.’

  • ‘The team has a great depth of knowledge in this subject area. They are always up-to-date with changes in legislation and cases that may impact its interpretation. The webinars they run are excellent in sharing knowledge broadly and they are also very responsive to specific queries and to hold one-on-one discussions on any point.'

  • 'Their support navigating the complicated application processes, licence process and the way visa and immigration services operate is invaluable; they share hints and tips on what the department are looking for to ensure our applications go through smoothly.’

  • ‘Tracy Yates' level of expertise should be noted; her insights into the relevant processes and her support with our prospective employees, supporting them through the complicated and explaining things in a simple way for them and us, stands out. Tracy is very responsive whether the question is complex or simple - everything gets a considered and thorough response.’

Key clients

  • Triumph Motorcycles
  • King’s College London
  • Olympus
  • Anglo Beef Processors
  • Baxter Healthcare
  • Red Gate Software
  • Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
  • Charles River
  • The Sainsbury Laboratory
  • Multiple private individuals

Work highlights

  • Advised a software development company on the sponsorship of staff for Skilled Worker visas.
  • Advised a bank in registering as a sponsor under the points based system.
  • Delivered immigration training to the HR team of a leading UK charity.

Lawyers

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Alex Russell

Other key lawyers

Tracy Yates