England - East Midlands • Employment
Shoosmiths LLP
The immigration team at Shoosmiths LLP is among the largest in the Midlands, housing a business and personal immigration desk that advises employers on right to work checks, sponsorship and visa applications, and supports individuals in their applications for indefinite leave to remain. Director Rachel Harvey is ‘proactive’ and ’pragmatic in her approach’ and is the lead practitioner in the Nottingham office.
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Testimonials
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‘Working with Shoosmiths, Rachel Harvey in particular, we receive practical, down to earth business advice. We've managed to build a good, collaborative partnership with Rachel to seamlessly achieve our business outcomes.’
‘Rachel Harvey is pragmatic in her approach. Easy to get along with and I feel at ease asking any questions, even if they seem silly. Rachel is also proactive, picking up on bits of information to make sure she's helping protect our Company proactively.’
‘We get high standard Immigration support with very proactive approach so we can aim to implement the best practice and mitigate any risks.’
‘Rachel Harvey is our key contact, her and her team are very responsive, supportive, whilst we maintain compliant. We also get very sound advice in some of the tricky situations, and I fully trust their advice and judgement.’
Key clients
- Urban Creation Limited
- Cityfibre Holdings Limited
- Coloplast Limited
- SC Johnson Professional Limited
- Sandvik Holdings Limited
- John Deere Limited
- ATS Euromaster Limited
- University of Northampton
Work highlights
- Instructed to act on behalf of a Championship football club in respect of all its immigration requirements for players, managers and backroom staff.
- Advising an international engineering company on a major infrastructure project and obtaining global business mobility visas for engineers.
- Advising a retail conglomerate in respect of its immigration requirements, sponsorship duties and the recruitment/retention of overseas talent.
Lawyers
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Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Rachel Harvey