Mills & Reeve LLP has a full service national immigration service with strong capabilities in business immigration. The ‘pragmatic and responsive’ group advises on a broad range of corporate immigration issues, including a variety of visa application and compliance concerns, and has particular expertise with clients in the education, health, charity, life sciences, tech, sports and private wealth sectors. The group is led by Alex Russell, who has a broad corporate immigration practice.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘The team are very approachable and responsive. They have a mix of specialist and general advice across all areas of employment law and employing people generally.'

  • ‘All of the people we work with are pragmatic and responsive. ’

Key clients

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

Work highlights

  • Advised a tech client on the sponsorship of staff for Skilled Worker visas.
  • Advised a manufacturing business in registering as a sponsor for Skilled Worker visas under the points based system.
  • Delivered immigration training to the HR team of a leading UK University.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Alex Russell