Senior Citizenship and Immigration Associate

This is an exciting opportunity to join an international law firm who provide specialist legal services to private and commercial clients.

They are best known for their family and private client work and are widely regarded as one of the very best of the small number of firms in the UK who provide these specialist services at the highest level.

The department offers a full range of immigration services including all visa categories, Indefinite Leave to Remain and British nationality applications.

The Role

• The successful candidate must have broad range of public law, international protection, and immigration experience, with an emphasis on private political asylum (frequently with parallel extradition proceedings)#
• Also knowledge in Interpol applications, judicial review, First Tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal appeals, as well as discretionary and human rights based immigration applications.
• Ideally you will have an interest in politics (international and domestic), business and commerce, be culturally sensitive, and have experience of working with high-net worth individuals.

The Individual

• Qualified in England and Wales with 5-6 years’ PQE.
• Strong academics.
• High quality training and experience.
• You will be ambitious, technically strong, hard-working, and a good team player.
• Confident and sociable as well as discrete when dealing directly with clients.

Key Skills:

• Flexibility - you are able to respond to new challenges, work under pressure and get up to speed very quickly with new factual scenarios. The great thing about this role is its breadth, you are never bored.
• Strong Research Ability - able to identify and advise on the legal position in the first instance, able to analyse complex legal and factual scenarios.
• Experience of preparing first drafts of substantive documents, such as Letters Before Action, Witness Statements, Expert Instructions and Legal Representations.
• Experience of court procedure, particularly in the First Tier Tribunal, Upper Tribunal, Westminster Magistrates Court, and the High Court Admin Division.
• Project management - to include financial management, provision of estimates, billing, and a thorough understanding of Solicitors Accounts Rules.
• Highly organised including ability to run document management within wider teams and for large cases being prepared for court.
• Good people skills and managerial ability with juniors to include trainees, paralegals and junior associates.

If you are interested in this position, and you meet the requirements of the role, please click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV. Alternatively, if you would like to discuss this opportunity further, please contact Kean Smith for a confidential discussion.

Our advertisements use salary and experience as a guide only. Interlink Recruitment is an equal opportunities employer.

*Please Note: Due to the high volume of applications we are currently receiving we are unable to contact applicants who have been unsuccessful.