We are seeking a Contract Lawyer with Business Immigration experience to join our busy Employment team on a 3-month contract. This role can be based in either our Manchester or Birmingham office and offers a hybrid working arrangement. The position will be engaged on a competitive day-rate basis via an Umbrella Company.
This opportunity is ideally suited to a lawyer with Business Immigration experience. However, we would also welcome applications from candidates who have experience across a combination of business immigration, personal immigration and employment law matters, and who are keen to develop their expertise within Business Immigration.
You will join a highly regarded team, supporting clients on a broad range of business immigration matters and working closely with colleagues across our national Employment practice.
Your Role
As a key addition to the team, day to day you can expect to be involved with high quality, varied work including:
- Advising on a varied caseload of business immigration matters including skilled worker and global mobility visa applications
- Supporting sponsor licence applications, sponsorship compliance and right to work audits, with the opportunity to take increasing ownership
- Supporting clients with immigration queries
- Providing immigration support on corporate transactions
- Working closely with the wider national Employment team
- Developing your skills, knowledge and business immigration expertise
Your Skills &Experience
You will be/have:
- A qualified Solicitor (SRA or Law Society Registered) with 1-4 years PQE in a business immigration, gained from a specialist immigration team or wider employment team
- A forward thinker, with excellent analytical, communication and organisational skills, you will be self-motivated with the ability to manage workloads and deadlines
- Commercially aware with some exposure to business development, with the ability to maintain and nurture strong client relationships
- Able to develop a deep understanding of your client’s business needs, and act in the best interest of the firm and the client
- Able to contribute to our collaborative culture, with an ambition to assist in the development of junior team members
About TLT
Fast paced, fast growing and forward thinking, TLT is the law firm that helps clients stay one step ahead, and we do the same for our people.
With local, national and international reach, we have over 1,800 people in offices across the UK and a network of partner firms across Europe, India and the US. Over the last few years TLT’s successful growth, delivery of high-quality work and support for colleagues has been consistently recognised by The Times and at the Legal Business, The Lawyer and British Legal Awards.
Our ambition is to create opportunities for what comes next for our clients, recognised as their 1st tier adviser and being valued for our values. We do this in our unique way by creating social value and a dynamic environment where our people are curious, creative and ambitious for their success.
In our open and collaborative culture, we encourage everyone to be their whole self, to have a voice and to contribute to the success of TLT.
