Moore Kingston Smith’s legal team launches business immigration services

We’re delighted to announce the launch of our business immigration legal services. The new offering is spearheaded by newly recruited immigration solicitor, Rebecca Hone.

The new business immigration law services sit alongside our existing legal offering for businesses and private individuals.

This includes a corporate arm that helps clients with company law; group reorganisations; investment agreements and Employee Ownership Trusts (EOTs), as well as a private client team assisting with probates and estate administration, Wills and inheritance tax planning, trusts and Lasting Powers of Attorney.

Alongside our colleagues from the Moore Global network, we frequently advise businesses in North America, Europe and Asia as they establish or expand their UK operations. The immigration legal service is born out of increasing demand to help clients have their people in the right locations. Additionally, a private immigration service for high-net-worth individuals seeking guidance on the right to live in the UK, and on visitor and business visa applications forms part of the offering.

As clients face the complexities of applying for sponsor licences to employ migrant workers, the new service helps incorporate and structure UK entities to comply with UK immigration rules, utilise sponsor licences to hire and retain workers, and fulfil reporting and record-keeping responsibilities. In a post-Brexit world, the team helps with the transfer of overseas workers to the UK for European and European Economic Area businesses which now require immigration permission.

The legal service encompasses all aspects of business immigration, from tailored right-to-work training for UK employers, to addressing immigration enforcement notices, illegal working penalties, and the prevention and management of sponsor licence issues. It also extends to mergers & acquisitions, advising on sponsor licence and right-to-work ramifications resulting from a sale, purchase or takeover, and assisting with the transfer of sponsored workers to new entities.

Andrew Bloom, Partner and Head of Legal Services at Moore Kingston Smith comments:

“Rebecca’s expertise adds another important string to our bow and helps serve our corporate and private clients, who increasingly seek immigration law services alongside our existing offering.”

Rebecca Hone, Solicitor at Moore Kingston Smith comments:

“Immigration is rarely straightforward. We make things easier for our clients by providing a service bespoke to their situation, carving innovative, commercially practical solutions where standard routes are not an option.”