MAGRATH - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Department: Employment
Adele is a Partner and head of Magrath Sheldrick's Employment Department. Her practice covers all aspects of contentious and non-contentious Employment Law. She has a client base ranging from multinational PLC's to small companies as well as private individuals.
Adele qualified as a Solicitor in 1998 and is a Partner and head of Magrath Sheldrick's Employment Department. Her practice covers all aspects of contentious and non-contentious Employment Law. She has a client base ranging from multinational PLC's to small companies as well as private individuals.
Adele frequently advises on the drafting and enforcement of confidentiality obligations, restrictive covenants, garden leave, contract terminations and injunction proceedings. Adele has extensive experience of Employment Tribunals and High Court Litigation and frequently advises companies and senior executives on termination of employment, breaches of contract and severance terms. Adele regularly provides to HR support to numerous organisations, acting as an advisor and sounding board, as well as providing clinics, training courses and workshops.
Adele advises on all aspects of the employment relationship, from recruitment to termination, including drafting and changing terms of employment, disciplinary and grievance issues, data protection, confidential information, whistle-blowing, TUPE, equality and diversity, redundancy procedures, capability and severance. Adele regularly lectures on Employment Law and is the co-author of "A Practical Guide to Disciplinary, Grievance & Performance Management", which was published by Legalease in September 2004.
In addition to her employment practice Adele has advised employers on their data protection obligations and employee data rights since the Data Protection Act 1998 came into force. Adele heads the firm's growing data protection team advising clients on their rights and responsibilities under the GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018, particularly in relation to dealing with subject access request, internal data security and cross boarder data transfers.
Job Titles:
- Department: UK Immigration
- Immigration Associate
Job Titles:
- Trainee Solicitor
- Department: UK Immigration
I joined Magrath Sheldrick in February 2022 and work as a Paralegal within the UK Immigration department.
Job Titles:
- Trainee Solicitor
- Department: UK Immigration
I am a Trainee Solicitor within the UK Immigration Department
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Department: UK Immigration
Job Titles:
- Department: US Immigration
- Head of Global Immigration
Antonia is a dual qualified UK/Hong Kong lawyer who lived and worked in Hong Kong for a number of years where she also sat on the British Chamber of Commerce Women in Business Committee and regularly hosted meetings.
Antonia is a dual qualified UK/Hong Kong lawyer who lived and worked in Hong Kong for a number of years where she also sat on the British Chamber of Commerce Women in Business Committee and regularly hosted meetings.
Antonia was also admitted as a lawyer in Ireland in 2018 by The Law Society of Ireland.
With a focus on Asia Pacific, Antonia's specialism is corporate and high net worth personal immigration, providing advice on and managing international cross-border projects involving several jurisdictions throughout the Asia Pacific Region. She is a recognised Immigration lawyer with a client base drawn from a broad range of industries internationally and she acts for start-up businesses to multinationals. Her work covers industry sectors such as law firms, investment banks, airline leasing companies, auction-houses, high-end fashion houses and restaurants. Antonia also focuses on complex personal immigration matters such as permanent residence and citizenship options in the APAC region.
Antonia regularly handles global projects for a range of global jurisdictions including EMEA, liaising with Employment and Tax lawyers to structure global moves and ensure clients receive a seamless service with personal focus.
Antonia provides training for clients and regularly comments for legal publications and news media including The South China Morning Post in Hong Kong.
Antonia has been recognized in the Legal 500 for "providing practical and commercial advice" and "always responsive even in demanding time frames".
Job Titles:
- Department: US Immigration
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Department: UK Immigration
I specialise in corporate immigration providing business immigration advice to multinational companies and financial institutions
Job Titles:
- Managing Partner
- Co - Editor of the Corporate Immigration Review
- Department: UK Immigration
- Member of the Investment Migration Council
- Member of the Union Internationale Des Avocats
Ben is Co-Editor of the Corporate Immigration Review, an annual publication that identifies trends in Global Immigration Law issues attracting contributions from leading immigration and nationality practitioners around the world.
Ben is particularly interested in the development of immigration policy and the way successive UK governments have approached the conflict between the need to attract talent and investment from overseas and the political difficulties resulting from a popular perception of the negative impact of mass migration and weak immigration controls.
Ben is a member of the Union Internationale des Avocats ("UIA") and sits on their Human Rights Commission.
Ben is also a member of the Investment Migration Council, which is an association for citizenship-by-investment professionals and stakeholders. He is also a member of Chatham House.
Ben is the firm's Managing Partner and leads the Immigration Department
Ben joined the firm in 2000 and became Managing Partner in 2014.
He has been recognised for many years as a leading UK Immigration expert by the legal community and he is ranked for his expertise in Immigration Law by the main professional directories; Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners. He also appears in Legal Experts (published by Legal Business) and he is rated by Global Law Experts. He is recognised in Who's Who Legal as a thought leader on Brexit. He has also been named as a Who's Who Legal Thought Leader on Corporate Immigration.
Ben has acted as immigration counsel to many household name multinational companies. In particular, he has worked for a number of major City institutions operating within the financial services sector in London. He has spoken on numerous occasions to the International Mobility Banking roundtable and other leading professional bodies.
He also guides media and arts organisations in planning the movement of talent between the UK and the European Union. He has worked with the Society of London Theatres in preparing for the new immigration framework following the UK's departure from the single market.
He has experience in strategic immigration planning for large organisations and he assists international assignment departments and human resource managers in developing compliance and Legal Right to Work ("LRTW") policies. This work has become increasingly important given the emphasis on devolved responsibility within Skilled Worker policy.
Job Titles:
- Personal Assistant
- Department: UK Immigration
Job Titles:
- Partner - Head of Dispute Resolution