Immigration

Business Immigration: A Global Guide From Practical Law, 2nd Edition

By Laura Devine
Sweet & Maxwell U.K. June 2016

Specifications

ISBN-13
9780414057357
Publisher
Sweet & Maxwell U.K.
Publication
June 2016
Format
Hardback
Jurisdiction
International ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

This second edition of Business Immigration (formerlyImmigration Law: Jurisdictional Comparisons) provides essential reading for International Corporate lawyers and general counsel.

With commentary from leading lawyers, the guide gives an overview of the key issues in relation to business immigration law across 21 key jurisdictions.

The Q&A addresses a range of topics across each jurisdiction including:-

  • information on the jurisdiction's sources of immigration law
  • relevant governmental entaties
  • requirements for unsponsored and sponsored immigration
  • requirements for sponsors
  • civil and criminal penalties for sponsors
  • common issues and concerns
  • dependents
  • settlement and citizenship
  • recent trends and proposals for reform

Table of Contents

  • Relevant Governmental Entities
  • Sources and Conflicts of Law
  • Business Immigration
  • Dependants
  • Settlement and Citizenship
  • Present Climate and future Legislation
  • Resources

About the Author

GENERAL EDITOR

Laura Devine is recognised as the highest nominated UK immigration practitioner by interviewees worldwide in Who’s Who Legal 2008, 2009 and 2010. She is head of a large niche immigration firm with an office in London and an associated office in New York which provide UK and US immigration advice to a broad range of clients. Together the offices are described as a "transatlantic powerhouse". Her team of 18 specialist lawyers is identified as an ‘immensely capable team’ with a ‘sheer number of first-class practitioners’ with technical expertise, approachability and exceptional client service.

Laura is the UK representative of the International Bar Association Immigration Committee, a council member of the Law Society and sits on the Law Society Immigration Committee.  She is a fellow of the Center for International Legal Studies, a member of the Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association, the American Immigration Lawyers Association. She is the immigration correspondent for the Law Society Gazette and a contributor to Tottel’s Immigration Asylum and Nationality Law.

Laura is an English solicitor and a US attorney with an LLM from the London School of Economics. She established the immigration practices at Coopers & Lybrand (now PWC) and Eversheds, before establishing her own law firm in June 2003 which is rated in all legal directories in the top tier of immigration firms.

She is a visiting lecturer at Queen Mary University London. Laura has visited over 70 countries.

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