Lisa Parsons

Lisa is Head of the Immigration Team and a Senior Associate in the firm.

Main areas of practice

Lisa has over 20 years’ experience as an immigration specialist with a particular focus on business immigration.

Lisa has extensive experience in many different types of immigration applications, both for businesses and individuals. She advises in relation to skilled worker visas, Global Business Mobility visas, business and general visitor visas as well as those for family settlement, UK Ancestry and British nationality applications. She also advises Higher Education Institutions who sponsor international students.

Significant experience

She has a significant business immigration practice and regularly advises clients on sponsor licences for UK businesses, compliance and right to work issues, as well as substantive applications for sponsored migrants and their dependents. She has also provided strategic advice to corporate clients in respect of global mobility policies.

She provides training sessions for corporate clients on maintaining their sponsor licence, the duties and responsibilities of Authorising Officers and using the Home Office sponsorship management system, as well as undertaking compliance audits for clients.

Clients

Lisa advises a range of companies and businesses in many different sectors. She also advises high net worth individuals, as well as Higher Education Institutions.

Expertise

• Immigration