Expertise
Laura Devine is recognised as the highest nominated UK immigration practitioner by interviewees worldwide in Who’s Who Legal 2008 and 2009. 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. Her team of 15 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, and the New York State Bar. 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. |