Laura Devine Immigration – Legal 500 2021 directory review

2 October 2020

Laura Devine Immigration is delighted to have continued to be ranked Tier 1 in this year’s Legal 500 directory for both Immigration: Business and Immigration: Human Rights, Appeals and Overstay. Testimonials describe Laura Devine Immigration as being ‘an outstanding firm’, and ‘clearly experts in the field of immigration. They probably know it better than any other firm in the UK’. The firm has been praised for being ‘incredibly efficient, coming in under budget and completing the process well within the timeline promised. They took care of the whole process and made it as painless as possible. Would recommend them highly and will certainly use them again.’

Laura Devine and Sophie Barrett-Brown, are included in the immigration Hall of Fame, with Sophie being described as ‘an excellent leader and practitioner’ with ‘a strong team around her.’ Natasha Chell has been ranked as a Leading Individual and is particularly noted for her expertise on compliance and corporate sponsor licences, and her ability to be ‘proactive and solve problems.’

We are also delighted that a number of the firm’s lawyers have been ranked as Rising Stars. Zeena Luchowa has been commended for being ‘an outstanding lawyer’ who ‘combines her dedication and generosity with a fierce intellect’. Francesca Sciberras ‘stands out as she is always willing to go above and beyond to support our employees. She fully understands our business and how it operates and therefore adapts to ensure her service is catered to us.’ Nicolette Bostock has earned praise for being ‘a skilled counsellor, who is a subject matter expert capable of providing practical advice with a solution-oriented focus. She is fantastic.’

Source: Legal 500

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