Profile

Amy is a Solicitor at Laura Devine Immigration and advises both corporate and private clients on a wide range of business and personal immigration matters. Primarily specialising in corporate immigration, she has expertise advising on the Skilled Worker and Global Business Mobility routes, handling sponsorship license applications and ensuring clients remain compliant with their sponsorship duties. Amy also advises on a range of personal immigration matters, including the EU Settlement Scheme, naturalisation applications and applications based on private and family life.

Wilfrid is a Solicitor at Laura Devine Immigration. Primarily specialising in corporate immigration, including skilled worker, corporate compliance and sponsor licence applications, Wilfrid also has wide-ranging experience in assisting with various types of personal immigration matters, including settlement applications, applications on the basis of family life and the EU Settlement Scheme. Wilfrid has also gathered wide experience in assisting with human rights matters and complex nationality applications, including naturalisation and registration applications, and advising on eligibility for British citizenship.

Ludovica is a Solicitor who has been specialising in UK immigration and nationality law for over 7 years.

At Laura Devine Immigration, Ludovica advises both corporate and private clients on a wide range of personal, business and human rights immigration matters. Ludovica’s experience includes facilitating immigration solutions for multinational companies, preparing nationality applications, assisting with complex family matters and advising on discretionary applications made on the grounds of Article 8 ECHR rights. She has developed a particular expertise in preparing sponsor licence applications for companies ranging from technology start-ups to large multinationals, as well as preparing Skilled Worker applications for their employees.

Ludovica previously worked in the firm’s PSL team, where she was responsible for developing the team’s prominent technical knowledge by analysing new legislative and policy changes and streamlining client advice systems. She also previously specialised in European free movement law and EU Settlement Scheme applications, delivering numerous presentations and training on Brexit and its legal implications.

Ludovica is a member of the British Italian Law Association.

Emily is a Paralegal with the UK team at Laura Devine Immigration in London.  She assists in work for a variety of clients ranging from high net worth individuals to corporate entities. Emily is experienced in providing support on general immigration applications, asylum matters and human rights cases.

Natasha is a Partner and Head of Risk and Compliance at Laura Devine Immigration (LDI) in London.

With 20 years’ experience in UK immigration law, nationality and EU free movement, Natasha is praised by legal directories for being a “polished professional with an excellent client manner, who inspires complete confidence and consistently provides well thought out advice”. She is “well known in the UK market for her impressive work handling immigration and free movement matters”.

Natasha advises on complex sponsorship matters including assisting clients with ensuring immigration compliance following corporate restructures. With substantial experience and interest in the prevention of illegal working and risk management strategies, she provides strategic advice on sponsorship compliance and remedies. Offering practical and focused training on ways to improve business systems to prevent non-compliance, she has an impressive record in assisting clients in maintaining an A rating with the Home Office despite previous non-compliance.

Acting for a broad spectrum of clients, ranging from individuals and start-up businesses to major multinationals, Natasha manages some of the firm’s highest profile corporate clients, including international financial service providers, insurance businesses, exclusive fashion, retail and entertainment organisations. She also advises senior executives and high net worth individuals on their immigration options.

As a skilled and practised speaker, Natasha is frequently invited to present to clients and contacts at events across the UK. She is a prolific writer on UK immigration for both the HR media and leading legal research provider, LexisNexis.

Sophie is Senior Partner and Head of UK Practice at Laura Devine Solicitors.  Recognised for many years by legal directories as a leading expert in UK immigration and nationality law, she is described as being “the best immigration lawyer in the country” and “a force to be reckoned with in the field”; “she sees the big picture and has a thorough and sound historic knowledge which is needed in a subject matter which is constantly changing”.

Sophie’s clients are drawn from all sectors and range from multinational corporations to entrepreneurs, high net worth individuals and families.

Sophie has extensive experience in all aspects of UK business immigration and nationality law and EU free movement. She is skilled in all Tiers of the points-based system (PBS), including sponsored migrants, entrepreneur and investor routes as well as discretionary applications.

Sophie is also widely regarded for her policy work, regularly participating in policy consultations and working parties, including managing the company’s numerous submissions to the Migration Advisory Committee’s (MAC), Home office and the Home Affairs Select Committee, to which she has provided evidence on a number of occasions.

Sophie is a prolific speaker and commentator on immigration topics, presenting internationally and commenting in the general media. Commended for her “generosity in sharing her knowledge” for the benefit of the profession and immigration law practice in the UK. She was previously Chair of the Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association (ILPA) for five years, with which she continues to work extensively on various working groups and training. Sophie is currently a member of the Lexis PSL Editorial Consulting Board and The Law Society Brexit Migration Strategic Reference Group.

Laura is the Managing Partner of Laura Devine Immigration (LDI), a immigration boutique with offices in London and New York providing UK and US immigration advice which has been described as a “transatlantic powerhouse“.

A English solicitor and a US attorney, Laura is recognised as a Who’s Who Legal Thought Leader and was its highest-rated Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) immigration lawyer in 2019, standing out for her “superb work”. Laura and her firm of 80 staff are rated by all leading legal directories in the top tier of immigration firms. Prior to launching the company, she established the immigration practices at Coopers & Lybrand (now PwC) and Eversheds (now Eversheds Sutherland).

LDI is commended in The Times Best Law Firms 2024 for immigration.

Laura is an officer on the International Bar Association (IBA) Immigration Committee and Senior Lawyers Committee. She was a Council Member of the Law Society for eight years and sat on the Law Society Immigration Committee for 15 years. Laura is the immigration correspondent for the Law Society Gazette and editor of Thomson Reuters’ ‘Immigration Law: Jurisdictional Comparisons’. She frequently speaks internationally on immigration, law firm management and women in business.

As Managing Partner, Laura oversees all staff and client matters for both the UK and US teams. She advises on UK and US immigration with a client base spanning all sectors from finance to fashion and corporates to individuals.