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56 QUEEN ANNE STREET, LONDON, W1G 8LA, ENGLAND
Tel:
Work 020 7486 9524
Fax:
Fax 020 7224 3164
Web:
www.sturtivant.co.uk
Email:

Karen Sturtivant

Tel:
Work +44 20 7486 9524
Email:
Sturtivant & Co

Work Department

Immigration and nationality.

Position

Well-known founder and principal of well-regarded and long-established niche firm providing specialist advice and assistance to corporate and private clients, primarily in relation to the categories of stay based on investment, business and work skills, also the student and family categories, and European Free Movement rights. Acts as specialist consultant/of counsel to larger law firms in UK and overseas providing full service for all non-asylum categories of stay, including appeals. Emphasis on results strategies for clients rather than litigation; extensive experience of applications for British citizenship, and through a network of contacts abroad, able to assist with multi-jurisdictional immigration and nationality problems. No publicly funded work.

Career

Qualified 1980; partner 1982; own firm 1985; second career in law; previous business experience; regular articles and seminars on specialised aspects of UK immigration law and practice.

Languages

French, Spanish.

Member

International Bar Association; Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association; American Immigration Lawyers Association; Editorial Board of Tolley’s ‘Immigration Law and Practice’, Alliance of Business Immigration Lawyers.

Education

City of Westminster College; College of Law, London.

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