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Alex Paterson
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Managing partner.
Position
Alex is managing partner of Fragomen’s London office. She represents some of the world’s largest companies across a diverse industry base ranging from pharmaceuticals, technology, FMCG, advertising/media, to financial services and management consultancy. Alex has extensive experience of advising on complex UK immigration matters and she assists companies with wide-ranging multijurisdictional project requirements, with a particular focus on the EMEA region. Alex advises companies on design and implementation of strategic global and regional immigration programmes to facilitate effective movement of resources, whilst ensuring full compliance. Key areas of work over the last year has been and continues to be the Points Based System (PBS) rolled out by the UK Border Agency from November 2008. Alex has supported many companies through the Sponsorship Licence application and advises on required compliance, monitoring and record-keeping obligations, together with Tiers 1, 2, 4 and 5 matters and changing requirements. In addition, Alex advises on a range of other immigration matters, including applications on behalf of high-net-worth individuals/entrepreneurs, family immigration matters, settlement and nationality. Alex also has responsibility for Fragomen’s PBS Consult Team (with its audit function) and its UK Government Liaison Team. She has consulted with key government stakeholders on a number of policy matters and refinements to PBS over this year. She also represents companies in government lobby exercises. Alex is a speaker, panellist and moderator at global seminars and corporate events covering multijurisdictional and cross border immigration issues including the UK and EMEA.
Career
Trained Denton Hall Solicitors, London; qualified 1995; partner Fragomen 2007. Prior to joining Fragomen, Ms Paterson worked in private legal practice, specialising in the field of immigration law. She led the immigration team at Garretts (Andersen Legal) for five years and, prior to this, worked at the boutique immigration firm Gherson & Co. Publications of note: Corporate Guide to Expatriate Employment in the UK, 2008/9.
Languages
English, French.
Member
Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association, Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants; the American Immigration Lawyers’ Association and International Bar Association.
Education
University of Kent at Canterbury (1990 Bachelor of Arts Degree with Honours); College of Law, Guildford (1991 Common Professional Law Qualification); College of Law, Guildford (1992 Law Society Finals (Hons)).
Practice Areas
Immigration
