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Laura Devine Immigration Offices
100 CANNON STREET
LONDON
EC4N 6EU
England
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Natasha Chell
Work Department
UK immigration
Position
Partner and Head of Risk and Compliance
Career
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, Natasha provides strategic advice and practical focused training on ways to improve business systems to prevent non-compliance.
Natasha acts for a broad spectrum of clients, ranging from individuals and start-up businesses to major multinationals. She manages some of the firm’s largest and 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.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Employment > Immigration
(Leading individuals)Laura Devine Immigration leverages the wide-ranging experience of its ‘exceptionally capable‘ team, which acts across the full gamut of immigration work, substantively working with immigration-related organisations ‘to achieve legislative and policy changes‘. Laura Devine
heads the entire firm while Sophie Barrett-Brown leads the business practice, Barrett-Brown being described as ‘a stand-out individual and leader in the immigration law sector‘ for her work in personal immigration. Natasha Chell works at the intersection of business and personal matters, advising senior executives, HNW individuals, and families, while Christi Hufford Jackson heads the US immigration team in both New York and London, providing a market-leading US immigration service. The firm’s offering, particularly in relation to human rights, appeals, and overstays, has been strengthened with the promotion of Zeena Luchowa, Matthew Wills, and Francesca Sciberras to partner in June 2023, with Luchowa and Wills now leading on work in this area.