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Elena Hinchin
Work Department
Private Client - International
Position
Elena has nearly 10 years’ experience in Immigration Law. She built up her expertise at a specialist immigration firm and more recently at a multi-family office. She has particular experience in providing strategic immigration advice to high net worth individuals, professionals and family offices in respect of relocation to the UK. This includes personal immigration matters as well as family and staff migration.
Elena also has vast expertise in complex immigration matters, including political asylum claims and immigration appeals. She has acted for clients before the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal, in Judicial Review applications and in applications to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. She advises clients from a broad range of jurisdictions, including Russia & the CIS regions, the Middle East, Far East and the USA.
Career
Gherson Solicitors 2006-2014, multi-family office acting for HNWIs 2014-2015. Joined Farrer&Co in 2015.
Languages
Fluent in Russian and Hebrew
Memberships
Immigration Law Practitioners Associations; Law Society of England and Wales
Education
LLB (Hons) – University of Essex LPC – College of Law
Lawyer Rankings
London > Employment > Immigration
Farrer & Co
‘is very highly regarded in acting for HMW individuals in complex matters’, bringing the full-service offering of the wider firm to its immigration mandates for both domestic and international clients. The firm’s wider litigation capabilities make it well-placed to assist in contentious matters, and the firm is noted for its track record in relation to politically sensitive matters. The team continues to grow with the hire of senior counsel Adam Hoefel from Gherson LLP, who is experienced in handling complex applications for HNW individuals. Practice head Elena Hinchin ‘has unparalleled experience, strategic judgment, and is excellent with clients’, and similarly focusses primarily on handling mandates for HNW and UHNW individuals, senior executives, and family-based applications. Counsel Lee Jackson is also a key contact for this work.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Public sector > Education: schools
- Private client > Family
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Theatre, publishing and other media
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Residential property
- Employment > Senior executives
Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Education: institutions
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Investment fund formation and management > Retail funds
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Employment > Employers
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Employment > Immigration
- Real estate > Property litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Real estate > Planning
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Real estate > Property finance
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration