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20 Bonhill Street
London
EC2A 4DN
England
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Ilda De Sousa
Work Department
Immigration.
Position
Ilda is a partner in the immigration team with more than 19 years of UK corporate immigration law experience, managing large company clients as well as handling complex matters for individuals, British nationality applications, appeals, judicial reviews and applications under European Law including Brexit related advice. Ilda also has extensive knowledge and experience in all aspects of the Points Based System, including assisting employers with sponsor licence applications, to include advising on their compliance obligations. Equally, she has extensive experience in advising entrepreneurs and high-net worth individuals.
Ilda has spoken on matters of immigration law for several distinguished organisations throughout her career. She has also written several articles on a variety of subjects relating to UK Immigration law.
Career
UK country manager Emigra Europe Limited; associate ASG Immigration; Kingsley Napley LLP.
Ilda is a South African qualified attorney and a British qualified solicitor who joined the firm in January 2010.
Languages
Portuguese and Afrikaans.
Memberships
Ilda is a member of the Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association (ILPA) and the International Bar Association (IBA).
Education
University of the North West, South Africa (Bachelor in Jurisprudence; LLB).
Lawyer Rankings
London > Employment > Immigration
(Leading partners)Led by corporate immigration veteran Nicolas Rollason
, the group at Kingsley Napley LLP has a ‘bespoke client service which is second to none‘, particularly in the media, entertainment, sport, tech and financial and legal services sectors. The ‘high touch service‘ also extends to hospitality and similar industries that are frequently targeted by the Home Office with adverse decisions and compliance inspections. The group regularly advises on immigration issues such as inward investment, illegal working, corporate restructure and criminal convictions advice, and can also leverage the firm’s full-service offering to provide a holistic service to clients. Marcia Longdon is an expert in corporate immigration work relating to M&A, Ilda De Sousa is highly knowledgeable in issues involving the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement as well as in the tech sector, and Kim Vowden represents a variety of clients on a broad range of business immigration issues. The group also includes Robert Houchill, who has expertise in corporate immigration matters such as sponsor license applications and compliance, and Emma Dauriac, who has unique capabilities advising French companies on their UK immigration needs.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Crime: general
- Private client > Family
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Employment > Immigration
- Employment > Immigration: human rights
- Employment > Immigration: personal
- Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
- Employment > Senior executives
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Dispute resolution > Costs lawyers
- Private client > Court of protection
- Private client > Family: mediation
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Employment > Health and safety
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Real estate > Residential property
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- Public sector > Education: individuals
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Licensing
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Employment > Employers
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Real estate > Property finance
- Risk advisory > ESG