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Mishcon de Reya LLP
AFRICA HOUSE
70 KINGSWAY
LONDON
WC2B 6AH
England

Work Department

Mishcon Private

Position

Hannah is a Partner in Mishcon Private, specialising in Immigration. She advises both high net worth individuals and businesses on a range of UK Immigration matters, covering the Points Based System, ancestry visas, European free movement rights, long residence applications, family based applications, and litigation matters in the Immigration Tribunal. Many of Hannah’s cases are of an exceptional, complex and multi-jurisdictional nature.

Hannah is also part of the firm’s business immigration group advising clients in relation to corporate immigration matters. She has assisted both employees and employers with sponsor licence applications, including the prevention of illegal working through the conduct of audits to ensure compliance with Legal Right to Work Checks and immigration processes within company HR systems.

Many of her clients wish to obtain Indefinite Leave to Remain in the UK and subsequent British citizenship. This often involves complex matters requiring the provision of long term strategic advice.

Hannah regularly assists clients with second citizenship applications and has spent time in different countries regarding economic citizenship programmes.

Hannah represents the Mishcon Immigration Group at the Home Office’s Business User Forum, liaising with the Home Office on key developments and issues affecting clients.

Career

Partner, Mishcon de Reya LLP
Legal Director, Mishcon de Reya LLP
Managing Associate, Mishcon de Reya LLP
Associate, Mishcon de Reya LLP
Solicitor, Mishcon de Reya
Trainee, Mishcon de Reya

Education

BBP Holborn – Legal Practice Course
University of Kent, Canterbury – Law LLB

Lawyer Rankings

London > Employment > Immigration

(Next Generation Partners)

Hannah Barnett Mishcon de Reya LLP

London > Employment > Immigration: personal

(Next Generation Partners)

Hannah Barnett – Mishcon de Reya LLP

Mishcon de Reya LLP advises on all aspects of personal immigration for a prestigious international client base of HNW and UHNW individuals and families. Described as ‘proactive, practical and commercial in its approach‘, the group has particular expertise in exceptional applications for naturalisation and complex applications for indefinite leave to remain, including cases where applicants have an adverse immigration history. The team also works closely with the firm’s departments in tax and wealth planning, residential real estate and reputation protection, and has additional capabilities handling asylum and humanitarian protection claims for clients experiencing corporate persecution. Practice head Steven Bostock, also qualified with the State Bar of California and capable of advising clients on their US immigration needs, has a broad immigration practice that includes expertise in all UK HNW visa categories. Kamal Rahman advises clients such as investors and entrepreneurs on all aspects of establishing a base in the UK, and Maria Patsalos acts for entrepreneurs, royalty and sportspeople, specialising in political asylum and obtaining second residencies and citizenships. Lucy Humphreys and Jessica Good both have extensive experience in human rights and asylum claims, and David Deane specialises in all aspects of UK immigration law, particularly complex British citizenship applications. Becca Hird and Hannah Barnett are other key figures in personal immigration.