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Keystone Law Offices
48 CHANCERY LANE
LONDON
WC2A 1JF
England
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Sharmila Mehta
Work Department
Immigration
Position
Sharmila is a specialist UK immigration and nationality lawyer with more than 25 years’ experience in the field, working with senior executives, finance houses and multinational companies. She has particular experience in Tier 2 licence, compliance and global mobility issues.
Sharmila works extensively with international family offices and prominent individuals from around the globe, helping them make the UK their home.
Sharmila represents a number of business sectors at Home Office forums and committees working to shape government policy and UKVI procedures.
Career
Sharmila qualified as a solicitor in 1992. Prior to joining Keystone Law in 2020, she worked at the following firms:
- Farrer & Co
- Magrath
- Glenisters Solicitors
Lawyer Rankings
London > Employment > Immigration
Keystone Law advises on all aspects of corporate immigration, including issues relating to sponsorships, visa applications and settlement. Working in collaboration with the employment department, the group also has considerable expertise in compliance and can assist clients with auditing the workforce and internal processes. Tsige Berhanu, Sharmila Mehta, Jayanti Mitra-Valdes, Nicola Richards and Dhruti Thakrar are key names in the group.
London > Employment > Immigration: personal
Keystone Law advises on a broad range of personal immigration matters, such as advising clients applying to enter the UK as an investor or innovator, those joining family members, or those applying for British Citizenship; the group also has notable expertise in the EU Settlement Scheme. The team consists of multiple immigration specialists with broad ranging expertise; some key names include Christine Chiew, Tsige Berhanu, Sharmila Mehta, Dhruti Thakrar, Jayanti Mitra-Valdes and Nicola Richards.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Private client > Court of protection
- Corporate and commercial > International business reorganisations
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Licensing
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Real estate > Residential property
Firm Rankings
- Employment > Senior executives
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Family
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Gaming and betting
- Finance > Islamic finance
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
- Transport > Travel
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Transport > Aviation
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: defendant
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: corporate and commercial
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: regulatory
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Employment > Immigration: personal
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Insurance > Insurance litigation: for policyholders
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Music
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Insurance > Personal injury: defendant
- Transport > Shipping
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Employment > Employers
- Employment > Immigration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Planning
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity and nuclear)
- Real estate > Property litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Private client > Court of protection
- Insurance > Professional negligence