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Wilson Solicitors LLP
697 HIGH ROAD
TOTTENHAM
LONDON
N17 8AD
England

Living Wage

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Work Department

Immigration.

Position

Ana specialises in asylum and immigration. Her main areas of expertise are human trafficking, gender/sexuality-based persecution claims and EU law. She has conducted many cases in the immigration courts, Court of Appeal and Administrative Court. Ana has a growing practice in human trafficking cases, EU law applications and privately funded matters. Ana successfully represented the country guidance case of AM and BM (Trafficked women) Albania CG [2010] UKUT 80 (IAC), the first human trafficking case to come before the Court of Appeal, PO (Nigeria) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] EWCA Civ 132, the country guidance cases of AB (Protection – Criminal Gangs – Internal Relocation) Jamaica and MK (Lesbians) Albania, and in the Supreme Court case of RT [2012] UKSC38 on political opinion.

Career

Trained Wilson Solicitors LLP; qualified 2003; partner 2010 to date; awarded Level 3 (advanced caseworker) accreditation 2010.

Languages

Spanish, Portuguese.

Memberships

ILPA; Anti-Trafficking Legal Group (ATLeP).

Education

Centro de Ensenanzas Integradas, Spain; Universidade de A Coruna (1994 Spanish Employment/Business Law; 1999 LLDip); College of Law, London (2001 LPC).

Lawyer Rankings

London > Employment > Immigration: personal

(Leading partners)

Ana Gonzalez  – Wilson Solicitors LLP

Praised as ‘a leading firm in a highly competitive and fast-changing sector‘, Wilson Solicitors LLP has a well-established personal immigration offering. In addition to an exceptional practice in the field of asylum, human rights and deportation work, the group has considerable expertise representing EU nationals applying for settled status for themselves and family members, as well as handling family visa applications, citizenship issues and Global Talent visas. Anita Vasisht leads the group, supported by Ana Gonzalez, a ‘wonderful solicitor and advocate‘ who specialises in all aspects of asylum and personal immigration, and Muhunthan Paramesvaran. Matthew Davies, who has a broad personal immigration practice, is also a key contact, and senior consultant Michael Hanley also contributes to the practice.

London > Employment > Immigration: human rights

(Leading partners)

Ana Gonzalez  – Wilson Solicitors LLP

Providing ‘large-scale representation in immigration and asylum cases at consistently high quality’, Wilson Solicitors LLP is a reputed group of immigration lawyers in the field of asylum, human rights and deportation. The group has notable expertise in detention issues and cases before the Special Immigration Appeals Commission, and represents a broad range of clients, including victims of trafficking and modern slavery and asylum seekers from countries such as Somalia, Afghanistan and Ukraine. The practice is led by ‘insightful and strategicAnita Vasisht, an expert in complex asylum and national security cases, and supported by Ana Gonzalez, who specialises in all aspects of asylum and personal immigration, and Muhunthan Paramesvaran, who regularly litigates in the higher courts. The group also includes Matthew Davies, who focuses on complex immigration issues, ‘true trailblazerMichael Hanley, who specialises in complex nationality work as well as work at the intersection of immigration and family law, and ‘strategic lawyerMarcela Navarrete, head of the firm’s detention service. Chris McKendry is key contact for political and national security cases.