
Brodies LLP
Lawyers

Elaine McIlroy
- Phone0141 245 6273
- Emailelaine.mcilroy@brodies.com
Work Department
Employment and Immigration Team
Position
Elaine heads the firm’s Immigration offering and acts for employers across the UK.
On the immigration side, Elaine has acted for employers in a range of sectors including Universities, financial services organisations, oil and gas, healthcare. She provides advice in relation to Sponsor Licence applications, compliance issues, Skilled Worker visas, business visitors, Innovator/ Start Up, Global Talent visas, Hong Kong BN(O) visas and Student visas.
Elaine also advises employers on the whole spectrum of employment law issues but has a special focus on TUPE and strategic advisory work. She regularly appears in employment tribunals across the UK and is interested in all areas of discrimination law - diversity and inclusion is a passion of hers.
Career
Trained MacRoberts LLP,2001-2013- Dundas & Wilson LLP (now CMS Cameron McKenna), 2013-2015-MacRoberts LLP, 2015-2019- Partner at Weightmans LLP, 2019-current Employment and Immigration Partner at Brodies LLP.
Qualified in Scotland and England & Wales.
Languages
English, some French
Memberships
Employment Law Association, ILPA
Education
University of Glasgow, LLB (hons) 2:1, Diploma in Legal Practice (with distinction), University of Toronto-LLM