Farzana Desai > Browne Jacobson LLP > Manchester, England > Lawyer Profile

Farzana Desai

0330 045 2292 farzana.desai@brownejacobson.com View profile

Work Department

Business and Professional Risk

Position

Farzana is a Senior Associate Solicitor who joined the firm in May 2020 to specialize in Immigration Law. She has significant experience in the Immigration Law field which consists of both within a private law firm and more recently has spent 5 years in a multi-disciplinary corporate environment within the Legal Services function of a Big 4 financial services firm. Farzana has wide ranging experience including:

• UK inbound applications – Predominately corporate immigration covering work permissions under the Points Based System, sponsor license applications including license issues, settlement and British Nationality applications for individuals and dependents;
• Brexit related projects – advising & planning on the impact of Brexit on company workforce across the UK and EU. Also assisting with applications under the EU Settlement Scheme;
• Training on the UK Immigration points-based system to organisations HR personnel;
• Immigration audits – mock auditing the compliance of employer and educational institutions through on-site review and reporting.

Career

• Qualified 2014
• KPMG Law, Solicitor: 2015 – 2020

Memberships

The Law Society of England & Wales

Education

• BPP Law University, Legal Practice Course
• Nottingham Trent University, LLB Law

Leisure

• Most things relating to health & wellbeing
• Interest in luxury lifestyle & travel