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Work Department

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Position

Tomoko Sasaki is a Senior Immigration Specialist with over 12 years’ experience advising in UK corporate immigration law and she heads the Japan Practice within the Firm’s Global Immigration & Mobility practice in the London office.

She is the Vice Chair of UK Japan Connect, which is a Baker McKenzie business group focused on connecting the business, culture and people of the UK and Japan.

Tomoko is an appointed member of the trustee for The Japan Society and her work for Japanese clients has been noted in Legal 500. She is also a member of Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry and acts for clients under Coram, which is a pro-bono scheme for eligible children to apply for their British Citizenship.

Tomoko advises on all areas of corporate immigration with an increasing emphasis on post-transactional due diligence work and strategic advice on immigration / global mobility policy.

Tomoko also advises on the day-to-day work permit applications, management of sponsor license systems and on compliance requirements, indefinite Leave To Remain and British citizenship applications as well as on discretionary applications.

Tomoko provides training to many of the firms clients, and presents at seminars and webinars, which includes an annual seminar in Japanese for the Firm’s key Japanese clients.

Languages

English, Japanese

Memberships

  • Trustee of the Japan Society, Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Education

  • University of Lancaster (BSc Hons)
  • University of Law (GDL & LPC)

Lawyer Rankings

London > Employment > Immigration

Praised by clients as ‘completely on top of difficult legal issues‘, Baker McKenzie LLP has particular expertise servicing multinational companies with all aspects of business immigration. Led by Tony Haque, who assists a broad range of corporates, entrepreneurs and HNW clients with solutions to international transfers, the team has full capabilities with matters that involve immigration support on transactions, multijurisdictional immigration projects and cross-border strategy, as well as applications for board directors, senior executives and specialist staff. Richard Mills is a key contact for a broad range of immigration and nationality law matters, especially relating to EU regulations, and Ying Li is particularly knowledgeable in the consumer electronics, information tech and engineering sectors. The group also has Japan practice that is led by immigration specialist Tomoko Sasaki.

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