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Laura Devine Immigration Offices
100 CANNON STREET
LONDON
EC4N 6EU
England
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Francesca Sciberras
Work Department
UK immigration
Position
Partner
Career
Francesca is a Senior Solicitor at Laura Devine Immigration in London who has focused exclusively on UK immigration law since 2010.
Francesca’s regularly advises employers on complex Tier 2 issues, delivering strategic solutions to multinational businesses for their global transfers to the UK and sponsor licence applications. Francesca has substantial experience in EU free movement and frequently provides counsel to EEA nationals and their employers on the immigration implications surrounding Brexit. Francesca serves many of the company’s highest profile multinational corporate clients, financial organisations and legal firms as well as start-ups and businesses within the arts industry.
Francesca is described as “extremely professional”, “always accommodating” and a solicitor who “gives clients the hard line, but also understands the reality of the client’s business”.
A seasoned presenter, Francesca routinely provides training to clients and other immigration lawyers on Tier 2 and Tier 2 compliance through the Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association (ILPA). She is also an active member of the International Bar Association (IBA), having spoken at both the 2017 and 2018 annual conferences on the topics of ‘international students’ and ‘corporate immigration law practice management’ respectively.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Employment > Immigration
(Next Generation Partners)Laura Devine Immigration leverages the wide-ranging experience of its ‘exceptionally capable‘ team, which acts across the full gamut of immigration work, substantively working with immigration-related organisations ‘to achieve legislative and policy changes‘. Laura Devine
heads the entire firm while Sophie Barrett-Brown leads the business practice, Barrett-Brown being described as ‘a stand-out individual and leader in the immigration law sector‘ for her work in personal immigration. Natasha Chell works at the intersection of business and personal matters, advising senior executives, HNW individuals, and families, while Christi Hufford Jackson heads the US immigration team in both New York and London, providing a market-leading US immigration service. The firm’s offering, particularly in relation to human rights, appeals, and overstays, has been strengthened with the promotion of Zeena Luchowa, Matthew Wills, and Francesca Sciberras to partner in June 2023, with Luchowa and Wills now leading on work in this area.