Employment Expert - Andrea Als
Andrea is a Director and senior solicitor within our UK practice. She is an expert in undertaking consultancy work with a focus on ensuring companies are compliant with their duties under current legislation. She has had extensive experience in attending Home Office compliance visits and intelligence led operations. Andrea also specialises in advising large companies that have a decentralised model for meeting their obligations.
Andrea is a Government Liaison Lead within the Immigration department. As a result she works closely with the Home Office on consultations to assess the impact of the frequent changes for our clients.
Andrea advises on the ‘live’ tiers of the Points Based System, Immigration and Nationality matters and provides specific advice on the mechanics and architecture of the Points Based System. Further, she is well versed in Employment and broader Immigration matters which enable her to instinctively identify and advise upon the employment considerations that could arise in immigration matters. She also has substantial experience in making discretionary applications outside of the immigration rules.
She is an active member of ILPA, and regularly delivers training to other lawyers within the industry.
She also writes for a number of legal publications including Butterworths and Getting the Deal.