Withers Bergman LLP

Wherever in the world you wish to live, work or employ people, our highly effective team of immigration lawyers can help.

As a global firm with an international client base, our immigration attorneys have significant experience in managing the immigration needs of employers. We help individuals seeking to relocate, families wishing to reunite, and those looking to reduce their tax exposure by establishing residence or citizenship.

As a global firm with an international client base, we have significant experience in managing the immigration needs of employers hiring foreign talent, individuals seeking to relocate, families wishing to reunite, and those looking to reduce their tax exposure by establishing residence or citizenship in different jurisdictions.

Withers is a worldwide law firm with immigration teams located across our offices, including strong capabilities in the USA, UK, Hong Kong, Singapore and Italy. Our multilingual team of immigration solicitors has decades of experience, and team members have helped shape immigration law in their respective countries. In the US, Reaz H. Jafri has been advising clients for more than 20 years, and regularly writes and lectures around the world. For immigration advice in the UK, Tracy Evlogidis leads the team, working closely with the government to ensure clients are provided with advice at the highest level. She is currently heavily involved in the impact that Brexit will have upon EU nationals living in the UK, and UK nationals living throughout the member states.

Whether you are a business or an individual, our immigration solicitors will carefully listen to your needs and concerns, and advise on the most effective means of achieving those objectives.

Creative solutions

As forward-thinking immigration attorneys, we take pride in our ability to develop creative solutions to exceptional cases and work closely together with lawyers in other teams to ‘stress-test’ applications before submitting. In the rare instances where an application is not accepted, we will appeal the matter in court. ‘The US has by far the most complicated immigration system in the world. What Withers does is to successfully navigate people through that system,’ says Reaz.

All the help you need

Should your immigration or expatriation be part of a broader set of needs, we can call on our colleagues in related fields such as employment, banking & finance, corporate, real estate, tax, estate planning and trusts to help. One example of our full-spectrum service was when we were approached by a successful Canadian businessman looking to move his family to Europe to help his son pursue a career in Formula 1. Anthony Indaimo – who has a long history of representing many stakeholders in motor racing – devised a strategy and assembled a team to assist in this process. We advised the family on the choice of country, successfully filed their visa applications and made the transition to their new home as smooth as possible. Anthony also introduced the family to Formula 1 contacts including Bernie Ecclestone, and we were delighted when our client’s son was selected as the Renault Sport F1 test driver.

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to enhancing diversity within the workplace.

We recognize and value the benefits that a diverse workforce can bring to the organization. Diversity is not limited to gender and ethnicity, and includes factors such as religion or belief, disability, age, marital status and sexual orientation. All our employees and Partners are responsible for the promotion and advancement of equality and diversity within the Firm.

Much of our work on diversity in the last three years has been about putting good monitoring tools in place to ensure that we understand where the gaps are within our workforce, making changes to our strategies and communicating our policy on equal opportunities and diversity to our staff and training those involved in managing and recruiting others.

Since 2002, Withers has experienced a period of growth. The expansion of our client base has highlighted our clients' need for a highly skilled and diverse workforce. The business need to support diversity is evident and Chris Priestley (a Partner in our Commercial group) has been nominated to ensure that Diversity is high on the partnership agenda.

Diversity Audit

In 2006 we undertook our first diversity audit of our workforce, monitoring age, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity and disability. New joiners are monitored on an ongoing basis. Our diversity statistics are published below.

Communication of our commitment to Diversity

Each year our staff are asked to acknowledge their understanding of and commitment to the Firm’s Equal Opportunities Policy as part of our annual audit.

Our Supervisors and Partners receive training to ensure they understand their obligations in implementing our equal opportunity policy in the workplace.

In addition, all interview panelists are trained in the Firm’s approach to diversity and given guidance on our structured skill based approach to interviewing.

Promotion and Access to Development

Opportunities for promotion are communicated and made available to all staff on a fair and equal basis. A skills framework is used in all promotion, appraisal, and pay discussions to ensure a consistent and fair approach across the Firm.

Selection of candiates for promotion to 'Of Counsel or Partner' status is undertaken by a panel of Withers Partners, whose selection decisions are based upon technical expertise and pre-defined partner competencies.

Training is made available to all staff and Partners in line with our business needs. Training needs are recognized formally via our appraisal process, which is objective and skill based, to ensure a fair and equal approach.

Recognition for Diversity

Withers was ranked 2nd (out of the top 100 law firms) for having a high percentage of female equity partners in The Lawyer Career Report Survey 2006.

Withers also ranked 2nd (out of the top 50 firms) for Diversity with respect to women and ranked 1st for Diversity with respect for Gay and Lesbians in the Vault survey 2006.

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