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Charlie Pring

Charlie Pring

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Legal 500 UK 2023

Immigration (business) - Ranked: ‘We have worked closely with Charlie Pring, who is very gifted, helpful, and supportive. He knows his business very well, and is a lovely person to boot.’

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Charlie is a senior counsel in the Employment, Pensions & Mobility group specialising in immigration work for businesses, entrepreneurs and private clients and their families. On the corporate side, Charlie assists international and UK businesses, but with a particular focus on working with North American corporations and other overseas companies expanding in to the UK, ensuring that their key talent can come to the UK to help set up and grow the business.

Charlie advises on all types of work visas and business-related visas, including sponsor licence applications and employer compliance issues. Charlie is also a specialist in advising on specific visas for individual entrepreneurs and private clients investing into the UK. As an experienced employment lawyer, Charlie also has expertise in handling the increasing overlap between employment and immigration work, for example in relation to employment documentation (including international assignment arrangements), the impact of M&A transactions and business transfers on migrant staff, and advising on preventing illegal working.

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CV

Since 2011 Senior Counsel, Taylor Wessing
2001 - 2011 Associate, Taylor Wessing
1999 Trainee, Taylor Wessing
2001 Admitted as a lawyer, England & Wales
1998 Law degree, King's College London

Career

Since 2011 Senior Counsel, Taylor Wessing
2001 - 2011 Associate, Taylor Wessing
1999 Trainee, Taylor Wessing

Education

2001 Admitted as a lawyer, England & Wales
1998 Law degree, King's College London

Memberships & Associations

Immigration Law Practitioners' Association
Employment Lawyers Association
International Bar Association

Additional languages

English

Awards

Legal 500 UK 2023

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Immigration (business) - Ranked: ‘We have worked closely with Charlie Pring, who is very gifted, helpful, and supportive. He knows his business very well, and is a lovely person to boot.’

Experience

Numerous clients

Numerous clients on the preparation for and attending sponsor licence audits by UK Visas & Immigration.

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Numerous US technology businesses

Numerous US technology businesses on sole representative visas and subsequent sponsor licence and Tier 2 work visas for international business setting up in the UK.

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An international family

An international family on helping family members to arrange Tier 1 Investor visas.

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A US corporation with an established UK operation

A US corporation with an established UK operation on the successful application to reverse the suspension of a sponsor licence.

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A US entrepreneur

A US entrepreneur on a Tier 1 Entrepreneur visa to enable the client to relocate his business to the UK.

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A UK financial services business

A UK financial services business on immigration and employment aspects of a TUPE business transfer, including new sponsor licence application.

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Home Office announces major consultation on increasing the settlement qualifying period

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