Employing workers from overseas policy

Mandie Sewa

Mandie Sewa is head of the immigration department at Moore Blatch. She has worked for large charities, city law firms, and in-house legal departments. She has extensive experience of providing training for large corporations, community groups and the Immigration Lawyers Practitioners Association.

Annabel Mace

Annabel Mace is a partner in Squire Patton Boggs‘s Labour & Employment department and heads up the UK business immigration team.

She has more than 20 years’ experience advising businesses across a range of sectors on all aspects of business immigration and employment law. She has in-depth expertise in the Home Office’s Points Based System, particularly in relation to compliance issues arising out of maintaining sponsor licences. She regularly advises clients on complex matters where there is an immigration/employment overlap including: the immigration implications of mergers, acquisitions and business restructures; reinstatement of sponsor licences where they have been suspended or revoked; illegal-working allegations where civil penalties are threatened by the Home Office; C-suite hires and departures, including urgent visas and immigration-related challenges of a sensitive nature; visa curtailments; cross-border projects and international assignments, including overseas remote working; and discrimination risks relating to employer policies of non-sponsorship.