Solicitor/Senior Business Immigration Advisor Job

Full Job Description

Role Summary:

We’re looking for an experienced Business Immigration Lawyer to join our award-winning and people-first team at OTB Legal.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work on high-quality, complex immigration matters for a diverse portfolio of clients — from major international corporations to fast-growing startups and SMEs. You’ll provide strategic support across the full spectrum of business immigration services, including sponsor licence applications and compliance, Skilled Worker and Global Talent visas, and broader sponsorship advice.

You’ll be part of a collaborative, client-focused team that values both legal excellence and human connection. Our clients come from dynamic and exciting industries — including gaming, tech, engineering, and beyond — so no two days are the same.

If you’re looking to build meaningful relationships with clients, work in a truly supportive environment, and grow your career at a forward-thinking law firm, we’d love to hear from you.

Why Join Us?

At OTB Legal, we’re proud to be an award-winning team recognised by Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners for our excellence in immigration law. We were also named one of the Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2025 — a reflection of our commitment to creating a workplace where people genuinely thrive.

We offer a generous holiday allowance of 30 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays, because we believe rest and balance are essential for great work.

Our culture is built on well-being, collaboration, and trust. From regular team socials and away days to meaningful support for mental health, we’ve created an environment where people feel valued — and enjoy being part of the journey.

It’s an exciting time to join us. As we continue to grow, we’re building a strong reputation in dynamic sectors like gaming, engineering, and tech — and we’re just getting started.

Join now and be part of something big.

Meet the Team:

You’ll be joining a talented and growing team of six legal professionals — including brilliant paralegals, advisors, solicitors, and associates — all working together to deliver standout business immigration support.

The team is led by Sally McEwen, a Legal 500 Leading Individual with over 20 years of experience in business immigration law. Sally brings a wealth of knowledge, leadership, and genuine passion for mentoring and developing those around her.

We’re proud of the strong bond we’ve built — collaboration is second nature here. Whether it’s jumping in to support each other on complex cases, celebrating wins (big or small), or enjoying one of our regular socials, the team combines professionalism with a real sense of fun and community.

Driven, welcoming, and always up for a challenge, we’re looking for someone who’s excited to contribute, grow, and be part of something special. Could that be you?

Job purpose:

To maintain a complex business/corporate immigration caseload to an exceptional standard and to provide excellent client care and case outcomes.

Person specification – Skills, knowledge and experience required

1. An interest and passion for business/corporate immigration law
2. Graduate level
3. An ability to maintain a professional approach at all times
4. An affinity with computer packages and willingness to embrace new technology
5. A clear and concise writing style that communicates effectively and professionally
6. An strong understanding of complex legal issues
7. Responsibility for own varied case load
8. An ability to learn new and developing areas of immigration law independently
9. A clear practicing certificate if a qualified solicitor
10. No record of adverse findings by regulatory bodies
11. Minimum of five years experience in business / corporate immigration law.
12. Outstanding organisational skills with the ability to prioritise deadlines and self-manage workloads effectively
13. Ability to articulate complex information in a manner that clients can easily understand
14. Strong analytical skills with the ability to pick out important details
15. Strong attention to detail with an awareness of the importance of accuracy and the consequences of errors
16. Willingness to learn and take on constructive feedback and opportunities to improve
17. Honest and trustworthy with high ethical standards
18. An awareness of professional standards and regulatory framework which solicitors work within
19. A commitment to and potential for becoming a leading immigration lawyer of the future
20. An approachable nature and willingness to take on tasks that are assigned to you
21. Excellent client care skills
22. A desire to contribute to business development through assisting with new business enquiries in an efficient and client centered manner
23. Desire to identify areas in which work can be done in a better way
24. Demonstrate working practices which promote personal wellbeing
25. A flexible attitude to working and a willingness to do what is needed to help the team
26. Good timekeeping in relation to personal punctuality as well as the completion of tasks
27. An ability to take responsibility for all steps required on cases allocated

Tasks and responsibilities:

• Preparing representations and undertaking research on more complex matters
• Managing a complex case load with responsibility for matters from start to finish
• Contributing to the teams overall billing target
• Dealing effectively with new business enquiries and maximising conversion rates
• General administrative tasks in relation to individual file management
• Progress new business enquiries towards successful client instructions
• Liaising with clients to request documents
• Bundling documents together in support of applications

Outcomes

A. Financials

1. Contributing towards the team meeting their billing target

B. Business Development

2. New Client Streams – Actively contributing to the team efforts to bringing new clients in to the business
3. New Client Conversions – Converting enquiries effectively and successfully to stage 1, stage 2 and stage 3
4. Blogs – Writing high quality blogs on a consistent basis.

C. Quality

5. File Reviews – Maintaining good quality files both legally and procedurally
6. Complaints/Errors – Kept to the minimum level possible but with an open mind to implementing improvements where they can be made
7. Case Outcomes – Consistently high levels of good case outcomes in line with client expectations.

D. Client Care

8. Client Feedback – Actively requesting feedback from clients and gaining excellent feedback scores and comments.
9. Response Times – Responding to all clients messages in a reasonable time
10. Case Progression – Cases being appropriately progressed with no unnecessary periods of inactivity

E. Team Work

11. Team Player – Supporting others within the OTB Team to be happy and productive.

F. Projects

12. Successfully Delivering Projects – As allocated by Directors at an appropriate level

G. Efficiency

13. Working Smarter Not Harder – Actively contributing to ways of working which are a more efficient use of own and colleagues’ time
14. Promoting Personal Wellbeing – Demonstrates working practices which promote personal wellbeing