What can I do for you

Alex leads our Immigration team and advises employers and individuals on the full spectrum of immigration matters. Alex's clients include universities, NHS Trusts, Premiership football clubs, SMEs, and charities.   

Alex is also a highly experienced employment lawyer who specialises in advising higher education institutions, further education colleges, academies and private schools on the full range of employment and HR issues.

What do others say

Alex is recommended as a leading lawyer in Legal 500 which states he exhibits 'a strong pragmatic approach with sound advice and knowledge' and is 'very competent, efficient and responsive'. 

Supporting your ambitions

Alex has provided immigration support to a large number of organisations following the Brexit vote. This has included running briefing sessions, advice surgeries and application checking services for EU national staff and contributing to strategy papers in relation workforce planning and critical risks.

Alex is particularly experienced in defending complex and high value Employment Tribunal claims (including regularly appearing as an advocate) and is known for his commercial and pragmatic advice. He recently helped a university successfully defend an appeal to the court of appeal in a substantial discrimination claim.

What else should you know?

Alex is a member of the Employers Lawyers Associate and the Immigration Law Practitioners' Association.

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What our clients say about us

“I think Mills & Reeve are a wonderful firm. The support they have provided to us in a really difficult area has been brilliant, collaborative and commercially minded. The team were absolutely wonderful and a joy to work with. Amazing advice and support and a real collaborative effort with us. I can't thank them enough for getting us through some really tough times and doing so with an amazing can-do attitude.”

“They are friendly, fast, always available and always on top of the game. I tend to judge my legal team against the other side's legal team and never doubt Mills & Reeve is the better of the two.”

“All interactions have been very clear. Responses to questions have always been very swift and unambiguous. Our company, and my family, have used various services in Mills & Reeve with the same level of satisfaction.”

“I value the fact that Mills & Reeve are recognised as a good place to work in the UK Best Companies survey. This aligns with the values of our business and means that Mills & Reeve can share what is required to achieve this status with our business.”