Flying visits? Challenges for UK lawyers working in the EU post Brexit – Germany

Ilda de Sousa, Partner at Kingsley Napley, discusses the challenges that a post no-deal Brexit will have on UK-based lawyers working in Germany and German lawyers working in the UK with Dr. Gunther Mävers, Partner at Michels.pmks in Cologne. From a regulatory perspective, Iain Miller, Partner at Kingsley Napley, provides an overview of what law firms should be doing for their employees when flying them in and out of Germany.

About Ilda de Sousa

Ilda de Sousa is a Partner in the Immigration team at Kingsley Napley. She is a South African-qualified attorney and a British-qualified solicitor with more than ten years of UK corporate immigration law experience, managing large company clients as well as handling complex matters for individuals, British nationality applications, appeals, judicial reviews and applications under European law, including Brexit-related advice. She also has extensive knowledge and experience in all aspects of the Points Based System and in advising investors, entrepreneurs and high-net-worth individuals.

About Iain Miller

Iain Miller is a Partner in the Regulatory team and specialises in advising law firms and legal professionals on legal ethics, investigations and public law matters.

About Dr. Gunther Mävers

Dr. Gunther Mävers is a Partner at Michels.pmks and has accumulated considerable experience in the field of corporate immigration law. He has been recognised in The International Who’s Who of Corporate Immigration Lawyers 2014 as one of Germany’s leading corporate immigration lawyers. He is also a board member of Visalaw International, a global member of the Alliance of Global Business Immigration Lawyers, and regularly speaks at sessions of the Immigration & Nationality Law Committee of the International Bar Association, where he has been appointed Senior Vice-Chair.