Constantine Law, the consultant-led “agile” employment and regulatory specialist law firm has launched a new Business Immigration practice with the recruitment of two new partners: Alex Finch and Rebecca Tester. This represents a significant investment by the firm as it builds to become the leading consultant-led law of work firm in the UK. Rebecca and Alex were previously colleagues at Fragomen, a global immigration services provider, and now reunite to build a new practice.
Their appointments take the total number of partners at the firm to 18 and an overall total of 25 fee earning staff.
Alex Finch joins Constantine law having previously worked at Fragomen, a global immigration provider. He is a highly regarded immigration lawyer, known for his broad experience, technical skill and pragmatic advice. He provides counsel on UK immigration law and compliance, advising global companies, SMEs, private clients and family offices.
Alex has extensive knowledge in all aspects of UK business immigration, including sponsored work, licence applications and all aspects of personal immigration in the UK. He is also regularly instructed in human rights applications, international surrogacy arrangements and complex claims to British nationality.
Alex was ranked in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in the United Kingdom™. He is ranked in the Chambers, Immigration: High Net Worth Individuals directory, with commentators describing him as “an authority, always a step ahead solving problems, considering all available options and single-mindedly focused on objectives.”
He has also written extensively on specialist immigration topics, including for broadsheets, trade journals and LexisNexis.
Rebecca Tester is a highly regarded immigration lawyer with over 14 years of corporate immigration experience. She has provided strategic immigration advice to global organisations, SME clients and high-net-worth private individuals, offering her clients support on a full range of applications covered by immigration rules, including; Skilled Worker, Global Business Mobility, permanent settlement, family-based applications, naturalisation and investment-led applications. Rebecca also provides advice to businesses on right to work requirements, how to secure and maintain a UK sponsor licence, and the immigration implications of a corporate restructuring.
Before joining Constantine Law, Rebecca was Head of Immigration at Gateley Legal and was previously a Managing Associate at Fragomen’s London office, where she led on high-profile corporate immigration matters, advising clients across a range of industries, including financial and professional services, retail, healthcare, technology and manufacturing.
Rebecca is a member of the Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association and International Bar Association and regularly contributes to industry publications and speaking engagements on immigration law and compliance.
John Hayes, Managing Partner at Constantine Law said, “Given the current changes in business immigration, including the Government’s recent White Paper and the focus on getting skilled individuals into the UK, it’s essential that as a fast expanding employment and regulatory practice, we are able to advise our clients on the challenges they are going to face in recruiting staff from abroad. Business Immigration law works hand in hand with employment law as employers seek to attract and retain the best talent, from wherever in the world they come from.
Our ability to recruit two partners of Alex and Rebecca’s reputations and experience is also a testament to how far Constantine Law has come since it was set up 10 years ago, not just in numbers but in our growing reputation as a progressive, collaborative law firm without the fixed costs and targets of many firms. Our lawyers have the freedom to work and develop their client work in a way that suits them and their clients best and to be rewarded for their successes, whilst having the broader support of being part of a wider team.”
“This blend of experience, depth and agility continues to set us apart from other firms and we will continue to hire highly rated lawyers to work with our new team and to develop our business further.