Immigration: High Net Worth Individuals - UK-wide
Band 1
What the Team is Known For
Bates Wells has a strong reputation for its immigration offering in the high net worth space, handling a broad range of immigration matters.
Strengths
The Bates Wells team are extremely responsive and time considerate. They are very knowledgeable on updates coming through, which is very important, and always available to accommodate last-minute requests.
The Bates Wells team are always service-oriented, and most importantly, they can be successful in cases of high difficulty.
The team at Bates Wells demonstrate a deep and up-to-date understanding of the regulatory framework, enabling them to provide clear, accurate and practical advice, even on complex or high-risk matters.
Notable practitioners
Chetal Patel is highly regarded for her high net worth immigration practice, with particular expertise in business-related immigration work. Patel also regularly advises professional athletes and their spouses on visa matters.
Chetal demonstrates an outstanding level of sophistication in her approach to UK immigration advice. She has a deep technical understanding of the law and policy, combined with the ability to apply this knowledge pragmatically to real-world scenarios.
Chetal is outstanding. She is smart, sharp, efficient and clear.
Chetal Patel is a wonderful partner. We would be at a loss were she not available to support our immigration needs.
Chetal is really a one-of-a-kind lawyer. She has an ability to help clients understand complex matters and not confuse them and make them anxious. She gives clients comfort.
Tim Barnden has significant expertise in high net worth immigration matters. This includes complex work involving applicants' spouses and significant others, and work for applicants seeking refugee status.
Matthew James is an associate at the firm and advises on both personal and business immigration matters.
Matthew James is responsive and a pleasure to work with.
Matthew was a fabulous help navigating the complexity of the paperwork in our case. I cannot thank him enough for his time and help. He was always there to help along the entire journey.
