Immigration: High Net Worth Individuals - UK-wide
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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
I had dealings with various members of Bates Wells' staff and all are professional and knowledgeable. They have a high level of service and are extremely competent.
The lawyers I work with at Bates Wells convey great ability and knowledge of the field. They are attentive and available.
Everything has honestly been so seamless with Bates Wells. They are wonderful and have managed to make all the steps of the process clear to me, really spelling it out until I had no more questions.
Bates Wells is confident in handling complex immigration problems and collaborating with us to find strategic solutions to urgent immigration issues.
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 is my go-to for UK immigration requirements. She is patient, extremely knowledgeable and up to date with developments in the market. She is also extremely prompt.
I love Chetal Patel. She's so clear, incredibly responsive and very smart.
Chetal is extremely responsive and helps the specific requests of the client. She is very solution-oriented and able to give tailor made solutions.
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.
Tim is fantastic in a pressurised situation and is great at problem-solving.
Tim possesses an exceptional depth of knowledge of immigration law and provides sensitive advice to clients.
Matthew James is an associate at the firm and advises on both personal and business immigration matters.
Matthew has been a terrific partner, providing useful context for a great deal of the decisions that need to be made.
