DavidsonMorris Solicitors

UK immigration and employment law advice for employers

DavidsonMorris Solicitors is a UK law firm focused on business immigration and employment law. Its offering combines legal advice with HR and global mobility consultancy, positioning itself as a single source to cover legal and workforce management needs throughout the employee lifecycle.

The team is multidisciplinary, bringing together lawyers, HR professionals, global mobility consultants and former Home Office employees. According to its own presentation, this composition enables it to provide comprehensive, cost-efficient capability for its clients' HR needs.

Services for businesses

The firm structures its offering across four main areas:

• Business immigration: management of sponsor licences, applications and assignment of certificates of sponsorship, compliance with sponsor duties, immigration audits, Home Office compliance visits and right to work checks.
• Employment law: advice to employers on UK employment legislation, with resources such as guides on the Employment Rights Act, statutory sick pay, holidays during sick leave, relocation costs, the Posted Workers Directive and the validity of TUPE.
• Human resources: support for in-house HR functions, including e-learning services and auditing for compliance management.
• Global mobility: consultancy for staff mobility programmes, with the aim of optimising workforce performance and engagement.

Training and events

The firm runs webinars and training sessions for employers. Topics announced on its website include the recruitment of migrant workers, right to work checks and a comparison between the Senior/Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker routes of the UK sponsorship system. It also offers practical training for Level 1 users of the Sponsor Management System (SMS).

Sectors served

The firm reports experience in sectors such as health and social care, local government, energy, technology, education, financial services, manufacturing, retail and travel and leisure. Its client base ranges from large multinationals and FTSE 100 companies to SMEs and start-ups.

Recognition and service approach

DavidsonMorris notes that it is listed in the UK legal directories The Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners. Among the strengths it highlights in its working model are legal and compliance risk management, cost efficiency, processing visa applications at scale and support for recruiting and onboarding international talent.

The company operates from London, Manchester, Cambridge and Aberdeen. Its managing director is Anne Morris.

Location and contact

Level 30, The Leadenhall Building, 122 Leadenhall Street, London, EC3V 4AB