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At Here for Good, we value the strong relationships we have with other organisations and our supporters. Find out more about our partnerships here, from the organisations and supporters we have collaborated with to deliver vital and innovative services, to the law firms and volunteer lawyers that offer their services pro bono.

Supporters and former staff

Rosa Pinard
Rosa Pinard

Rosa worked on the Here for Good Ukraine Advice Service between July 2022 – October 2024. Working from Wilson Solicitors LLP, Rosa provided advice and support to Ukrainian nationals and their families seeking to obtain entry to the UK, helping them to navigate the complex and ever-changing Ukraine Scheme.

Rosa is a trainee solicitor and an accredited senior caseworker under the Law Society’s Immigration and Asylum Scheme.

Rosa has previously worked and volunteered at Haringey Migrant Support Centre, advocating on behalf of vulnerable visitors to the centre. She has a degree in Law and Social Anthropology from the School of Oriental and African Studies, and has completed the Graduate Diploma in Law at City University and the Legal Practise Course at London Metropolitan University.

Anais Crane
Anais Crane

Anais worked on the Here for Good Ukraine Advice Service between March 2022 – October 2024. Working from Wilson Solicitors LLP, Anais provided advice and support to Ukrainian nationals and their families seeking to obtain entry to the UK, helping them to navigate the complex and ever-changing Ukraine Scheme.

Anais previously volunteered as a paralegal at Islington Law Centre’s Migrant and Child Refugee Unit, working on the Breaking the Chains project and Kids in Need of Defence (UK).

Bianca Valperga
Bianca Valperga

Bianca joined Here for Good in April 2020 as an EUSS caseworker. In June 2022, Bianca split her role and also became our EUSS Legal Policy Officer, leading on legal policy matters under the EU Settlement Scheme.

She was one of Here for Good’s longest standing member of staff and an expert on complex EUSS casework and legal policy issues.  She was accredited as a Level 2 advisor with OISC and based at the AIRE Centre.

Prior to joining Here for Good, Bianca worked at the AIRE Centre and New Europeans UK on projects focused on EU law and the EUSS. She has studied law in both Italy and Germany, and has obtained a Master’s degree in Human Rights from LSE.

Isobel Cairns
Isobel Cairns

Isobel joined the team as EUSS caseworker/ Volunteer coordinator in January 2023 and left in August 2024. She was based at the AIRE Centre together with Bianca Valperga and Leonie Fach.

Prior to joining Here for Good, Isobel worked at Solace Women’s Aid for 5 years, supporting vulnerable women and girls with advocacy, immigration casework and emotional support. For the last few years, Isobel worked on a project specifically supporting women with NRPF who have experienced abuse. Isobel is accredited in OISC Level 2 Immigration.

Isobel has also volunteered with a range of charities in London supporting migrant women and families; including Refugee Women’s Association, NELMA, and has most recently started to volunteer with Settled.

Nikita Swift
Nikita Swift

Nikita Swift joined the Here for Good EUSS advice team as a caseworker in December 2023. She is a solicitor in our partner law firm Paragon Law’s Personal and Family Immigration department.

Nikita joined Paragon Law in 2022, shortly after she qualified as a solicitor. Prior to her time at Paragon Law, Nikita studied Law with Criminology (LLB) and the Legal Practice Course (LLM) at Nottingham Trent University. Following her graduation, Nikita joined a small London law firm where she trained as a solicitor.

Elliott Dipper
Elliott Dipper

Elliott Dipper was a Here for Good EUSS caseworker at our partner law firm Paragon. As an accredited Level 2 Senior Caseworker with the Law Society’s Immigration & Asylum Accreditation Scheme, Elliott has experience in assisting with a range of immigration applications including complex EU Settlement Scheme applications.

Leonie Fach
Leonie Fach

Leonie joined the Here for Good EUSS advice team as a caseworker and volunteer coordinator between July 2023 – June 2024, covering for Iso Cairns while she was on maternity leave. She was based at the AIRE Centre.

After finishing her Master of Law (LLM) degree in Human Rights Law at Queen Mary University, Leonie started interning at the AIRE Centre in November 2022 and completed her internship in June 2023 to join Here for Good. During her internship she gained both theoretical and practical knowledge of the EUSS scheme and supported clients with all matters relating to the EUSS scheme, including multiple deportation cases.

Leonie has studied law in both The Netherlands and the UK, is well-versed in European Law, and is in the process of obtaining the OISC accreditations and qualifying as a solicitor in the UK. She wrote her LLM thesis on European immigration law and is passionate about protecting fundamental rights and strategic litigation

Matthew Davies
Matthew Davies

Matthew joined the EUSS advice team as a caseworker in December 2023 but has been an integral part of Here for Good for years as the managing partner of Wilsons Solicitors LLP – a close partner to the charity. Matthew is now deputy managing director at Wilsons and has over 30 years of experience of a wide range of cases at all levels. His particular expertise is finding solutions for individuals with complex immigration problems.

Matthew’s current interests include family and partners, EEA nationals, human rights, citizenship, deportation, asylum, adoption and surrogacy. Whilst primarily advising individuals he also advises investors, entrepreneurs, charities and employers.

Matthew has been ranked as a leader in the field of immigration law in the Chambers UK Guide to the Legal Profession for many years. He has also been recommended in the Legal 500, Best Lawyers, Super Lawyers, and the Spears 500.

Matthew is a past executive committee member and trainer for the Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association [ILPA], and has served as a consultant to the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner. He has been an examiner on the Law Society Immigration Accreditation Scheme and he is an Advanced Member of that scheme. He is on the Advisory Committee of the Legal Aid Practitioners Group and is committed to securing a sustainable legal aid system. In 2006 Matthew was appointed as an Immigration Judge in the First Tier Tribunal and he sits regularly on a part-time basis.

He is a co-founder of the Stonewall Immigration Group which is now the  charity Rainbow Migration. In 1997 he was a recipient of the Stonewall Equality Award for his contribution to the legal fight for gay rights in the UK. In 2010 he was a recipient of an award from the UKLGIG charity “for selfless, long-term commitment to the pursuit of justice”.

Matthew worked with the European Commission to develop a pilot for the provision of free legal advice to EU nationals in the UK following Brexit and he has worked closely with a number of charities and NGO’s helping EU nationals including Here for Good – setting up our advice service to provide free advice to people fleeing Ukraine following the outbreak of war in 2022.

George Hanvere
George Hanvere

George was one of the  longest standing lawyers in Here for Good’s EUSS team, working from Paragon Law in Nottingham until December 2023.  He was a solicitor and lead team member from Paragon and provided highly specialist immigration advice to our clients by email, through a telephone helpline, and by taking on referrals from charities and support organisations.

Alaa Ahmed
Alaa Ahmed

Alaa worked on the Here for Good ARAP Scheme project at Wilson Solicitors conducting strategic legal work to try and address the gaps in the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy Scheme and ensure more Afghans are granted a route to sanctuary in the UK.

Alaa studied law at SOAS University of London and was awarded an LLB Hons in 2016. She also holds a Master of Laws in Human Rights, Justice and Conflict from SOAS and was awarded a distinction in 2018 for her thesis titled “The fate of contemporary British citizenship: an analysis of citizenship deprivation powers in relation to statelessness and human rights in the UK”.

Alaa joined Wilson LLP in 2019. She became a caseworker in the immigration team in 2020 and a Trainee Solicitor in 2022. She is registered as a Senior Caseworker with the Law Society Immigration and Asylum Accreditation Scheme.

Before joining Wilson LLP Alaa worked for humanitarian NGO Crisis Action as a research assistant and led on a campaign in response to the 2019 protests in Sudan. Alongside this role Alaa volunteered at Liberty as an Advice and Information volunteer. Alaa has also worked for the United Nations Development Programme in Lebanon as well as volunteering at Camden Community Law Centre and the Bar Pro Bono Unit.

Amelia Meldau
Amelia Meldau

Amelia worked on the Here for Good ARAP Scheme project at Wilson Solicitors conducting strategic legal work to try and address the gaps in the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy Scheme and ensure more Afghans are granted a route to sanctuary in the UK.

Amelia graduated from the University of Leeds in 2014 with a degree in Philosophy, History and Philosophy of Science. She completed a law conversion at BPP University in 2017 and a qualifying Master of Laws at the University of Law in 2018, achieving a distinction.

Alongside her studies, Amelia undertook a number of voluntary activities and employment in the legal sector. She spent two years as a Legal Advisor at Leeds City Centre Citizens Advice Bureau where she advised vulnerable clients on housing, debt, employment and benefits.

She has completed internships at both the Public Law Project and Advocates for International Development.

Amelia joined the immigration department at Wilson Solicitors LLP in 2018. She provides advice and assistance in a wide range of immigration, asylum and human rights cases. Prior to joining Wilson Solicitors LLP, Amelia undertook employment at two high street firms, working on private immigration and asylum cases.

Isaac Abraham
Isaac Abraham

Isaac worked on the Here for Good ARAP Scheme project at Wilson Solicitors conducting strategic legal work to try and address the gaps in the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy Scheme and ensure more Afghans are granted a route to sanctuary in the UK.

Isaac graduated from Durham University in 2016 with a degree in History & Politics. He was subsequently awarded an LLM with distinction by Birkbeck, University of London.

He joined Wilsons in October 2019. He has an active asylum and human rights caseload and undertakes both legally aided and privately funded work.

Prior to joining Wilsons, Isaac was a paralegal at Wesley Gryk Solicitors. He has previously volunteered for HELP for Domestic Workers, a Hong Kong based charity that provides advice and guidance to migrant domestic workers, and Here for Good.

In the recent past, Isaac has organised a legal advice clinic for Napier Barracks residents, provided training and support to lawyers advising individuals following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, and has helped the Immigration Law Practitioners Association prepare submissions to the Home Secretary following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Isaac is a co-Chair of Young Legal Aid Lawyers.

Mathilde Vivares
Mathilde Vivares

Mathilde worked on the Here for Good ARAP Scheme project at Wilson Solicitors conducting strategic legal work to try and address the gaps in the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy Scheme and ensure more Afghans are granted a route to sanctuary in the UK.

Mathilde joined Wilsons in October 2022. She graduated from the University of Essex in 2019 with a LLM in International and Human Rights Law. Her dissertation focused on the lack of gender sensitivity in the asylum system in Europe, with a specific focus on female genital cutting related claims.

Prior to joining Wilsons, she worked for the British Red Cross as a caseworker and was accredited under the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner at Level 1.

During the pandemic, she worked with the NHS Clinical Commission Group in Essex to reduce barriers to health care access amongst asylum seekers, refugees, and undocumented migrants, with a specific focus on access to interpretation.

Mathilde has previously worked for Refugee, Asylum Seeker and Migrant Action in Essex as a caseworker supporting asylum seekers, refugees and vulnerable people. This inspired her to become an immigration lawyer.

Mathilde has a strong interest in family reunion and family life applications. She also volunteers for Care 4 Calais as a French translator.

Rebecca Hacker
Rebecca Hacker

Rebecca worked on the Here for Good ARAP Scheme project at Wilson Solicitors conducting strategic legal work to try and address the gaps in the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy Scheme and ensure more Afghans are granted a route to sanctuary in the UK.

Rebecca joined Wilsons as a senior immigration caseworker in 2021. She provides advice and assistance in a wide range of immigration, asylum and human rights cases.

Rebecca graduated from Durham University in 2014 with a BA in Classics. She later studied the GDL and LPC, passing both with distinction, and trained in an international law firm.

During her legal training Rebecca spent 6 months in the firm’s pro bono team, where she worked on family reunification cases and helped to establish an award-winning project increasing access to legal advice for asylum seekers on Lesvos.

After qualifying as a solicitor in 2019 Rebecca undertook an LLM in public international law at the London School of Economics.

She graduated in 2020 with distinction and received the LSE’s Lauterpacht-Higgins prize. Her LLM dissertation explored the recognition of nationality deprivation as a form of persecution in international refugee law.

Prior to joining Wilsons Rebecca volunteered with organisations aiming to support and empower survivors of torture, oppression and displacement, including the Helen Bamber Foundation and Cara.

She spent several months volunteering as an English teacher in a rehabilitation centre for Syrian refugees in Jordan, established and run by a group of Syrian women. More recently she has volunteered with IRAP, providing remote legal assistance to refugees in Jordan navigating family reunification and resettlement processes.

Rebecca is accredited as a Senior Caseworker under the Law Society’s IAAS scheme and is a member of the HRLA’s Young Lawyers’ Committee.

Rebecca Morris
Rebecca Morris

Rebecca worked on the Here for Good ARAP Scheme project at Wilson Solicitors conducting strategic legal work to try and address the gaps in the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy Scheme and ensure more Afghans are granted a route to sanctuary in the UK.

Rebecca graduated from the University of Bath in 2008 with first-class honours in European studies with French and Italian. Following her studies she spent a year volunteering in France, including time in Calais with the organisation Salam which sparked an interest in immigration law and the asylum process.

In 2013 Rebecca converted to law with distinction via the LLM Qualifying Law Degree at Birkbeck College, University of London and then joined Wilsons in 2014. She completed her training in the immigration department and qualified as a solicitor in November 2018.

Rebecca has experience across the whole immigration field – from initial applications to appeals and Judicial Review – encompassing asylum, family life applications, deportation, and citizenship. She regularly assists vulnerable clients, including those lacking capacity, and works with conviction and courage to achieve significant results. 

Rebecca has developed expertise in applications based on Article 3 ECHR and protection claims where there are ongoing criminal prosecutions. Rebecca has a keen interest in nationality law and is frequently instructed in complex citizenship matters – revocation,  registration in exceptional circumstances, and first overseas passports. 

Rebecca has worked on cases with high-profile client groups, including challenges to the ARAP and Homes for Ukraine schemes, which require a strategic and coordinated approach. 

Zeena Luchowa
Zeena Luchowa

Zeena is a Senior Solicitor at Laura Devine Immigration. Her key focus is on complex UK immigration and nationality law, assisting with work and non-work routes.

She regularly advises and presents on the European Settlement Scheme and has provided expert commentary on the implications of Brexit on European nationals in the media. She also sits on the Law Society’s Immigration Law Committee and writes for Free Movement. Zeena is recognised in the Legal 500 and Chambers and Partner.

Carla Mirallas Martinez
Carla Mirallas Martinez

Carla is a dual qualified (UK-Spain) solicitor, is an expert on UK immigration law issues affecting EU citizens and their family members, including complex EUSS applications. Her practice also extends to family-based applications, British citizenship and cases with a human rights element.

Carla gained her Bachelor’s in Law from Barcelona’s Universitat Pompeu Fabra and her Master’s in Human Rights from Birkbeck, University of London. She has worked in the field of immigration law since 2015 and is fluent in both English and Spanish. She now works as a solicitor at Carter Thomas.

Carla was instrumental is setting up Here for Good and was the organisation’s first lawyer and volunteer coordinator. She later went on to sit on the Board of Trustees.

Elisabeth Atwood
Elisabeth Atwood

Libby was part of the team between November 2020 and April 2022, working from Bindmans LLP. Libby was the Here for Good Volunteer coordinator and EUSS caseworker.​

Libby is a qualified solicitor who formerly specialised in commercial litigation and she has a Master’s degree in Human Rights. Libby has previously worked with a number of pro-bono and charitable organisations, most recently Islington Law Centre.

Unkha Banda
Unkha Banda

Unkha joined the team in 2021, working from Bindmans LLP. Unkha provided advice and assistance to EEA nationals and their family members on the impact of Brexit, and focused particularly on complex casework.

She is a solicitor and a Level 2 Senior Caseworker under the Law Society’s Immigration and Asylum Accreditation Scheme.

Hannah Blitzer
Hannah Blitzer

Hannah was Here for Good’s Fundraising and Evaluation Officer, having previously worked in fundraising and development for a UK international charity and a non-profit in the US. She managed Here for Good’s Fundraising and Evaluation strategy.

Hannah is also a Doctoral (PhD) Researcher at the University of Sussex, specialising in environmental law and social justice. She holds a LLB, LPC, and LLM in International Human Rights Law.

Faith Scott Deuchar
Faith Scott Deuchar

Faith was Here for Good’s previous Fundraising and Communications Officer. She worked at Here for Good between October 2018 and July 2019, having previously worked at Amnesty International UK. Faith’s work was vital to Here for Good’s development as a young charity, helping us secure a number of important and strategic grants.

Faith was also a volunteer at PEN International, a freedom of expression organisation, and involved in the campaign for the release of imprisoned filmmaker, Oleg Sentsov.

Owen Morgan
Owen Morgan

Owen was Here for Good’s Outreach and Communications Officer, having previously worked at Opportunity International and the Northern Ireland Bureau. He coordinated advice events for EEA nationals across the UK, and oversaw the charity’s communications strategy.

He is a graduate of University College London, and speaks Spanish and Italian.

Stefan Rollnick
Stefan Rollnick

Stefan was Here for Good’s first intern, working on fundraising and communications. He has a degree in Biotechnology from Bristol University and a Masters in Science Communication from Imperial College London. He has a background in politics and policy, previously working with Chatham House on global sustainable development, alongside political organising in south London.

He now works as a Digital Misinformation Analyst for the Welsh First Minister.

AC Grayling
AC Grayling

Professor A.C.Grayling CBE is a Supernumerary Fellow at Oxford University and Founder/Master of the New College of the Humanities in London and was a founding trustee of Here for Good.

He is one of the world’s leading philosophers, having also authored over thirty books.

Anthony has been a leading voice in the debate surrounding the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, strongly advocating the protection of rights for EEA citizens living in the UK.

Mayssa Benchenaa

Mayssa Benchenaa is a Swiss, Dutch and Algerian national who completed her degree in Graphic Design at the Arts University Bournemouth in 2015.

Following this, she worked in London for the independent creative communications consultancy Carr Kamasa Design for two years. She is responsible for Here for Good’s logo.

Diane Gueho

Diane, a Mauritian national, graduated with a Film Production degree from the Arts University Bournemouth in 2015.

She is currently working as a freelance photographer and cinematographer in London, and carried out the photography for Here for Good’s website.

Katie Commons

Katie Commons, Project Coordinator at the Migrant’s Law Project, has extensive experience in fundraising for immigration law initiatives. She supported Here for Good with trusts and foundations applications on a voluntary basis.

Partner Organisations

AIRE Centre
AIRE Centre
The AIRE Centre (Advice on Individual Rights in Europe) is a London based charity providing free legal advice on European human rights law and EU law. Their mission is promote awareness of European law and assist marginalised individuals to assert those rights.
Paragon Law
Paragon Law
Paragon Law and Here for Good commenced their partnership in February 2020 to provide support to vulnerable EU nationals in the Midlands. Paragon Law and Here for Good are partners in our EUSS advice service.
Wilsons Solicitors
Wilsons Solicitors
Wilsons Solicitors provides our expert legal team making up our Ukraine Advice Service. They assist with visa applications under the Homes for Ukraine scheme and the Ukraine Family scheme.
The UN Migration Agency (IOM)
The UN Migration Agency (IOM)
The UN Migration Agency was first established in 1951 and is the leading inter-governmental organisation working in the general field of migration.
European Delegation to the UK
European Delegation to the UK
Here for Good has worked with the European Delegation on a range of projects including the EU Rights website. Find out more about the project here.
The Greater London Authority (GLA)
The Greater London Authority (GLA)
Here for Good, along with the3million, works with the Greater London Authority on the EU Londoners’ Hub. Find out more about it here.
St Mungo's
St Mungo's
St Mungo’s is a charity founded in 1969 to help people facing homelessness.
the3million
the3million
Here for Good has worked closely with the3million to spread our message of tolerance and support. With their team of 50 volunteers working on policy, legal, media, social media and grassroots organising, the3million works tirelessly to ensure the concerns of EU citizens are heard.
ILPA
ILPA
ILPA (Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association) is a professional association the majority of whose members are barristers, solicitors and advocates practising in all aspects of immigration, asylum and nationality law.
JCWI
JCWI
JCWI (Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants) is an independent national charity which exists to campaign for justice in immigration, nationality and refugee law and policy. JCWI does this by challenging laws, supporting partners and influencing public debate.
MGBe Legal
MGBe Legal
MGBe Legal is an OISC regulated company providing advice on immigration, asylum and nationality law, particularly in relation to EEA nationals and family members, asylum and complex human rights applications and appeals.
Seraphus
Seraphus
Seraphus provides individuals, businesses and governments with immigration services, working alongside its partners to to further the understanding of immigration law and migration being a beneficial right for everyone.
Settled
Settled
Settled is a charity whose mission is to guide, inform and assist EU citizens who are at risk of being left behind, due to their specific life circumstances.
Public Law Project
Public Law Project
PLP was set up to ensure those marginalised through poverty, discrimination or disadvantage have access to public law remedies and can hold the state to account.
Refugee and Migrant Forum of Essex and London
Refugee and Migrant Forum of Essex and London
RAMFEL is a charity that supports vulnerable migrants to access justice and that provides vital support in moments of individual crisis.
Refuge
Refuge
Refuge supports women, children & men experiencing domestic violence with a range of services, including refuges, independent advocacy, community outreach projects, culturally specific services and the 24 hour National Domestic Abuse Helpline.
Hibiscus
Hibiscus
Hisbiscus provides advocacy, support and specialist services to marginalised vulnerable Foreign National and BMER people (principally but not exclusively women) affected by criminal/civil justice and immigration systems to enable informed choice.
IMIX
IMIX
IMIX is a team of professional communication experts who want to change the conversation about migration and refugees to create a more welcoming society.

Law Firms & Law Centres

Bindmans LLP
Bindmans LLP
Supporting the charity from its inception, Bindmans LLP, in particular John Halford (Partner and Head of Public Law & Human Rights) and Liz Barrett (Partner and Head of Immigration Law), continue to provide comprehensive pro bono legal support.
Wesley Gryk LLP
Wesley Gryk LLP
Wesley Gryk LLP is a specialist immigration and asylum firm. The firm has provided valuable legal support to Here for Good, including authoring the Advice Guide and delivering advice to the charity’s clients.
Fragomen
Fragomen
Fragomen and Here for Good have a pro bono partnership which has been crucial to the expansion of the charity’s advisory service. Lawyers from Fragomen take on urgent cases for the charity pro bono and have helped us to grow the service to ensure that we can help all those who need it.
Allen & Overy
Allen & Overy
Allen & Overy have provided vital legal and strategic support to Here for Good since the charity was first set up. We continue to work with the firm on a range of projects.
Carter Thomas
Carter Thomas
Carter Thomas and Here for Good have a new pro bono partnership which will help continue to grow the charity’s advisory service.
MPB
MPB
MPB solicitors is a law firm specialising in Immigration Law, Human Rights and Family Law situated in Putney, London.
Clifford Chance
Clifford Chance
Clifford Chance is one of the world’s pre-eminent law firms, with significant depth and range of resources across five continents.
Justitia Chambers
Justitia Chambers
Justitia Chambers has joined forces with Here For Good, to assist vulnerable EU nationals in the UK. Justitia Chambers is a specialist immigration and asylum set, striving to fight for the marginalised and vulnerable in society.
South West London Law Centres
South West London Law Centres
SWLLC helps local people to access justice and uphold their rights, by providing specialist legal advice on debt, housing, employment, benefits and immigration.

Volunteer Lawyers

Tsige Berhanu
Tsige Berhanu

Tsige is a partner at Keystone Law LLP. Her practice covers a wide range of immigration and nationality law including advising EEA nationals under the EU Settlement Scheme as well as the British Nationality Act. Further details can be found here.

Barry O'Leary
Barry O'Leary

Barry is a partner at Wesley Gryk Solicitors LLP and his practice deals with the full range of immigration and nationality issues. You can read more about him here.

Zahira Patel
Zahira Patel

Zahira is a Solicitor at Fragomen LLP, advising on all aspects of UK immigration law including the Points Based system, naturalisation and applications under the EU Settlement Scheme.

Zahira has a particular interest in advising European nationals on Brexit and how this is likely to impact their rights. She has set up and coordinated partnerships with various charities to provide pro bono assistance to European nationals who would otherwise be unable to access legal advice. This includes individual casework with Here For Good as well as delivering pro bono presentations on Brexit and the EU Settlement Scheme for various European communities with New Europeans.

Zahira speaks English and Gujaratti.

Zoe Pavlou
Zoe Pavlou

Zoe is an Associate in Fragomen’s London office. She supports a range of clients from the financial sector, from leading investment banks to smaller financial services companies. Zoe advises on all UK immigration matters and European Law.

Prior to joining Fragomen, Zoe worked within a large international firm in Cyprus, where she provided advice in the areas of corporate and immigration law. Here, she prepared and submitted immigration applications on clients’ behalf for Cyprus permanent residency and citizenship. While in Cyprus Zoe has raised £3,000 for charity to assist jobless families struggling due to the economic crisis.

Zoe speaks English and Greek.

Isaac Abraham
Isaac Abraham

Isaac is a Caseworker in the Immigration Team at Wilson Solicitors LLP. He assists with matters spanning the full range of immigration and nationality issues. In addition to acting as a volunteer adviser for Here for Good, most recently during the London is Open bus tour. Isaac has also assisted with and advised on a number of fundraising applications.

Andrew Jones
Andrew Jones

Andrew is a solicitor at Wesley Gryk Solicitors LLP where his practice covers a wide range of immigration, asylum and nationality matters. He has particular experience assisting European nationals and their family members to enforce and protect their freedom of movement rights. Andrew previously worked for a legal aid firm where he developed a successful practice assisting low-income EU nationals in complex cases, including challenges to deportation and immigration detention.

Irene Molioti
Irene Molioti

Irene is an accredited Level 2 Caseworker with the Law Society’s Immigration and Asylum Accreditation Scheme and a qualified Greek lawyer. She works in the immigration department of Irvine Thanvi Natas Solicitors as a Senior Immigration Caseworker.

Irene has experience in the fields of immigration, asylum, EU, nationality and public law. She regularly assists individuals with the submission of complex human rights applications and the preparation of deportation appeals. Part of her job at ITN Solicitors is to attend legal surgeries and provide pro bono immigration advice to individuals in a variety of legal matters. Irene is keen on assisting vulnerable clients that require advice and representation in respect of their immigration matters.

Irene speaks fluent English, Greek and Italian.

Gabriella Bettiga
Gabriella Bettiga

Gabriella is a solicitor and Italian qualified lawyer. She is the Director of MGBe Legal, an OISC regulated company providing advice on immigration, asylum and nationality law, particularly in relation to EEA nationals and family members, asylum and complex human rights applications and appeals. Gabriella regularly delivers training with ILPA and HJT, and publishes articles on immigration for Free Movement and Londra-Italia among other publications. Gabriella is a member of the Tribunal Procedure Committee and Chair of the Independent Cost and Funding Adjudicators at the Legal Aid Agency (Ministry of Justice). She is a volunteer lawyer for UKCEN.

Nath Gbikpi
Nath Gbikpi

Nath is a solicitor at Wesley Gryk Solicitors. Her practice covers a wide range of immigration, asylum and nationality law, with particular emphasis on applications based on partnership, family and private life; asylum on the basis of sexual identity; and the rights of Europeans and their family members. She is a co-convenor of the ILPA Well-Being Working Group. Nath also volunteers for Queen Mary Legal Advice Centre and UKLGIG; writes regularly for Free Movement; and is a JCWI trustee.

Gina Savanhu
Gina Savanhu

Gina Savanhu is a an OISC registered immigration advisor and the founder of GDS Immigration Law.

She qualified as a solicitor in 2007. She has worked in the area of immigration in law since 2003, and in that time she has gained significant experience in assisting individuals (including EU citizens and their family members) with their initial applications, and in challenging adverse decisions in the Tribunal and the higher courts.

Russell Hodges
Russell Hodges

Russell is a Solicitor at Fragomen LLP in London. He provides advice and support on a broad range of matters under the UK Immigration Rules and European Law. This includes a special focus on the Points Based System, settlement, British citizenship and the new EU Settlement scheme. Russell has worked to safeguard the rights and privileges of European nationals and their families in the UK through support under the new Settled Status scheme as a volunteer caseworker on a pro bono basis.

Aisha N. Ahmed
Aisha N. Ahmed

Aisha is a Solicitor at Duncan Lewis Solicitors and advises on all aspects of UK Immigration law including under the Points Based System, international protection, human rights and nationality. Aisha also has extensive experience in complex EU law matters including deportation, derivative rights and retained rights of residence as well as applications under the new EU Settlement Scheme.

Aisha is also accredited as a Level 2 Senior Caseworker with the Law Society’s Immigration & Asylum Accreditation Scheme.

Nichola Carter
Nichola Carter

Nichola founded Carter Thomas and heads the firm’s immigration team. She qualified as a solicitor in 1999 and has spent the two decades since then helping people to resolve complex immigration and nationality law issues. You can read more about Nichola here.

Nick Gore
Nick Gore

Nick is an associate solicitor in the immigration team at Carter Thomas. His passion for this field of law began in 2014 whilst working with ASSIST, a Sheffield based charity supporting destitute asylum seekers, and subsequently the South Yorkshire Refugee and Justice Group. Nick volunteers for the renowned EU Rights Clinic based in Brussels and is recognised as a ‘Rising Star’ in The Legal 500. Nick provides advice on all aspects of UK immigration and nationality law and has assisted many EU/EEA nationals to secure status under the EU Settlement Scheme.

Ruth Jowett
Ruth Jowett

Ruth, an associate at Carter Thomas, has substantial experience assisting individuals to navigate the UK’s immigration and nationality system. She is particularly experienced in preparing applications for EEA/EU nationals and their family members and British citizenship applications. Ruth became passionate about immigration whilst working with the UK’s Refugee Council in 2013 and she has also worked with NGOs offering assistance to asylum seekers, refugees and vulnerable foreign workers in Hong Kong. Ruth is recognised in The Legal 500.

Jessica Walker
Jessica Walker

Jessica is a senior associate specialising in immigration law at Carter Thomas. She provides advice to individuals and businesses on a range of legal matters, including EU law and the EU Settlement Scheme, and has prepared hundreds of successful applications for individuals seeking to live in the UK. Jessica has been advising clients on immigration law matters since 2014. Before developing a career in immigration law, Jessica worked as a volunteer for the International Citizen Service in Burkina Faso, West Africa. Jessica is recognised in The Legal 500 as a ‘Rising Star’.

Manuel Padilla
Manuel Padilla

Manuel is the principal solicitor at MPB Solicitors. He offers advice in every aspect of immigration law and has extensive experience advising EU nationals and their families. He as strong links with the Latin American community in London. He is the first in-house solicitor for the charity Latin American House and collaborates with other Latin American charities and organisations throughout London.

Jonathan Kohler
Jonathan Kohler

Jonathan is a solicitor at Wesley Gryk Solicitors LLP. He assists his clients with a wide range of immigration, nationality and asylum law matters and regularly helps European nationals and their family members to make immigration and British citizenship applications. You can read more about him here. As well as volunteering as an advisor with Here for Good, Jonathan also volunteers for the Queen Mary Legal Advice Centre.

Farah Choudhry
Farah Choudhry

Farah is a Trainee Solicitor at Fragomen LLP, based in London. She joined Fragomen as a Legal Assistant and progressed to commencing a Training Contract with the firm.

She has worked in the area of Immigration law for over 5 years. Farah provides support on a wide range of Immigration matters, such as the Points Based System, Spousal, Ancestry and Nationality applications.

She has been heavily involved with reviewing the new EU Settlement Scheme and has a keen interest in assisting individuals with securing their status. Farah also assists on a pro bono basis for applications under the EU Settlement Scheme.

Farah speaks English and Punjabi.

Shanaz Haque
Shanaz Haque

Shanaz is a Manager at Fragomen LLP. Shanaz has over 12 years of corporate immigration experience, advising clients on immigration strategies and compliance and a broad range of applications including applications under the points based system and now the new immigration system, settlement, nationality and European legislation. Shanaz also advises private clients on a wide range of matters including discretionary applications.

Shanaz has been heavily involved with assisting global organisations to strategically plan in advance of Brexit, providing townhall training to businesses and their employees and assisting individuals with applying for status under the EU Settlement Scheme. Shanaz is passionate about using her expertise to assist those who are not in a financial position to seek the legal advice they may need to successfully secure their status in the UK.

Katie Good
Katie Good

Katie is a solicitor at Fragomen LLP where the practice covers a wide range of immigration and nationality matters.

She has particular experience assisting European nationals and their family members following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. She also specialises in family reunification cases and citizenship applications.`

Katie speaks English and French

David Ritchie
David Ritchie

David is a solicitor at Fragomen LLP with over 7 years’ experience in immigration law. David’s practice covers all aspects of UK-inbound immigration and European free movement law, with a particular focus on corporate immigration under the points-based system.

David has a background in working in the fields of asylum and human rights law and is passionate about supporting vulnerable people through the difficulties of the UK’s immigration processes. This includes pro bono support to help ensure European nationals and their family members secure the status to which they are entitled following Brexit.