Nichola joined Penningtons' highly rated immigration team in 2008, bringing with her over a decade's experience of advising clients on all aspects of UK immigration law. As one of the country's leading experts on sponsor licence and civil penalty matters, she is renowned for protecting her corporate clients against the myriad of risk issues inherent in the new Sponsor Licence and Points Based System, while at the same time ensuring assignee transfers are dealt with smoothly and expeditiously. Nichola and her team provide human resource functions with round the clock access to legal advice on UK immigration matters. She also has significant experience advising highly skilled individuals, investors and entrepreneurs and those who would like to remain in the UK due to family and/or compassionate reasons.
Nichola teaches immigration law to other practitioners and has appeared in numerous press interviews, including BBC and Sky news. She is recommended by both The Legal 500, where she is described as being 'at the forefront of immigration practitioners', and Chambers Guide to the UK Legal Profession, where she is noted as being 'highly committed' and 'technically strong'.