Nicholas Hobson

Associate

Nicholas Hobson is an associate in Morgan Lewis's Labour and Employment Practice and is also a member of the firm's Global Immigration Services Practice. Nicholas advises corporate and private clients on the full range of UK immigration matters and has experience advising corporate clients on preventing illegal working, sponsorship licence applications under Tiers 2 and 5 of the Points-Based System, issuing Certificates of Sponsorship as well as further leave to remain, entry clearance, and settlement applications for lead applicants and their dependants.

Nicholas has experience dealing with applications for highly skilled migrants under Tier 1 (General), Tier 1 (Investor), and sole representative routes for private clients. He also has experience with immigration matters for high profile clients in the media and entertainment, theatre, film, and digital sectors.

Nicholas is an active member of the Economic Migration Sub-Committee of the Immigration Law Practitioners Association and the Employment Lawyers Association and regularly contributes to working groups on changes to immigration law. He is also a frequent author on immigration topics and has written briefing notes on UK immigration law for the Practical Law Company and the ELA briefing.

Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Nicholas spent four years at a City law firm in London and before that at a highly regarded media law firm in London, where he trained and practiced, on qualification, immigration law.

Nicholas earned his LPC in 2004 and his PgDL in 2003 from BPP Law School, London; his LL.M from King's College, London in 2002; and his LL.B (Hons) from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland in 2001.

Nicholas is admitted to practice in England and Wales as a Solicitor.