Alex Christen

Partner | Employment & Immigration

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Alex is a Partner in our Employment and Immigration team.

Alex leads the business immigration team, successfully supporting companies and individuals with immigration issues, including understanding the immigration options when hiring international talent. Alex has many years’ experience helping businesses obtain a sponsor licence and understand their compliance duties. She works with employers on right to work checking processes and avoiding illegal working. An expert on global mobility, she advises organisations and individuals on international remote working.

Alex advises on all areas of employment law, including HR advisory work, employee exits, discipline and performance management, grievances, gender pay gap reporting, and equal pay. She is an experienced investigator trusted with supporting complex disciplinary and grievance issues.

Alex regularly delivers training on topics including sponsor compliance, global mobility, and gender pay gap reporting.

Expertise

  • Business immigration (UK in-bound)
  • Business restructuring
  • Collective consultation
  • Corporate immigration support
  • Disciplinaries and grievances
  • Discrimination
  • Dismissals
  • Grievances
  • Exit strategies
  • Settlement agreements
  • Policy and procedure review
  • Redundancies
  • Employment
  • Employment Investigations
  • Employment Tribunal litigation
  • Intellectual Property
  • The Agency Workers Regulations 2010
  • Unfair dismissal claims
  • Employment and Immigration training
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Recent work

Hospitality sector business
Supporting a business in the hospitality sector with a successful sponsor licence application.

Sponsor licence holder
Conducting a mock home office audit for a sponsor licence holder.

Transport sector client
Delivering right to work training for a client in the transport sector.

Tech business
Conducting a complex disciplinary investigation relating to a senior employee and director of a tech business.

Large international retailer
Providing ongoing HR advice and support for a large international retailer.

Various clients
Regularly advising clients wanting to understand the implications of allowing staff to work remotely overseas.

Various businesses
Advising businesses on the contents of their gender pay gap reports, including how to report information for trans or non-binary staff members.

Testimonials

  • In response to successful settlement of a tribunal claim for a commercial sum:

    Thanks a lot for your support in everything, you have been of great help to us.

    Anna Magdalena Nasiorowska
    Mango (UK) Limited

  • I wanted to take a moment to thank you both for the excellent collaboration over the last nearly 3-years.

    Private client

  • Thank you SO much for your fast response, we really appreciate it. The fast-track application via email worked straight away. Thank you for all of your help last year, it really was super appreciated.

    Private client

  • Applying for a Home Office Sponsor’s Licence to bring a K Pop specialist from abroad into our team was a daunting task. But Capital Law’s team of experts made the process less daunting and were clear, fast, great to work with, always responsive and continually checking in as we proceeded through each step. Without them we could not have navigated the application through to a successful outcome.

    Dawn Airey | Founder | Moon and Back TV

  • Capital Law provided exceptional support to Newport City Homes in establishing our sponsorship programme for overseas workers. Their expertise and guidance were instrumental in securing the necessary licence, enabling us to obtain visas for two of our staff members. The team at Capital Law was professional, knowledgeable, and responsive throughout the entire process, ensuring a smooth and successful outcome. We highly recommend their services to any organization seeking legal assistance in this area.

    Robert Pitts | People Business Partner
    Newport City Homes