May Cheung

May’s day-to-day role involves working with large international corporations, as well as smaller startups, supporting them in their transition when they establish themselves in the UK. As well as assisting companies with their sponsor licence and compliance matters under the Skilled Worker, ICT and Government Authorised Exchange routes, bringing skilled workers to the UK, May carries out regular audits for clients and provides training on compliance and prevention of illegal working. She also has a depth of experience in representing clients against Home Office licence suspension decisions and civil penalty claims.

More recently, May has advised businesses on forward planning for Brexit, delivering communications to assist staff with the change in immigration law, and assisted companies to obtain their own licence, link up or separate existing licences to plan for retaining and recruiting skilled workers. She assisted clients that have had to go through complex restructures as a result of Brexit to efficiently transfer staff while staying compliant with immigration obligations.

May has a particular focus on changes to the immigration law. She has previously contributed to the Migration Advisory Committee’s consultations on the new Points Based System, shortage in skills and reform of Intra Company Transfer route to help represent clients’ views to the Home Office and ensure the law remains practical and relevant to businesses.

May is listed as a Rising Star in The Legal 500 in both 2019 and 2020 for her work in the field.