
This upcoming GMJ Workshop event online for 2026, Season 16, is on UK Immigration. This is the next in a series of special Global Mobility events held online where we put a GMJ Supplier in the question hot seat and take questions from the GMJ Ambassadors, (HR Global Mobility Professionals members of Global Mobility Journeys GMJ) and Global Mobility HR Guests.
The workshop is focused on providing corporate clients with practical and effective solutions to a wide variety of UK immigration issues, as well as examining the core visa routes to the UK, including the expansion of overseas companies and the movement of skilled employees and senior staff. In this GMJ Workshop will shall explore some of these challenges and opportunities through the medium of answers to questions of delegates thanks to the experts from Collyer Bristow LLP.
Speaker: Charles Avens, Partner and Head of Immigration, Collyer Bristow LLP
Charles Avens is a qualified practising solicitor, as well as a (non-practising) barrister, working for a 300-year-old commercial London legal practice, Collyer Bristow LLP.
Charles is recommended as a leading UK Immigration lawyer in the Spear's 500 (2026) for his work in the field of UK Immigration Law.
Charles is a Partner and the Head of Immigration, specialising in both personal immigration and corporate immigration. He is a member of the International Bar Association (IBA) and the Immigration Law Practitioners Association (ILPA).
Charles provides both private and corporate clients with practical and effective solutions to a wide variety of UK immigration issues, including the expansion of overseas companies into the UK and the movement of skilled employees and senior staff. He also provides immigration advice to Investors, Entrepreneurs, business owners, UK based and International companies, as well as private individuals and their families.
This special event is by Global Mobility Journeys GMJ with Collyer Bristow LLP who are a GMJ Supplier Member and is going to be held on Thursday 17 September 2026 at 7:00 AM PT / 8:00 AM MT / 9:00 AM CT / 10:00 AM ET / 3:00 PM BST / 4:00 PM CET / 5:00 PM EET / 7:30 PM IST.
The GMJ Workshop is open to Mobility HR who are GMJ Ambassadors and also open to qualified HR Mobility guests.
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