Senior Immigration Lawyer

The role

Fragomen is seeking a Senior Immigration Lawyer for their Montreal, Canada office. This role is for an experienced lawyer with 3-5 years of PQE in employment immigration law.

What you'll do

• Develop an expert-level understanding of client base and industries supported as well as firm’s practice areas and services provided
• Independently oversee and manage assignments with minimal supervision
• Utilize legal precedents to address specific client situations or requests and develop creative solutions
• Research complex technical immigration issues and formulate solutions, including completion of appropriate documentation
• Independently execute case preparation and filing and develop strategies for complex matters
• Articulate relatively complex issues to a variety of audiences
• Understand the business strategy of the practice area and the firm as a whole
• Build, strengthen, and maintain strong client relationships with key stakeholders in client accounts, as well as Partners and other relevant stakeholders
• Proactively communicate with clients, within SLAs/team protocols and with a precise, efficient, thoughtful, and organized response
• Directly or indirectly supervise junior Associates and other staff, providing mentoring, coaching, and performance management
• Ensure self and team follow firm protocols with respect to file maintenance, record keeping and use of firm's systems including data quality in Connect and other firm technology
• Meet individual and team productivity goals and identify opportunities to cross sell or bill for out-of-scope services
• Proactively identify and implement opportunities to improve quality, efficiency, and standardization of processes, products, or services
• Proactively identify and take part in marketing and business development opportunities
• Ensure self and team follow documented firm standards and policy to mitigate risk and ensure regulatory, operational and client compliance
• Engage, collaborate, and share knowledge with teams locally, regionally, and firmwide

What we're looking for

Benefits