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Monica Mastropasqua

Trainee Solicitor

Monica Mastropasqua

Trainee Solicitor

Monica is a trainee solicitor in Clarkslegal’s Immigration and Employment teams, where she brings over two years of experience from her prior role as a senior paralegal in the Corporate Immigration team. During this time, she worked closely with senior associates and partners on a wide range of matters, including advising on the immigration implications of mergers and acquisitions, managing complex sponsorship licence applications from initiation to the successful grant of worker visas, and assisting with intricate private immigration matters such as Naturalisation and Indefinite Leave to Remain applications made outside of the Immigration rules, consistently achieving a 100% success rate.

In addition to supporting senior associates, Monica has also managed her own caseload and provided direct client advice. She has significant expertise in advising on Right to Work checks and sponsors’ compliance obligations.

Monica holds a Law degree and an LPC MSc in Immigration Law from the University of Law, Bloomsbury. She also has an academic background in English and French literature, having completed her undergraduate studies at the University Aldo Moro in Bari, Italy — her hometown.

Monica’s is an Italian native speaker and fluent in spoken and written French and Spanish.

Monica is currently completing her training contract with the goal of qualifying as a solicitor in the Immigration department.

Monica has experience in running her own caseload and has assisted numerous clients achieve successful outcomes in both areas of immigration.

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