Tsige has over fifteen years’ experience in advising on immigration law and during that time has acquired a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of all aspects of private and corporate immigration work. Her current practice focuses on corporate, high-net-worth individuals and EU nationals, as well as family-based and naturalisation applications.
With a client base that sees her act across a broad range of industries including, but not limited to, the financial, oil and gas, hospitality, IT and digital technology sectors, Tsige provides client-tailored and commercially viable advice and assistance.
Expertise
- The points-based system
- Sponsor licence (initial application, management and renewal)
- Obtaining certificates of sponsorship
- Skilled Workers and Temporary Workers
- Global Business Mobility applications
- Assistance ahead of and during Home Office compliance visits
- Compliance with UK immigration laws and sponsorship duties
- Prevention of illegal working
- Global talent, innovators and start-ups
- Dependent family members
- Spouses, civil partners and unmarried partners of British citizens
- Switching between relevant immigration categories
- EU national applications
- Indefinite leave and naturalisation applications
Experience
- Obtained and maintained sponsor licences for a large number of organisations, including those in the digital technology sector as well as start-ups.
- Advised on and assisting with immigration compliance steps following merger and acquisitions and similar transactions for large multinational and global entities.
- Advised and assisted businesses with their internal immigration processes to ensure they are compliant with the prevention of illegal working provisions as well as their sponsorship duties.
- Assisted businesses with large group assignments following high-profile commercial transactions.
- Assisted with visa and leave-to-remain applications for high-net-worth individuals and entrepreneurs regarding personal as well as business-based applications.
- Assisted with a large number of family-based and European applications. Highlights include an application for leave to remain for a very well-known international sports person.
Please note: The experience list above may include examples of work completed prior to joining Keystone Law.
Recognition
Recognised by the Legal 500 2025 for Business Immigration
Member of the Lawyers International Network for Employees and Executives (LINEE)
Recognised by The Legal 500 (2022-2024) for Immigration
“Tsige Berhanu is exceptionally knowledgeable in all areas of her specialism, and can always give expert advice on a question, no matter how challenging it may be. Outstanding customer service and response times – highly recommended.” The Legal 500 2022
Top 20 Immigration Lawyers 2025
Career
Tsige qualified as a solicitor in 2003. Prior to joining Keystone Law in 2016, she worked at the following firms:
- Emigra Worldwide
- Fragomen