Biography: Corporate Immigration

Julia Onslow-Cole is a partner and head of global immigration of PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal LLP. The immigration practice comprises more than 600 immigration experts working for PwC member firms in 115 countries. Julia has over 20 years' experience in providing specialist immigration advice, is ranked in the highest bands in the legal directories, and has been voted the UK's 'Experts Expert' by Legal Business.

The UK team drives the firm's global immigration offering, working with the PwC expatriate tax, global mobility and employment practices. As well as a holistic human resources and expat tax global service, PwC Legal offers corporate clients industry-leading case tracking technology. Julia is at the forefront of immigration policy development, working with the government on issues which concern employers.

As well as advising corporate clients, Julia and her team specialise in advising high net worth individuals on a range of complex immigration matters.

Julia represents the International Bar Association (IBA) on the UK Border Agency corporate stakeholder group, the employer taskforce and the Visa Services User Panel. She is chair of the IBA's Charitable Trust, a member of the governing body of the Institute for Global Employment Law and a former director of the Immigration Law Practitioners' Association. In addition, Julia is a member of the UK Association for European Law; fellow of the Society for Advanced Legal Studies; an expert to the office of the immigration services commissioner; associate member of the American Immigration Lawyers' Association; and former member of the government's advisory board on naturalisation and integration (2005–2008). Julia is also a board member of the Permits Foundation, member of the Employability Forum and a member of the Migration Business Advisory Group, recently established by the Department for Business Innovation & Skills.

As well as regularly speaking at conferences worldwide, Julia is contributing co-editor to several leading textbooks on immigration law, including Butterworths Handbook, Butterworths Looseleaf Immigration Law Service, Macdonald's Immigration Law & Practice and Sweet and Maxwell's loose-leaf Immigration Service. Julia is also a general editor of Tottel's Immigration Law and Practice.