Anivaldo Esquelino

Expertise

Anivaldo is a Partner at gunnercooke with over a decade of extensive knowledge. He has advised companies and individuals on a full range of UK immigration categories.

Anivaldo has particular experience in Global Mobility in relation to immigration advice for corporate clients. Anivaldo provides a full UK business immigration service to help companies obtain a Sponsor Licence. He navigates the immigration formalities for the companies’ employees and the employees’ families to come and work in the UK.

Anivaldo also provides guidance across the full immigration journey for individuals and family members, regarding visa applications and extensions to settlement, British citizenship, UK passport and EU Settlement Scheme (EEA nationals and family members).

In addition, Anivaldo is qualified as a Brazilian and Portuguese lawyer and his clients originate from diverse regions from South America and Europe. His international experience enables him to provide linguistic and cultural familiarity to his clients.

His role often requires the co-ordination of all aspects of a client’s immigration process, giving a unique insight into the issues facing investors, entrepreneurs and overseas businesses with operations in the UK and any aspect of family law related to Private Client.

Anivaldo speaks English, Portuguese and Spanish.

Anivaldo Advises

• His client base includes UK companies and foreign companies seeking to establish a base in the UK.

• He advises on complex sponsorship matters including assisting clients with ensuring immigration compliance following corporate restructures.

Experience Highlights

• Advised Danish Company in Immigration matter to establish a branch in the UK
• Advised a UK Group of Hotels to obtain the Sponsor Licence and sponsor skilled work visa.

Career History

Previous Law Firms

• 2016–19, European Lawyer, Cubism Law
• 2012–16, European Lawyer, Nabas International Lawyers
• 2009, Post Graduate in Tax Litigation by IBET, Brazilian Institute of Tax Studies, Brazil.
• 2005–10, Founding Partner, Fauvel & Esquelino Lawyers
• 2006, Professor of Constitutional Law and Professional Ethics at SENAC in São Carlos-SP, Brazil

Memberships

• Brazilian Bar Association (São Paulo) — Brazilian Lawyer — since March 2005
• Attorneys Association of São Paulo, Brazil — since January 2007
• Portuguese Bar Association (Lisbon) — Portuguese Lawyer — since July 2009
• Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) — England, UK — Registered European Lawyer — since April 2014
• Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) — England, UK — Solicitor— since July 2020

Education

• LLB degree from Uniara — University of Araquara, Brazil, in 2002
• Post Graduate in Tax Law by IBET — Brazilian Institute of Tax Studies, Brazil, 2005–06
• Post Graduate in Tax Litigation by IBET — Brazilian Institute of Tax Studies, Brazil, 2009
• Law Firm Management — SRA Management Course Stage 1 — DataLaw, UK, 2014