Alex Christen (Capital Law)

Alex Christen

Principal Associate
Employment & Immigration

Alex is a Principal Associate in our Employment and Immigration team. She advises businesses and individuals on both employment disputes and transactional matters. She also provides corporate immigration advice.

Alex has worked with the Employment and Immigration team to support many businesses across a range of industries, including tech, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, retail and the food and drink/hospitality sector. She leads the business immigration team, successfully helping many companies obtain a sponsor licence and understand their compliance duties once the licence is in place. Alex works with all employers on understanding correct right to work checking processes and avoiding illegal working. She has a particular expertise on global mobility and advising clients on the issues involved with international remote working.

Alex also advises on all areas of employment law but with a particular focus on general HR advisory work, employee exits, discipline and performance management, grievances, gender pay gap reporting and family friendly rights. She is an experienced investigator and has provided independent investigation support on a range of complex disciplinary and grievance issues.

Alex has over 11 years’ experience and has been mentioned in The Legal 500 for her calm and professional approach.

Alex regularly delivers training and workshops on a range of topics including correct right to work checking processes, global mobility and sponsor compliance.

Thanks a lot for your support in everything, you have been of great help to us.

Anna Magdalena Nasiorowska, Mango (UK) Limited, in response to successful settlement of a tribunal claim for a commercial sum

  • Supporting a business in the hospitality sector with a successful sponsor licence application.
  • Conducting a mock home office audit for a sponsor licence holder.
  • Delivering right to work training for a client in the transport sector.
  • Conducting a complex disciplinary investigation relating to a senior employee and director of a tech business.
  • Providing ongoing HR advice and support for a large international retailer.
  • Regularly advising clients wanting to understand the implications of allowing staff to work remotely overseas.
  • Advising businesses on the contents of their gender pay gap reports, including how to report information for trans or non-binary staff members.
  • Business immigration (UK in-bound)
  • Business restructuring
  • Collective consultation
  • Corporate support
  • Disciplinaries and grievances
  • Discrimination
  • Dismissals
  • Grievances
  • Exit strategies
  • Settlement agreements
  • Policy and procedure review
  • Redundancies
  • Employment Tribunal litigation
  • The Agency Workers Regulations 2010
  • Unfair dismissal claims
  • Employment and Immigration training

 

Career

  • Principal Associate, Capital Law Limited (Apr 2023 – present)
  • Senior Associate, Capital Law Limited (May 2021 – Mar 2023)
  • Associate, Capital Law Limited (May 2018 – Apr 2021)
  • Solicitor, Capital Law LLP (Oct 2011 – May 2018)
  • Trainee Solicitor, Capital Law LLP (Oct 2009 – Oct 2011)

Education

  • Chartered Institute of Environmental Health Award in Training Principles and Practice: Level 1 (May 2015)
  • University of Wales Aberystwyth: Master of Laws LLM, Information Technology Law
  • University of Wales Aberystwyth: Bachelor of Laws LLB

Memberships / Trustee Positions

  • The Law Society of England and Wales
  • Employment Lawyers’ Association

Languages

  • French
  • German