UK Innovator Visa

At IMD Solicitors, we are committed to helping international businesses succeed in the UK, and one route to UK business success is through the innovator visa. The innovator route is for experienced business persons seeking to establish a business in the UK. If you are an entrepreneur with an innovative, viable and scalable business idea, the innovator visa, under the UK points-based immigration system, may be your best means of global mobility and achieving your business goals in the UK.

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The innovator visa route to business success

If you are interested in setting up business in the UK the business immigration team can help you with:

working out if the innovator visa is your best business visa route and the alternatives such as the start-up visa
advising on concept and business plan requirements
guidance on seeking the required endorsement from an endorsing body
advising on individual or team applications for endorsement by an endorsing body
eligibility criteria for the second stage of the innovator visa application process
advising on innovator visa conditions of stay
switching from the start-up visa to the innovator visa
settling in the UK after entry on the innovator visa and the eligibility criteria, such as job creation and business growth

Marcin Durlak

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Why choose IMD Solicitors for your innovator visa

IMD Solicitors are first and foremost business lawyers and trusted advisors. Our team of business immigration solicitors have the combination of business and immigration skills and knowledge to help you navigate the complex immigration rules on innovator visas and secure your UK entry clearance to business success in the UK.

IMD Solicitors have offices in London, Birmingham and Manchester, and in several European cities, with a plethora of trusted partners throughout Europe. We resolve UK and EU based disputes, corporate transactions and commercial law matters governed by UK or EU law.

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List of notable commercial cases

Advising one of the largest European banks on a number of occasions in respect of validity and construction of guarantees and on demand bonds, together with validity of agreements varying the guarantees and the underlying multi-million facility agreements.
Advising on the establishment of a large entertainment company. Preparing various corporate and investment documents and leading extensive negotiations of shareholder agreement and ancillary documents. In addition, we provided various legal support to the company on on-going basis.
Acting for a major automotive manufacturer in a joint venture with a UK company to commence production and distribution on the product in the UK and the Commonwealth. Negotiating and preparing all the relevant joint venture documents.
Acting for the construction company in a large scale building project of circa £25m. Involved in negotiating an extensive JCT D&B contract as between our client (main contractor) and the local authority who were their client in this project.
Drafting Terms & Conditions and Warranty terms for a leading UK manufacturer of steel doors, windows and partitions.
Representing a sub-contractor in construction contract negotiations involving a large number of parties for construction of a museum in Kuwait.
Advising on and drafting SaaS (Software as a Service) contract for the Client entering the UK market
Advising on both pro-supplier and pro-customer Software Development Agreements for various Clients
Advised a technology start up to set up and validate a messaging app, a direct competitor to Facebook’s Messenger
Advising the client on and negotiating terms of corporate and personal guarantees tied to a cross-border commercial contract.
Assisting a charity in preparation of various terms and conditions and contractual agreements.
Advising the client on the terms of a joint venture agreement in an innovative waste management project.
Advised the first Polish-owned bridging company in the UK
Advising the client on the validity of execution of a number of international corporate finance agreements.