Charles Avens

Spear’s Review

Charles Avens is a partner and head of immigration in the private client office of Collyer Bristow, a commercial law firm with a strong international practice.

Avens specialises in advising and assisting high-net-worth individuals wishing to relocate to the UK, including families and family offices, overseas investors and corporate clients. Under his leadership, the team has grown to employ two immigration partners while maintaining its ‘quality of work and a high service level’. When asked about the benefits of Collyer Bristow’s boutique offering, he tells Spear’s: ‘Ours is all about a personal service.’

On the employment side, he works with companies that wish to recruit from abroad or transfer existing international staff to their UK offices easily and without disruption. For individuals, he works with entrepreneurs, business people and creatives to find the best route to residency for them. This includes ancestry, innovator and global talent visas and company sponsorship.