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Careers

As one of the leading sports and media law practices, we welcome approaches from top level, highly skilled people who understand our values and feel that they’d bring something to our growing team. If you’d like to work with us, please contact us with your CV and we will be in touch.

 

Vacancies

Immigration Lawyer - Reference IM26

Centrefield is recruiting for a junior/mid-level immigration lawyer to join its growing immigration practice.

The Role:

  • Work in an exciting immigration practice with industry experts in a market-leading firm;
  • High quality, varied and interesting immigration work across the sport and media sectors;
  • Chance to build on experience and skills through a rare opportunity to have a day-to-day involvement in a sought-after sector;
  • Casework including personal and business immigration cases, with a particular focus on applications under the work routes of the Points Based System;
  • Advising clients on Home Office sponsorship rules and the use of the sponsor management system;
  • Advising clients on settlement and British citizenship applications;
  • Keeping up to date on changes to Home Office policies / procedures;
  • Providing updates to clients;
  • Actively participating in business development, driving new firm initiatives and helping to grow and shape the firm’s immigration work with the existing team.

Specific Role Requirements:

  • NQ to 4 years’ PQE (although we will consider outstanding candidates outside this range);
  • Good experience working on a variety of visa / immigration cases and a good working knowledge of the Immigration Rules; and
  • Experience advising on sports and media related matters is desirable, but not essential.

    Application process
    Please send a copy of your CV and a cover letter, setting out why you would be suitable for the role and with the application reference “IM26”, by email to careers@centrefield.law or by post to Recruitment Partner, Centrefield LLP, 7 Constance Street, Knott Mill, Manchester M15 4JQ.

 

Working with us

General Centrefield Requirements Applicable to All Roles

For all roles at Centrefield, we are looking for candidates who satisfy the following criteria:
  • Excellent academic record;
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills;
  • Foreign language skills desirable (but not required);
  • Entrepreneurial mindset in relation to business development;
  • Experience in working collaboratively with colleagues;
  • Ability to think and plan strategically and commercially;
  • Ability to work to tight deadlines and to work flexibly, as some evening and weekend work may be required;
  • Excellent administrative and organisational skills;
  • Work with honesty, integrity and be culturally sensitive; and
  •  Eligible to work in the UK.

Benefits:
  • Competitive salary and benefits package;
  • Working with some of the highest-profile clients in world sport;
  • Rare opportunity to work within a highly desired sector, with a top-rated firm in Chambers and Legal 500;
  • Excellent opportunities for career development and growth;
  • Joining a friendly, sociable and supportive team; and
  • Flexible working opportunities.


Application process

Please send a copy of your CV and a cover letter, setting out why you would be suitable for the role and with the relevant application reference, by email to careers@centrefield.law or by post to Recruitment Partner, Centrefield LLP, 7 Constance Street, Knott Mill, Manchester M15 4JQ.

Centrefield is an Equal Opportunities organisation. If you require any reasonable adjustments to be made in relation to the application process, please let us know in your cover letter and we will do our best to accommodate these.

Graduate Opportunities

Our recruitment programme

As part of the ongoing growth of the firm, Centrefield is delighted to confirm that the next round of its graduate recruitment programme for aspiring solicitors will open on 17 August 2026. The successful applicant(s) will have the opportunity to work with and learn from some of the most experienced and well-respected sport and media lawyers in a collaborative environment and gain exposure to a range of practice areas, including player/athlete contracts and transfers, dispute resolution, commercial, regulatory and governance, disciplinary and integrity, employment and immigration.

More information on our graduate opportunities and how to apply will be available on this page once applications open.