ANN SYMONDS, Director
Ann has been advising clients on business and employment related immigration issues for over twenty years, during which time she established and ran immigration teams for Arthur Andersen and DLA (now DLA Piper). Ann advises organisations across a broad range of market sectors on all aspects of UK business immigration. She also advises multi-national organisations on global immigration policy, strategy and management as well as general issues concerning the movement of personnel around the world. She is a regular speaker at international immigration and relocation conferences.

Ann established ASG Immigration in January 2002.







MATTHEW AMOILS, Director (Sydney, Australia)
Matthew studied law in South Africa where he was admitted as an Attorney of the High Court in 1996 and began his career, handling a variety of legal matters.  He subsequently spent a year and a half specialising in US immigration with one of the leading practices in the US before moving to the UK, where he was admitted as a Solicitor in 2003 (currently non-practising) prior to continuing his career in immigration.  Matthew was appointed a director of ASG in April 2006 and relocated to Australia in late 2008.  He continues to focus on both UK and US immigration matters, including consular processing.







DANIEL PARISI, Associate
Daniel has been advising clients on US Immigration Law issues since 2003. He earned his Juris Doctor degree at New York Law School and is admitted to practise US law as a member of the Bar of the State of New York. Upon graduating from law school, Daniel was named Best Advocate of his class, and was inducted into the National Order of the Barrister (US) in recognition of his written and oral advocacy skills. He has lectured on US immigration law issues and has co-authored articles for the American Immigration Lawyers Association. Daniel is a US citizen; however, he spent a significant portion of his university education in Spain and France, where he became proficient in both Spanish and French.







KATIE FONTEYN, Senior Immigration Adviser
Katie joined ASG in 2007, after studying in Birmingham and graduating with a law degree the previous year. She advises clients on UK immigration law and assists a variety of organisations, large and small, on the transfer of senior executives and specialist workers into the UK under various categories, including those within the Points-Based System. She also handles complex matters for private individuals, including discretionary applications and applications under European Law.







CAMERON STONE, International Specialist
Cameron spent five years with the Department of Immigration and Citizenship in Australia before relocating to the UK and joining ASG. He has a post-graduate qualification in international business and has studied and worked in China, and speaks Mandarin. Cameron is a registered Australian immigration adviser (MARN 0853023) and provides advice and assistance with the full range of Australian immigration matters (except asylum). Cameron also handles a variety of international immigration matters, including work permission for countries such as China, India and the United Arab Emirates, and manages a range of global immigration matters for clients.









*Whilst some immigration advisers at ASG have qualified as solicitors, due to UK Law Society regulations,
they are employed on a non-practising basis.  **Non-practising.