Nadine Goldfoot

Managing Partner, United Kingdom

Nadine Goldfoot

Nadine Goldfoot
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Nadine is the Managing Partner of Fragomen’s UK practice and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee, which oversees the global operations and strategic direction of the firm. She is based in our London office and has almost 20 years’ experience in UK immigration law.

Nadine is considered an international authority on investment immigration solution globally and her practice focuses on advising clients in this regard. She works with high net worth individuals, entrepreneurs, third party advisors in the private wealth industry and governments on investment migration. She was instrumental in establishing the Fragomen Private Client Practice, which provides immigration advice and strategies to private clients globally.

Nadine is a regular speaker and panelist at various events on investment migration around the world. She is also regularly invited to comment in the press on the subject and she is on the board of the Investment Migration Council.

She also has extensive experience advising on all aspects of UK and EU immigration law. Nadine represents some of the world’s largest companies specifically in the financial services industry across the EMEA region. She has experience providing strategic advice to companies on the establishment and maintenance of their immigration compliance and transactional programmes and the immigration implications of corporate restructuring across the EMEA region.

Nadine works closely with Fragomen’s government liaison team, which allows her to provide up-to-date information on changes to laws and corporate compliance best practices. She sits on various policy and consultancy panels to develop and refine immigration policies and has represented businesses in lobbying exercises.

Nadine was one of the architects of the Fragomen Tier 5 International Internship Programme, a pioneering scheme under Tier 5 of the PBS that sponsors non-EEA interns to facilitate their employment with UK employers. She is also skilled in representing high net worth individuals including Tier 1 (Investors) and Tier 1 (Entrepreneurs), particularly from China and India.

Prior to joining Fragomen, Nadine was a solicitor at a UK-based niche immigration law firm where she focused on both personal and corporate immigration law, EU free movement rights law, human rights law and public law litigation, including Judicial Review.

In May 2022, Nadine was highly commended for the "Law Firm Leader of the Year" category at law.com’s Women, Influence & Power in Law UK Awards 2022. The awards honour top female lawyers who have made a significant difference in the legal profession during the past year, stand out as working well with others and show exemplary leadership skills.

In June 2022, Nadine was recognised in the area of immigration law in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in United Kingdom™

She also has extensive experience advising on all aspects of UK and EU immigration law. Nadine represents some of the world’s largest companies specifically in the financial services industry across the EMEA region. She has experience providing strategic advice to companies on the establishment and maintenance of their immigration compliance and transactional programmes and the immigration implications of corporate restructuring across the EMEA region.

Nadine works closely with Fragomen’s government liaison team, which allows her to provide up-to-date information on changes to laws and corporate compliance best practices. She sits on various policy and consultancy panels to develop and refine immigration policies and has represented businesses in lobbying exercises.

Nadine was one of the architects of the Fragomen Tier 5 International Internship Programme, a pioneering scheme under Tier 5 of the PBS that sponsors non-EEA interns to facilitate their employment with UK employers. She is also skilled in representing high net worth individuals including Tier 1 (Investors) and Tier 1 (Entrepreneurs), particularly from China and India.

Prior to joining Fragomen, Nadine was a solicitor at a UK-based niche immigration law firm where she focused on both personal and corporate immigration law, EU free movement rights law, human rights law and public law litigation, including Judicial Review.

In May 2022, Nadine was highly commended for the "Law Firm Leader of the Year" category at law.com’s Women, Influence & Power in Law UK Awards 2022. The awards honour top female lawyers who have made a significant difference in the legal profession during the past year, stand out as working well with others and show exemplary leadership skills.

In June 2022, Nadine was recognised in the area of immigration law in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in United Kingdom™

Education

  • University College London, Master of Law, 2007
  • College of Law, London, Legal Practice Course, 2001
  • College of Law, London, Common Professional Exam, 2000
  • University of Sussex, B.A., honors , 1999

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Admissions

Legal Qualifications: Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales

Awards

Listed in Chambers UK High Net Worth (HNW) Individuals, 2026

Listed in Uglobal Immigration Magazine’s 2025 Top 25 Global Migration Attorneys.

Recognised in the The Lawyer’s 2024 “Hot 100” list

Listed in Legal 500’s Leading Partners, 2025.

Named in Best Lawyers in the United Kingdom, 2023-2025

Highly Commended in the “Law Firm Leader of the Year” category, Women, Influence & Power in Law UK Awards, 2022.

Listed in Who's Who Legal: Corporate Immigration, 2019 to 2024

Named a Thought Leader: Corporate Immigration, Lexology Index, 2024

Named a Thought Leader: Corporate Immigration, Who’s Who Legal, 2023

Named to Uglobal Immigration Magazine’s Top 25 Global Migration Attorneys, 2023

Super Lawyers Rising Star UK, 2013

Corporate Intl Magazine Legal Award for Business Immigration Rising Star of the Year in England, 2013

Listed in Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners legal directories

Professional accomplishments

Member, Advisory Board of the Investment Migration Council (IMC)

Member, Law Society of England and Wales

Member, Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association

Member, International Bar Association

Chairperson, ORT Professional Women’s Network

Experience

Advised high net worth individuals, entrepreneurs, their advisors in the private wealth industry and governments on global immigration solutions.

Advised governments and industry bodies around the world on development of citizenship by investment and investor migration programmes with a particular focus on compliance and industry best standards.

Instrumental in the establishment of the Fragomen Private Client Practice.

Advised multinational clients on corporate immigration strategy across the EMEA region.

Responsible for the establishment and oversight of the Fragomen International Internship Programme that sponsors qualified interns under Tier 5 of the Points Based System.

Responsible for the establishment and oversight of the Fragomen Compliance and Audit team.

Publications and lectures

Speaker and panelist at various seminars, private client and corporate events globally on immigration, including solutions for high net worth individuals and entrepreneurs.

Regular commentator in the press and contributor to numerous media studies on immigration, specifically solutions for high net worth individuals and entrepreneurs.

Contributor, JCWI, an Immigration practitioners reference book.

Contributor, “Migration and gender in the UK: Forward.” The Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford’s Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS), 17 October 2025.

Author, “Youth mobility is a good start - but Britain’s immigration system still needs a business reset.” LBC, 21 May 2025.

Speaker, “The Fragomen Worldwide Immigration Trends Report 2025.” Investment Migration Forum, Dubai, UAE, 7 May 2025.

Author, "Change for change’s sake? Investment migration in the UK", The Lawyer, 5 June 2018.

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London EC2V 7NA

United Kingdom

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Nadine’s insights

July 27, 2026 | Awards

Fragomen Retains Band 1 Ranking & Receives Four Individual Rankings in Chambers High Net Worth 2026 GuideRead more

January 27, 2026 | Awards

Nadine Goldfoot and David Crawford recognized in Uglobal Immigration Magazine’s Top 25 Global Migration Attorneys listRead more

October 21, 2025 | Fragomen news

Fragomen Contributes to Migration Observatory Report on Gender and Migration in the UKRead more
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WorkRight: UK Right to Work TechnologyRead more

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Nadine’s insights

July 27, 2026 | Awards

Fragomen Retains Band 1 Ranking & Receives Four Individual Rankings in Chambers High Net Worth 2026 GuideRead more

January 27, 2026 | Awards

Nadine Goldfoot and David Crawford recognized in Uglobal Immigration Magazine’s Top 25 Global Migration Attorneys listRead more

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Fragomen Contributes to Migration Observatory Report on Gender and Migration in the UKRead more
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United Kingdom

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Nadine’s insights

July 27, 2026 | Awards

Fragomen Retains Band 1 Ranking & Receives Four Individual Rankings in Chambers High Net Worth 2026 GuideRead more

January 27, 2026 | Awards

Nadine Goldfoot and David Crawford recognized in Uglobal Immigration Magazine’s Top 25 Global Migration Attorneys listRead more

October 21, 2025 | Fragomen news

Fragomen Contributes to Migration Observatory Report on Gender and Migration in the UKRead more
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