Speaker details

12th Biennial IBA Global Immigration Conference

4 Nov - 6 Nov 2026

Leonardo Royal Hotel London St Paul's, London, England

Speaker information

Jelle Kroes

Biography

Jelle Kroes specializes in corporate immigration, residency of sportspeople, and compliance issues. Jelle Kroes holds a law degree of the University of Amsterdam and studied French law at the University of Grenoble during two semesters. He started his career as a lawyer with De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek at the department for administrative law. In 2010 he founded Kroes Advocaten Immigration lawyers. Jelle Kroes is a past Chair of the Immigration & Nationality law committee of the International Bar Association (IBA) and currently Co-chair of IBA’s Global Employment Institute (GEI).

Session

Third breakout sessions - Session one: The "NON-Constitutional Border"? navigating evolving travel restrictions, device searches, and rights at global ports of entry

Friday 6 November (1115 - 1230)

Speaker

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