Philip Trott

Practice Areas

Philip Trott advises on all British visit, immigration, nationality and settlement routes, as well as problems that can arise from criminality and other issues. Common areas of his practice include the Global Talent visa, International Sportsperson visa, Innovator Founder, Sponsor Licences, Creative Worker visa, Visit visas, Family visas, late EUSS applications, British citizenship and naturalisation, appeals, administrative and judicial reviews, as well as working on next steps with people on legacy visas such as Entrepreneur, Start Up or Investor and working on routes to settlement.

Career

With a glittering legal career spanning over 45 years, “Philip Trott is a legendary figure in immigration law” according to The Spear’s 500 Top Recommended Immigration Lawyers.

Philip works across the spectrum of business and personal immigration, having made a name for himself working on the good, the bad and the very tricky cases too. Philip has contributed to several Lexis Nexis publications on the ever-changing immigration routes for creatives and sports. He is renowned for celebrity, High Net Worth, corporate, sports, arts, culture and media-related clients. He has also made a name for himself with tricky discretionary immigration applications outside the rules, as well as cases involving national security issues.

“You cannot get better,” according to Chambers High Net Worth, which has described him as “the godfather of immigration law.”

Philip has also been described by Chambers and Partners as the “go-to guy for any horrendously complex cases.”

Like Vanessa Ganguin who he has joined at Vanessa Ganguin Immigration Law, Philip is ranked a Thought Leader in Corporate Immigration according to Who’s Who Legal.

He is a winner of a Leaders in Law Global Award 2020 in the category of Immigration Law Expert of the Year in England. Philip regularly provides expert commentary on the latest immigration issues on news and current affair shows for Sky News, the BBC, ITV and Channel 4. He often makes appearances as an immigration expert on LBC radio too.

He has represented the Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association (ILPA) on the UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) employer taskforce. Philip has co-authored McDonald’s Immigration Law and Practice (7th ed), co-authored Immigration Law and Practice (Jackson, 3rd ed), as well as sitting on the editorial boards of Lexis Nexis PSL and American Immigration Lawyers Association Global Migration Publications Committee. Philip also provides expert witness opinions for legal proceedings.

Professional Memberships

Immigration Law Practitioners' Association

American Immigration Lawyers Association

Partners Immigration Network

Association of European Advocates

BritishAmerican Business

Australian-United Kingdom Chamber of Commerce

French Chamber of Great Britain

German Chamber of Commerce in the United Kingdom