Philip Trott

Practice Areas

Business Immigration:

Philip Trott advises on all aspects of Sponsor Licences, compliance and training for employers.

He helps with work visas such as the Skilled Worker visa, Global Talent visa, Innovator Founder visa, Scale-up visa, International Sportsperson visa, Health and Care Worker visa, Religious Worker visa and Graduate visa.

Philip advises on Global Business Mobility visa routes such as the Senior or specialist worker to meet specific business needs (this replaced Intra-Company Transfers); Graduate trainee as part of a training programme (this replaced the Intra-Company Graduate Trainee route); Secondment worker to UK firms in high value contracts or investments; Service suppliers to the UK in line with UK trade agreements (this replaced the T5 International Agreement routes); UK expansion worker to establish a UK presence (this replaced Representative of an Overseas Business).

He has also advised on temporary work visas such as the Creative Worker visa, Government Authorised Exchange visa, Charity Worker visa and International Agreement visa, as well as servicing legacy visas (such as those already on the Start-up or Investor visa) and working on routes to settlement.

Personal Immigration:

Philip Trott advises on all aspects of family visas (partners, spouses, children, adult dependants); EEA nationals and family (including late EUSS applications); British citizenship and naturalisation; visitor visas; British National (Overseas) visas; Ancestry; Long Residence and Human Rights. He has worked on immigration appeals at all levels. Philip is renowned for his advise on tricky cases, challenging refusals and working with celebrities, entertainers, investors and entrepreneurs working in the UK.

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.

“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.

Philip has contributed to several Lexis Nexis publications on the ever-changing immigration routes for creatives and sports. He is renowned for 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.

Philip’s commercial clients range from big household brands to the health, charity and faith sectors, as well as entrepreneurs and start-ups.

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