Philip Trott
Senior Counsel
Vanessa Ganguin Immigration Law
With a glittering legal career spanning decades, Philip Trott has been described by Chambers as the “go to guy for any horrendously complex cases.” “You cannot get better” according to Chambers High Net Worth, which has described him as “the godfather of immigration law.”
“Philip Trott is a legendary figure in immigration law” according to The Spear’s 500 Top Recommended Immigration Lawyers.
Philip’s clients have led him onto the stage at Glastonbury Festival, into their private jets, VIP lounges and various news headlines.
As well as often providing expert commentary on various news media, Philip has consistently ranked at the very top of the industry in all the major legal guides. Like Vanessa Ganguin, Philip is ranked a Thought Leader in Corporate Immigration according to Who’s Who Legal.
Working across the spectrum of personal as well as business immigration, Philip is renowned for his record on particularly complex and challenging cases.
He has a rich history of assisting ultra and high net worth clients and high-profile celebrities on a wide variety of UK immigration matters, including successfully helping many appeal adverse decisions, including those arising from spent criminal convictions.
Philip is renowned for tricky discretionary immigration applications outside the rules, as well as sports and media-related work and cases involving national security issues.
Philip has contributed to several LexisNexis publications on the ever-changing immigration routes for creatives and sports figures, sat on the LexisNexis Consulting Editorial Board, the American Immigration Lawyers Association Global Migration Publications Committee and co-authored McDonald’s Immigration Law and Practice (7th ed) and Immigration Law and Practice (Jackson, 3rd ed).
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 provides expert comment on immigration issues on news and current affair shows on the BBC, ITV and Channel 4, and he also makes appearances as an immigration expert on the LBC legal hour.
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 was admitted to the roll of solicitors in 1979.
