Legal 500 ranks Vanessa Ganguin Immigration Law for Personal and Business Immigration

2 October 2024

The firm would like to thank all our clients, colleagues, peers and referrers who gave the firm such warm testimonials in the latest Legal 500 UK guide to solicitor firms – see below.

There are great accolades in the Legal 500’s 2025 UK directory for Vanessa Ganguin Immigration Law in both Personal Immigration and Employment Immigration. Once again, the global legal guide ranks both Managing Partner Vanessa Ganguin and Senior Counsel Philip Trott in its Hall of Fame.

The famous legal guide also commended Ben Maitland and Ross Kennedy for immigration advice, both commercial and individual.

Vanessa Ganguin Immigration Law is among just nine immigration firms to receive a Client Satisfaction stamp of approval. According to the guide, “Client Satisfaction accolades are awarded to law firms who achieve exceptionally high scores for client service and client experience in our annual survey of hundreds of thousands of clients worldwide.”

The Employment Immigration section of Legal 500 2025 says: “The boutique immigration offering at Vanessa Ganguin Immigration Law  is ‘excellent at providing concise information about complex areas of law’. The group advises on immigration issues relating to Sponsor Licences, takeovers, redundancies and down-sizing, across a broad range of sectors such as tech, engineering, media, sports and finance. The group is led by Vanessa Ganguin, who is an expert in all aspects of business and personal immigration, and also includes Philip Trott who advises businesses, HNW individuals and celebrities across a broad range of matters, and has particular expertise with complex immigration matters such as discretionary immigration applications outside the rules and appeals against adverse decisions.”

Ben Maitland’s “‘exceptional knowledge in immigration’ includes Skilled Worker applications and Global Business Mobility routes,” adds the guide.

The firm is ranked for Personal Immigration too, the Legal 500 researchers writing: “Advising HNW clients and celebrities on all aspects of personal immigration, Vanessa Ganguin Immigration Law ‘always makes overwhelmingly complex immigration rules and forms seem relatively straightforward’. The group has particular expertise securing Global Talent visas for artists, scientists, creators and digital tech figures, and also advises on issues relating to family applications, citizenships, indefinite leave to remain and EU Settlement Scheme applications. ‘Excellent’ practice head Vanessa Ganguin advises on all aspects of private immigration and human rights work, while Philip Trott is a specialist in discretionary personal immigration applications outside the rules, and also a go-to lawyer for music industry figures having difficulties entering the country.” 

The firm is very grateful for all our kind clients and referrers who provided such glowing testimonials to the independent Legal 500 research team this year.

‘The team has an excellent standing amongst colleagues! They are knowledgeable and thoughtful lawyers – individually and collectively. ’

‘It’s clear from their advice and writing on the topic that they are absolute experts in their field. We recommend them wholeheartedly to all our clients’

‘The team at VGIL are responsive and pragmatic in their advice, and are excellent at providing concise information about complex areas of law, that can be easily digested by clients. They have repeatedly shown themselves to be extremely flexible at short notice to provide urgent advice.’

‘Ben Maitland has been my contact at the practice for the last two years. He has exceptional knowledge in immigration and this has been demonstrated in the immigration advice and guidance he has provided. Ben is extremely helpful and always prompt in responding to my requests.’

‘UK immigration law is made up of complex rules that change frequently and the team at Vanessa Ganguin Immigration Law are all highly knowledgeable and able to explain the rules and changes in a clear and understandable way. Vanessa Ganguin Immigration Law offers us a boutique service which is more involved than most law firms and bring an immense amount of knowledge and experience to spot potential problems before they arise.’

‘Ross Kennedy is always a very safe pair of hands to navigate the complex and constantly changing world of UK business immigration legislation. He is able to guide us through the complexities of the UK immigration rules in a friendly and confident way that, crucially, makes this hugely technical area easy to for us to understand. Ross is always very sharp and strategic.’

The firm always makes overwhelmingly complex immigration rules and forms seem relatively straightforward, and they are very responsive to our inquiries for direction and assistance.’

‘Ross Kennedy and the team are very diligent and organised.’

‘A boutique immigration practice specialising in UK immigration matters for businesses and individuals, particularly in the fast-paced tech sector.’

‘Vanessa Ganguin’s team differentiates itself through a unique blend of personalised service and a global network. The team is committed to exceeding client expectations, offering a hands-on, responsive approach.’

‘Vanessa Ganguin is excellent. She is very professional and has precise estimation. She balances emotional and rational responses very well.’

‘Ben Maitland stood out in that he very clearly knew what he was talking about, he cut through what to us was complexity and confusion with absolutely clarity and confidence, explained things fluently and simply and gave us unequivocal advice.’

‘Great team, they give you undivided attention and explain things in a practical non-jargony way.’

‘They are very quick problem solvers and always available.’