Philip Trott

Senior Counsel, Vanessa Ganguin Immigration Law

Philip Trott is a Senior Counsel at Vanessa Ganguin Immigration Law. He started his career as an Employment lawyer and has many years’ experience of practising in both arenas for both corporate and individual clients.

Primary areas of practice relate to applications for both corporations and individuals under the Points Based System, sole representatives, free movement for employed, self-employed and economically inactive individuals within the EEA, related family applications, British and alternative citizenship and all related advice. Advises those who have been unlawfully excluded from the UK for political reasons.

Client base is diverse and represents both corporations and individuals, with an emphasis on media-related work; practising in this areas for over 30 years and has taken an active interest and participated in the reform of business and employment-related immigration law and teaching fellow professionals. Sits as ILPA representative on UKVI employer taskforce; is an expert witness for legal proceedings involving immigration law. Sits on the editorial board of LexisNexis PSL. Regular commentator on immigration matters to BBC, ITV and C4, and is the featured expert on the LBC legal hour on immigration. Described by Chambers as the “go to guy for any horrendously complex cases”.

Recommended in the Legal 500 UK Immigration Hall of Fame and recognised as a Senior Statesperson by Chambers UK.

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Sponsoring a Creative Worker

Practice notes

The Creative Worker route permits applicants in the creative sector to work or perform in the UK on a temporary basis. This Practice Note outlines the eligibility criteria and procedure for issuing a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) and sponsoring creative artists.

Immigration