Lawrence Lupin

After graduating in law at Birmingham University, Lawrence completed his legal training in London’s West End. Initially a criminal lawyer, and with experience in personal injury, and trial advocacy, Lawrence has specialised in immigration law since 1993.

Lawrence went on to establish his own law firm with a top tier ranking in the Legal 500, which developed in to one of the largest providers of immigration advice in London and the South East, representing clients in leading reported cases in the High Court, Court of Appeal, and Supreme Court.

Handling a wide range of individual and business immigration cases, Lawrence has succeeded in securing positive outcomes for a wide range of clients including businesses applying for sponsor licences, high net worth  investors,  entrepreneurs,  representatives of overseas businesses and  applicants in the global talent category.

Lawrence has also assisted employers with right to work checks for their employees and has successfully challenged decisions to suspend or revoke sponsor licences.

He has extensive experience in family migration, EEA (EU) applications, and human rights including representation in the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC).

Lawrence will be more than happy to have an initial no obligation chat to assess whether he can assist you.

Business and work immigration including:

Sponsor Licence applications

• Skilled Worker
• Global Business Mobility
• Scale-Up

Sponsor Licence compliance

• Advice on duties, responsibilities, record keeping
• Renewals
• Home Office Inspections
• Right to work checks and civil penalties
• Challenging suspension and revocation

Business and work visas including:

• Skilled Workers
• Self-Sponsorship Skilled Worker visa
• Global Business Mobility visas
• Scale-up
• Business Visits – including manufacture, supply, training
• Innovator Founder visa
• UK Global Talent
• Graduate work visa
• UK High Potential visa
• International Sportsperson
• UK Investor visa – (renewals)
• Tier 1 Entrepreneur – (settlement)
• UK Ancestry
• UK Overseas Domestic Workers

Partners and Family

• Spouse and Civil Partner visas
• Unmarried partner visas
• Fiancé and proposed civil partners
• Child Dependent visa
• Adult dependent Relative visa

EU Nationals and Family

• EU settlement scheme family permits
• Frontier work permit

Visit visas

• Tourist
• Marriage and Civil Partnership visitor
• Medical treatment

British Citizenship

• Naturalisation
• Registration of minors

Long residence

Human Rights and Asylum

• A UK based business and you want to recruit skilled workers from overseas
• Planning to set up a business in the UK and want to be able to work in that business
• A multinational company seeking to transfer key workers to your UK operation
• An overseas company that needs to send workers to the UK for training or to install/repair machinery
• An entrepreneur and you want advice on whether you can set up and work in your own business in the UK, possibly as an innovator/founder
• An individual and you want to explore whether you can work in the UK

A seasoned immigration specialist with expertise in PBS applications, fighting deportation orders and public law challenges to government decisions. Clients say: “He explains things very clearly for me in a way I can understand”

Chambers & Partners UK Guide 2016

Lawrence believes the key to success is tenacity, an eye for detail and to be prepared to go the extra mile.