James Lamont

James Lamont advises private individuals and businesses on all areas of immigration and nationality law. He has successfully advised a broad range of business sectors including tech, finance, entertainment and education. For private clients, James provides advice ranging from highly complex and unusual applications requiring discretion from the Home Office to integrated global mobility projects for family offices and high net worth clients, including elements of business immigration law where applicable. He also regularly advises talented individuals from a wide array of disciplines on UK routes to settlement for highly-skilled individuals such as Global Talent, High Potential Individual and Innovator Founder. For business clients, James provides advice and training to businesses for both complex and routine matters arising under the various sponsored work, Visitor and EU Settlement Scheme rules.

James trained and qualified as a solicitor at a full-service highly ranked international law firm in the City of London in 2021.

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