Malini Skandachanmugarasan
UK Guide 2025
Band 2 : Immigration: Personal
Band 2
About
Provided by Malini Skandachanmugarasan
Practice Areas
Malini is a partner in the Immigration team and leads the firm's growing personal and private client immigration practice. She is one of the UK's leading immigration lawyers advising both organisations and individuals and specialising in UK immigration law, Nationality law and European law for over a decade.
Her clients range from financial institutions and UK start ups to high net worth individuals, senior executives and international families.
In addition to her considerable experience in business immigration with a focus on companies looking to set up in the UK, Malini's day to day practice involves regularly advising on personal immigration assisting private clients with all UK immigration applications to the point of British Citizenship. Her practice has a particular emphasis on applications based on partnership, family and private life, human rights and discretionary leave outside the Immigration Rules.
Career
Qualified in 2007.
Specialist in Immigration Law since 2007.
Professional Memberships
Immigration Law Practitioners Association (ILPA).
International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA).
Publications
Malini regularly contributes to publications including LexisNexis and provides legal commentary in the general media including The Guardian and LBC Radio.
Chambers Review
UK
Malini Skandachanmugarasan continues to advise on an array of personal immigration matters, including permanent residence applications to visa applications and complex nationality cases. Her clients include families and vulnerable individuals.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Malini is a thoughtful person and an outstanding professional."
"Malini is the most polite, friendly, knowledgeable person. I feel like I'm in great hands and I am very confident in her service."
"Malini is a fantastic lawyer, she has great knowledge and a client-centric mindset."
"Malini is well-informed and always ready to explain any difficulties I may have encountered."
"Malini is a thoughtful person and an outstanding professional."
"Malini is the most polite, friendly, knowledgeable person. I feel like I'm in great hands and I am very confident in her service."
"Malini is a fantastic lawyer, she has great knowledge and a client-centric mindset."
"Malini is well-informed and always ready to explain any difficulties I may have encountered."