Matthew Wills

Practice Areas

Matthew is a Partner at Laura Devine Immigration. His extensive knowledge and practical legal skills equip him to deal with a full range of personal immigration matters, including preparing nationality applications, assisting with complex family matters, advising on discretionary basis applications made on the grounds of Article 8 ECHR rights and pursuing appeals to the First Tier Tribunal. He has been prominently involved with the firm's pro-bono and co-manages the Human Rights practice.

Matthew is known for his considered, pragmatic and solutions-focused approach in challenging cases. Matthew has been successful in overturning adverse Home Office decisions and assisting family members of British citizens in obtaining immigration status in esoteric circumstances.

Matthew is an active member of the Union Internationale des Avocats and has acted as the Newsletter Editor-in-Chief for the Immigration and Nationality Law Commission. A confident and engaging speaker, he has presented on a diverse range of topics and also has experience in training other UK immigration practitioners through the Immigration Law Practitioners Association.

Matthew has commented on developing issues on UK immigration through Lexis Nexis and Thomson Reuters and is part of the Law Society’s EU Mobility Working Group.