Recognised as one of the UK’s leading immigration & nationality law experts, Sophie has been top-ranked by legal directories such as Chambers & Partners, Legal 500 and Who’s Who Legal for many years.

With nearly 30 years’ specialist experience, Sophie’s practice spans the full range of personal and business immigration routes and she is particularly known for her work advising families, founders and businesses in complex and discretionary applications.

Renowned for her wider work in challenging and shaping policy development, Sophie is a longstanding Trustee (and former Chair) of the Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association, a member of the Consulting Editorial Board of Lexis+® (immigration module), a regular conference speaker and frequent media commentator on UK immigration topics.  She has given expert oral evidence to the House of Commons Home Affairs Select Committee and House of Lords Justice and Home Affairs Committee on a number of occasions, and managed countless written evidence submissions to the Home Office, the Migration Advisory Committee, and others.