Burness Paull LLP's business and personal immigration expertise attracts a broad range of public and private sector players, including energy companies and offshore oil and gas businesses, sport associations and professional bodies alongside space exploration clients, among others. Edinburgh-based team head Grace McGill specialises in commercial immigration, inter-country adoption work and family migration; the last-mentioned segment is an area of particular expertise for senior associate Amna Ashraf. Known for his cross-border capabilities, Jamie Kerr's recent workload includes post-Brexit sponsor licences and skilled worker visas. Director Nikki Weir's expertise extends to child migration.

Under the leadership of the Edinburgh-based David Brown, Drummond Miller LLP's practice maintains a significant focus on personal immigration work for private clients; Sarah Jack is a key contact for family migration and domestic abuse cases, while business immigration matters are mainly handled by Glasgow team head Janey Armstrong; Armstrong's recent workload includes advising Scottish hospitality businesses on skilled worker sponsor licensing matters. Elsewhere, the practice stands out for its litigation capabilities; Humphrey Ndubuisi is noted for his deportation and depreciation of citizenship expertise.

While also being well versed in assisting private clients with personal immigration issues, Morton Fraser MacRoberts stands out for its business immigration work. Clients, most of whom are based in London and the South of England, routinely instruct the group to assist with sponsor licence applications, licence compliance and licence suspensions. Glasgow-based immigration and nationality law specialist Stuart McWilliams leads the team, which is a regular port of call for relocation companies in matters involving staff transfers to the UK. Associate Nadia Watson's expertise extends to EU settlement scheme issues.

Glasgow-based director Mark Templeton is the main point of contact at Anderson Strathern; he advises employers on all areas of immigration compliance, with recent instructions including right to work issues, sponsor licenses and skilled worker visas, among others. Templeton, who joined the firm from Quinn Martin & Langan in June 2022, also handles personal immigration matters for private clients, such as EU settlement scheme issues.

Brodies LLP's immigration group sits within the firm’s wider employment practice leading to particular strength in business immigration. Regular employer clients include large corporates, universities and other public sector organisations. The main point of contact is the Glasgow-based Elaine McIlroy, whose expertise spans sponsor licence applications, skilled worker and spousal visas, and compliance advice. Much of her recent work stems from the financial services, technology, education, transport and energy sectors.

Shepherd and Wedderburn handles the full spectrum of business immigration with recent instructions encompassing the construction, education and tech sectors, in addition to regular corporate support work. Edinburgh-based senior associate John Vassiliou, who now heads up the practice following the departure of Jacqueline Moore to Thorntons Law LLP in February 2023, has particular expertise in sponsor licenses and skilled worker visas but has also become increasingly active in the private client immigration sphere, advising on historical nationality claims and entitlements.

TLT handles the full remit of business immigration. Glasgow-based team head Joanne Hennessy joined the firm from Pinsent Masons LLP in March 2022 and is the main point of contact; much of her recent work encompasses right to work issues, sponsor licences and skilled worker visas. Clients often instruct her to assist with immigration matters in the renewable energy space, such as the rules applicable to seamen and offshore wind farm workers.