Navigating immigration law worldwide.


Burness Paull’s dedicated team of Immigration lawyers understand the importance of global mobility to individuals and businesses and specialise in facilitating international relocations, transfers and global mobility planning.

We help organisations attract and retain top talent from across the globe. We provide advice and support to a wide range of businesses who currently employ or are considering employing foreign nationals. We provide advice to investors, entrepreneurs and others seeking to relocate themselves, their families or their businesses to the UK. We specialise in British Nationality applications and in international adoption work.

We have a dedicated and experienced team of Immigration law practitioners who understand the uncertainty, frustrations and rigours associated with UK Immigration law and policy. We have an established reputation for providing pragmatic and innovative solutions. Our experience covers all aspects of business & personal immigration law. We pride ourselves on an in depth technical knowledge covering all UK Immigration law options and on providing exceptional client service.

We provide first class representation on all aspects of the immigration journey whether applying from within the UK or abroad. We have extensive experience in Immigration litigation covering cases through the First tier tribunal, Upper Tribunal, Court of Session and the UK Supreme Court. We have been responsible for a number of judgements of national significance resulting in changes in Immigration legislation and rules which demonstrates our ability to meet novel legal challenges with strategic solutions.

We have been recognised for our work in Scotland by both Chambers and Legal 500 directories and Whose Who Legal rated as a Tier 1 firm for several years.

As the Scottish member of the Lex Mundi and TAG Law networks, we are part of a far-reaching international network of immigration lawyers, which enables us to access specialist advice globally if required. We are members of the Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association and the American Immigration Lawyers Association and Migration Policy Scotland.

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Why and when should you contact an immigration lawyer?

Our immigration lawyers can provide support to public and private sector clients on the full suite of business and personal immigration matters. No matter what sector you are in our immigration lawyers are on hand to assist to assist you.

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