Sarah is a private client lawyer with over 20 years’ experience in a broad spectrum of UK immigration work. She acts for a wide range of clients from every part of the globe – household names and other prominent individuals, international families, UHNW and HNW individuals, professionals and business people, and stars recognised in the global entertainment industry.Her work covers immigration applications under the Investor and Business categories of the UK immigration rules. This includes applications for partners and children including adoption and surrogacy. She also advises on Indefinite Leave to Remain/Settlement and British Nationality applications. She has vast experience in helping clients to find innovative legal solutions in the most complex immigration situations.In addition, Sarah has a wide breadth of experience in contentious litigation cases for high profile individuals who are facing challenging circumstances and often require international protection. She has significant experience in advising high net worth individuals with regards to complex, politically sensitive protection cases involving political persecution as well as human rights-based applications.Sarah’s clients often regard her as their trusted advisor and call upon her for advice on all of their personal and business interests.
Harbottle & Lewis LLP
Harbottle & Lewis LLP is led by Sarah Gogan, who has significant expertise in handling complex and politically sensitive asylum cases concerning high-profile individuals, with a specific interest in the interplay between extradition and asylum. The wider practice reflects this, with capabilities in handling cross-border mandates and handling matters that have issues of human rights and international protection. The team operates within the wider private client and tax practice, with the firm’s numerous HNW clients being able to benefit from the firm’s strong offerings in these areas.
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- 'Excellent and resourceful.'
- 'Sarah Gogan is a brilliantly innovative and thorough solicitor.'
- 'The immigration team at Harbottle & Lewis is excellent. They were bolstered significantly when Sarah Gogan joined from Fladgates two years ago.'
- 'Sarah Gogan is exceptional in her field. My firm does not have an immigration offering, so I send all of my immigration work to her. She is incredibly efficient and client friendly. She always makes time to listen to the problem and strategise from the 'get go', making it a smooth referral, and no matter how complex the case, she always finds a solution with the client.'
- 'Sarah Gogan is great.'
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