Withers LLP

Tracy Evlogidis

Tracy is a partner in the UK immigration team and leads the immigration practice in London. She is consistently ranked as a leading individual for immigration advice and a key player in the immigration arena, with over 25 years of exclusive experience in UK immigration. She advises on all areas of UK immigration and nationality law and has particular expertise in providing strategic advice to businesses and senior executives. She crafts solutions for her clients within the parameters of the immigration legislation governing the EU Settlement Scheme, permanent residence, complex citizenship and passport applications. Tracy has firmly established herself as a trusted advisor for high-net-worth individuals and leaders in the corporate and entertainment sectors. Her clients span a wide range of industry sectors including, finance, fintech, legal, luxury brands, fashion, sport, education, design and charitable institutions. Tracy has successfully completed many visa applications for various tech founders. She is extremely well-connected and has an exceptional track record of success with complex residency and citizenship applications requiring Home Office discretion. She has the personal trust and indeed friendship of a number of high-profile individuals which is testament to her professional and discrete ability to achieve success for her clients again and again. Tracy's corporate practice includes sponsor licence compliance advice and helping companies to stress test their practices for right to work audits. She provides strategic advice to companies, often working alongside the corporate and tax advisors to develop the optimum solutions to meet the clients' needs. Tracy works closely with the Home Office and is regularly consulted on policy and legislative proposals through her senior level contacts and participation in key working groups. She is a convener of the Business and Operational Forum and has developed particular expertise in advising clients on EU migration and Brexit-proofing their global mobility. Tracy also provides consultancy and strategic advice to many corporate client post-Covid with regard to digital nomads and hybrid working.

Nicolette Bostock

Nicolette is a Partner at Withers LLP. Nicolette is an expert in both business immigration and private client immigration and is highly regarded for her outstanding work in both of these areas, having practised immigration and nationality law since 2007. Nicolette's personal immigration clients include wealthy individuals, family offices, creatives, business founders and executives. For these clients, Nicolette formulates short and long-term immigration solutions taking into account their personal needs and objectives for residence or settlement in the UK, coordinating with other wealth, tax and private client advisors. Nicolette has also amassed experience advising multinational organisations and household brands across a spectrum of sectors and is adept in advising on simple matters such as business visitor support, through to representing organisations in their UK immigration matters in multi-jurisdiction or listed organisation transactions involving non-UK workers. She seeks to provide balanced, timely advice and solutions, adapted to her clients' needs, in collaboration with HR, other professionals and overseas counsel where required. Relevant to both of these practices, Nicolette advises clients on personal immigration routes, including Appendix FM partners and children, long residence (Private Life), European Settlement Scheme (EUSS) applications and related routes for EEA nationals and their family members (including 'late' and speculative applicants). She has successfully secured settlement and British citizenship for a large number of individuals, including those with excess absences or other complexities which require discretionary consideration by the Home Office. Nicolette is an experienced presenter and has delivered training on Brexit, sponsorship and compliance to a number of corporate clients and at UK legal workshops organised by The Law Society. She is also an active member and speaker for the Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association (ILPA). She is recognised by Chambers and Partners (Business Immigration and High Net Worth guides), Legal 500, Spear's 500, Best Lawyers and Who’s Who Legal for UK immigration. Nicolette speaks French, Italian and basic Russian.