Ben Xu — Laytons ETL

Ben has nearly 14 years’ experience in dealing with UK immigration and nationality matters, particularly matters with complex personal and business immigration issues.

Ben used to practice corporate and commercial law. He finds this gives him a deeper understanding of the issues at hand when advising corporate and executive clients, and allows him to provide more rounded and practical solutions. He works closely with his clients to help manage their global mobility strategies from a UK immigration perspective.

As well as working with companies and charities on all aspects of business immigration, Ben advises a wide range of private clients. These include high net worth individuals, EU nationals, those joining family members in the UK and individuals with human rights and discretionary claims.

Ben has a success rate of 100% in all applications to date. His clients describe him as “a first-rate immigration lawyer” who “accomplished the ‘impossible” for them, and a person who is able to make them feel "comfortable throughout the entire application process”. Ben is an active member of the Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association (ILPA) and is also an author and expert on an immigration Q&A panel for a legal research database, LexisNexis.

Prior to joining Laytons ETL, Ben managed immigration practices at a national and an American firm.

Recognition

  • Ben’s immigration practice has been ranked by Legal 500 since 2019

  • Ben has been individually recognised as an ‘Up and Coming’ Partner by Chambers UK since 2023

  • Ben has been named as a recommended immigration lawyer by Spear’s since 2021

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Contact details
Tel: +44 (0)20 7842 8000

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Qualifications
Qualified as a Solicitor in 2013


Expertise