Sterling Law

Sterling Law, a London law firm for immigration and corporate law

Sterling Law is a London-based law firm that presents itself as a practice recognised by the Legal 500 directory. Its work is aimed at both businesses and private clients, with particular attention to technology companies and to individuals who need immigration advice or help resolving corporate legal matters.

The firm states that it has been operating for more than 15 years and has a team of 52 legal professionals. According to its own presentation, its working model relies on technology and a modern approach focused on reducing unnecessary costs.

UK immigration for businesses

The corporate immigration area includes handling the Sponsor Licence, the Global Talent Visa, the Innovator Founder Visa and the Government Authorised Exchange (GAE) programme. It also provides support with setting up and relocating businesses in the UK.

Immigration for individuals

For individual clients, the firm handles British citizenship and naturalisation applications, applications outside the immigration rules (LOTR), spouse, partner and family visas, fiancé visas and dependant visas. It also handles asylum and asylum appeals, Further Leave to Remain (FLR), FLR (FP) on the basis of family and private life, Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR), human rights claims and discretionary leave to remain.

Family law

In the family area, Sterling Law advises on pre-nuptial agreements, divorces, children law, cohabitation matters, wills and probate, civil partnerships and agreements, property matters, domestic violence, international child abduction, parental alienation, financial remedy orders by consent and child arrangements orders for "lives with" and "spend time with", as well as shared care orders. It also offers specific legal support for LGBTQ people, including asylum, same-sex relationships and marriages, same-sex partner visas, same-sex divorce and same-sex parenting.

The website indicated that fees for wills and probate start from £750 plus VAT, with an hourly rate of £138 plus VAT.

Employment and corporate law

The firm covers employment contracts, workplace discrimination, unfair dismissal, redundancy, settlement agreements and termination of employment. In the corporate and commercial area it works on company organisation and structuring, setting up a company in the UK, debt recovery, company law and insolvency, partnership, shareholders, joint venture, franchise, licensing, service and procurement agreements, as well as FCA authorisation application assistance, commercial contracts, commercial property, selling and purchasing businesses, anti-money laundering and cryptoasset and NFT regulation.

It also handles litigation and tax matters, including frozen bank accounts and frozen crypto accounts, sanctions law, intellectual property, compliance law, tax investigations and criminal litigation. It completes its offering with business development, accounting, tax, IT solutions and commercial liaison services.

Other areas of practice

The firm provides conveyancing, power of attorney and small claims services up to £10,000.

Team and recent activity

Ruslan Kosarenko is listed as Managing Partner. Among the heads of department are Yuriy Lysenko and Oksana Demyanchuk as partners, Mikhail Yatsuha as senior partner and senior lawyer, Navdeep K Gill as director and solicitor, Kuldeep Clair as senior lawyer, Edward Meade as solicitor, Alexandra Mokrova as immigration lawyer, Katsiaryna Pazniak as intellectual property solicitor, Nadezhda Goenko as solicitor, Aliya Rimshelis as senior corporate lawyer, Liliia Akkuchukova as solicitor, Ilia Martynov as head of corporate advisory, Jekaterina Trubina as senior immigration lawyer, Andrei Luca as private client partner and risk and compliance director, Nozima Rakhimjonova as barrister, Michael Carter as legal assistant, Josephine Smith as senior immigration lawyer, Cristina Dolinta as immigration lawyer, Diana Bondarenko as legal assistant, Halyna Semchak as senior immigration lawyer and doctoral researcher in immigration law, and Kyrylo Sudnyk as solicitor.

The news section of the website included, among other entries, an analysis of right to work checks changing on 1 October 2026, a guide to intellectual property ownership in UK startups, advice to Humanoid (SKL Robotics Ltd) on a $152 million Series A round at a $1.35 billion valuation, an article on international child abduction, an interview with Mikhail Yatsuha, CEO and co-founder of CaseCraft.AI, and a piece on defamation and malicious falsehood.

Languages and client service

The firm serves clients in English, Ukrainian and Russian, and offers the possibility of arranging a free initial call to assess the matter. The firm operates under the company name Sterling Lawyers Ltd, registered in England and Wales with company number 09711065, and is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority with SRA number 630147.

Location and contact

Temple Chambers, 3-7 Temple Avenue London, EC4Y 0DT · Phone: +44 20 7822 8535 · Email: contact@sterling-law.co.uk