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Overview
Sheroy Zaq is a Senior Associate specialising in UK immigration, asylum and public law. With more than a decade of post-qualification experience, he advises individuals, families and high-profile clients on complex and sensitive immigration matters, combining strategic legal insight with meticulous case preparation. Sheroy is particularly recognised for his expertise in immigration litigation, judicial review proceedings, asylum claims and human rights cases.
Sheroy routinely works alongside leading extradition law firms, as well as the firm’s reputation management, data protection and civil litigation teams, taking a holistic approach to what are often complex and high stakes matters for his clients.
He is known for delivering discreet, client-focused advice and achieving successful outcomes in some of the most significant immigration and public law cases in recent years.
Expertise
Sheroy specialises in:
- Complex Immigration Applications
- Asylum & International Protection Claims
- Immigration Appeals & Litigation
- Judicial Review & Public Law Challenges
- Detention & Removal Challenges
- Landmark Immigration Cases
Qualifications & Accreditations
Sheroy qualified as a Solicitor in 2016 and joined Payne Hicks Beach as a Senior Associate in 2024. He is ranked as an Associate to Watch by Chambers UK 2026 and a Leading Associate by The Legal 500 UK 2026. He has also been recognised as one of Global Mobility Lawyer’s Tomorrow’s Leaders 2026, with legal directories praising his judgement, technical excellence and litigation skills.
Awards & Accolades
- Chambers UK 2026 ranks Sheroy Zaq as an ‘Associate to Watch’ for ‘Administrative & Public Law: Traditional Claimant’.
- The Legal 500 UK 2026 ranks Sheroy Zaq as a ‘Leading Associate’ for ‘Immigration: Human Rights, Appeals’ and highlights Sheroy Zaq as a ‘Recommended Key Lawyer’ for ‘Immigration: Business’, ‘Immigration: Human Rights’, and ‘Immigration: Personal’.
- He is ranked as an ‘Associate to Watch’ in Chambers and Partners 2025 (Administrative & Public Law: Traditional Claimant), maintaining his ranking for a third successive year. The legal directories describe him as having “superb judgement” and being “a joy to deal with”.
