Glyndwr Lloyd

Solicitor - Managing Partner

SRA ID: 416109

Founder of Newfields, Glyn oversees the commercial, sport and government/public sector work at the firm and advises on all key immigration routes and compliance duties. He is described as “a very safe pair of hands and very easy to work with” (Chambers and Partners, 2023) and, as a Next Generation Partner, is “’terrific’, particularly in the sports arena” (Legal 500, 2023). Prior to establishing Newfields, Glyn formed and grew immigration teams at two leading regional law firms before managing a Russell Group university’s immigration service to support over 7,000 international students and staff. He is a Co-Convenor for ILPA’s South West working group and regularly delivers training for ILPA and other associations in the sport, professional and legal sectors. Described in an earlier national legal directory as “among the most prominent sport immigration practitioners in the country”, Glyn was shortlisted for Entrepreneur of the Year (Business Leaders 2022) and won ‘Business Year of the Year’ (Business Leaders 2022). The firm has been shortlisted twice nationally in the Law Society Excellence Awards and, in the Welsh Legal Awards, Newfields has won ‘Niche Law Firm of the Year’ twice in the past two consecutive years. It is shortlisted as Advisory Firm of the Year in the Business Leader Awards 2023.