Oshin Shahiean

Oshin Shahiean is the co-founder and Managing Partner at OTS Solicitors a Legal 500-recognised firm renowned for its client-first approach and innovative legal solutions.

Since founding the firm at the age of 28, Oshin has, over the years, transformed OTS Solicitors into a trusted partner for families, high-net-worth individuals, businesses, and multinational corporations, guiding them through complex legal challenges.

Oshin’s journey, from the child of migrant parents to leading a respected City of London law firm, reflects his resilience, vision, and skill. His ability to handle intricate legal and factual issues, and his talent for drafting persuasive legal arguments, has consistently resulted in successful outcomes for his clients. Prior to founding OTS Solicitors, Oshin handled highly complex Public Law and judicial review cases, where he successfully challenged unlawful decisions by public bodies in the High Court, including the Royal Courts of Justice. He has also found his niche in EU and Human Rights law writing numerous Lexis Nexis articles on topical legal issues and UK/EU migration policies, where there have been recent developments in the Upper tribunal decision making process.

While OTS Solicitors offers comprehensive personal and business legal services, Oshin focuses on the following core areas of legal practice:

Commercial Law: Supporting start-ups and businesses growth. He assist his clients on contracts, business disputes, and cross-border matters, including global mobility needs for staff and company operations, ensuring seamless international growth.

Business Immigration: Oshin has also developed his commercial acumen whilst being a founder and director of several companies and has real experience of what his business immigration, investor and entrepreneur client’s expect. Advising companies and individuals with navigating both UK and US business immigration law, and international expansion, with a particular emphasis on US corporate immigration.

Property Law: Advising on UK and cross-boarder landlord-tenant disputes, evictions, property investments, and development projects.

A key focus of Oshin’s work is on US immigration, where he assists businesses and individuals in navigating the complexities of US corporate immigration law. Along with US Attorney partners based in the US and UK, Oshin assists his clients whether it's securing visas, sponsor licences, or guiding companies through international expansion into the US market. He has developed a team of US attorney's particularly in states like California and New York which allows Oshin to provide tailored solutions to meet the needs of businesses and high-net-worth individuals looking to expand their operations overseas.

Oshin’s expertise and insight have earned him recognition beyond the courtroom. He is frequently sought by the media for commentary on significant legal developments, with appearances in outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, BBC News, and Sky World News. He is also a regular contributor at The Law Society, Lexology, and has been invited to hold presentations for Legal Practice Management events. Along the way, Oshin and the firm have garnered numerous accolades and awards, consistently enhancing OTS Solicitors' reputation for excellence as a top Legal 500 ranked law firm since 2017 until present, and commitment to delivering outstanding legal services at all times.

In addition to his legal expertise, Oshin provides business mentorship and coaching for both startups and established business owners. His focus is on advising clients in areas such as strategic growth, corporate governance, marketing strategies, talent acquisition, and successfully navigating cross-border expansion. With hands-on experience as a business leader himself, Oshin offers invaluable guidance to those looking to scale their businesses or expand into new markets.

Beyond his legal work, Oshin channels his precision and focus into race car driving and vintage car engineering. Having self-taught the art of car building for circuit racing, he has developed a keen interest in competitive motorsport and competes at a national level in the Classic Sports Car Club Series across the country's various national circuits.