The register
The register lists Criminal Defence Solicitors in London as a licensed sponsor on Skilled Worker, an entry that goes back to at least 2026. Rating on the current register: Worker (A rating).
Companies House lists it as Criminal Defence Solicitors Ltd, number 06629294, incorporated 2008: 18 years of filings behind the name. Registered office: 16 Hobbs Mews, Seven Kings, Ilford, Essex, IG3 9JZ, IG3 9JZ. Its filed activity puts it in professional and technical services.
Holding a licence is the expensive, slow part done. For Criminal Defence Solicitors the question each time is only whether the role and the pay fit the current rules, and that is checked per vacancy.