Our experience
Our immigration work draws on experience gained since 2008. The team also has more than thirty years of intellectual property experience, with a background in physics, research and patent practice.
Our work ranges from a business sponsoring its first overseas employee to ongoing employer relationships, research-led immigration matters and families dealing with more than one legal system.
Complex matters
Some clients arrive after being told there is no route available. We examine the reasons for that answer, the alternatives and the weaknesses that need to be addressed. A useful assessment explains the risks as well as the opportunities.
For employers, legal advice needs commercial understanding. An unusual role, a changing business or a person whose career does not fit a standard category deserves a proper examination.
Scope and fees
We agree the scope and fees before work starts. Where an issue requires another jurisdiction or a different professional qualification, we explain what is needed and how the work should be coordinated.
Our aim is advice that helps you make a decision, supported by the experience relevant to your matter.
Paula McGeown
Principal Lawyer · Immigration and cross-border family
Paula is an Australian immigration lawyer and has practised immigration law continuously since 2008. She was admitted as an Australian lawyer in the Supreme Court of the ACT and the High Court of Australia in 2010, and in England and Wales in 2012.
Before founding Inicio Legal, Paula practised as Hightrees Law and Visa Advice. Clients of both practices can contact her through Inicio Legal.
Her postgraduate qualifications span immigration law, intellectual property, UK and EU law, and Chinese law.
Her work combines legal and commercial understanding in employer sponsorship, DAMAs, labour agreements and complex immigration matters. Book a call · Paula on LinkedIn
Dr Phil Jeffrey
Intellectual property
Phil is a PhD physicist and UK and European patent attorney, with more than thirty years of intellectual property experience. His work encompasses IP strategy, trade marks and ownership questions, including those that arise in business sales.
He also contributes to National Innovation Visa matters where achievements sit in research, publications and intellectual property. Book an IP call