About Us
We are a boutique law firm specialising in Immigration, Private Client, Contracts, Intellectual Property and Amicable Separations – both business and personal.
We are a boutique law firm specialising in Immigration, Private Client, Contracts, Intellectual Property and Amicable Separations – both business and personal.
We work with businesses, investors and private clients who are looking for a top notch service whether it be to move employees across the globe, start a new business down under, prepare for the future, protect an invention or solve a complex business or personal matter in a discrete and straight forward manner.
With 10-plus years in the business
We have legal, immigration and IP qualifications from the UK, Australia and Hong Kong. Our founder is dual qualified in the UK and Australia and happily works between jurisdictions.
Hightrees Law maintains its impeccable track record by being upfront and honest about your chances of success, while continuing to assess the viability of your case at each stage and milestone.
We take pride in not only keeping up to date with changes in the laws and policies that may affect you, but we work hard to anticipate and advise you of any changes well before they occur.
We are regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority in the UK and the Migration Agents Regulation Authority in Australia.
Dual qualified Immigration Lawyer and Australian Registered Migration Agent.
Thank you for taking the time to read through our website, we hope you like the idea of what we do here at Hightrees Law and, perhaps more importantly, how we do it.
From my own experience, I know that along with any legal issue comes a fair bit of stress and so choosing a law firm that acts not only as an advisor but an ally is really important.
Our aim at Hightrees Law is to take the problem away from you so you can start your new life (or new business venture). I would love to help you with any legal or immigration issue you may have – please feel free to make contact with me so we can discuss what you need and what we can do to assist.
We always welcome feedback so please get in touch to let us know how we can do better!
Paula took the time to understand our situation, discussed our goals and provided the guidance we needed. Paula’s knowledge, communication style and skill in summarising complex information combined with frequent feedback and updates far exceeded our expectations. We couldn’t have placed our trust in more capable hands. We highly recommend Paula’s services.
Jay & Kyle
We chose Paula as we saw that she had lived and worked in Australia and thought she would have a good understanding of the system. We weren’t wrong! Paula was fantastic and put our minds at ease straight away with her extensive knowledge of the procedures. Paula did all our paperwork and was always at the other end of a phone or would happily meet up to talk through our concerns. Paula still sent us other info that she thought may have been helpful after we emigrated. I cannot recommend Paula highly enough and have passed on her details to 2 other friends in the UK who are thinking of emigrating. Paula took the stress out of the situation and made the whole process easy! Thanks Paula!!!
Phil & Kym
I would happily recommend Paula to anyone. From the start, she was extremely helpful, giving me all the information I needed and making it clear what was needed. It was a real piece of mind to me know that my application was in her hands as she handled the whole submission right from the beginning to the end . If I had any questions she was always available and there to help; giving me updates on my application and assuaging any fears I had. If you want an expert and also someone who you feel comfortable with I can't recommend Paula enough.
Sara & Dayna
To cut a very long story short, involving corruption and dodgy dealings , i decided to use a solicitor i had heard about in Australia, Paula McGeown. Dang was stuck in Manila, so Paula arranged her 3rd tourist visa immediately, and flew to meet Dang in Manila to help her with the arrangements, 5 days later Dang was back in Australia. I recommend that anybody trying to get a partner to Australia from the Philippines, DON'T try to do it yourself, give Paula a ring and save yourself heaps of money, stress and time. I can't thank you enough, on behalf of Dang and myself, thanks.
Jon Rogers
In 2012 I was distraught as Australian Immigration Authorities had informed me I could not remain in Australia due to the type of visa I was on. I rang Paula who within a few seconds put my mind at ease with her professional expertise and knowledge of immigration law and her willingness to offer me immediate assistance. I found Paula exceedingly warm and friendly. Her service was excellent therefore I would highly recommend her to anyone.
Gary & Christina, now in Perth
"I love that you took the time to learn about my business before presenting a really useful strategic plan that ended up being just what we needed. Thank you."
UK business transferring their operations to Australia, 2015
"From our first meeting we knew we were finally in caring, capable hands. Thank you for all your work and foresight - we will recommend you to our contacts."
A. Lebouyer, France 2015