Kathryn Bradbury > Payne Hicks Beach LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Payne Hicks Beach LLP is praised as a ‘top immigration firm‘ with extensive experience advising HNW individuals and businesses in sectors such as fashion, financial services and the not-for-profit sector. Practice head Kathryn Bradbury, an expert in EU immigration law and the tech and media sectors, leads a team of lawyers who go ‘above and beyond their call of duty‘, and that is particularly capable advising SMEs on Sponsor Licence and Skilled Worker visas, assisting overseas companies wanting to establish in the UK, as well as with Global Talent applications. Gintare Plistkovaite, who has a broad immigration practice and expertise in non-contentious business immigration, is another key contact.

Payne Hicks Beach LLP is widely known for its personal immigration advice to HNW and UHNW clients, particularly from the US, the Middle East, India and South America. With lawyers of ‘extremely high calibre and skill‘, the group regularly advises on visa categories such as Tier 1 Investor, Innovator and Global Talent, as well as family applications. The team also has significant expertise handling adult dependent relative applications, human rights applications with complex backgrounds, and appeals and judicial reviews. The practice is overseen by Kathryn Bradbury, praised by one client as ‘consistency and excellence personified‘, who advises clients such as businesspeople, particularly in the arts and media, financial services and tech sectors, on a broad range of UK immigration, EU free movement and UK nationality law. Known for ‘taking the most complex and demanding cases in his stride‘, Matt Ingham specialises in complex international protection claims for HNW clients, involving political persecution and corporate raiding; he also advises on public law and human rights based applications, and is especially experienced in asylum claims, judicial reviews, statutory appeals and urgent removal cases. Gintare Plistkovaite also advises on a broad range of immigration issues, including international protection, extradition, judicial review and human rights claims.

Overseen by Kathryn Bradbury, Payne Hicks Beach LLP  is a ‘top immigration firm dealing with all aspects of immigration for high-net-worth clients‘ with unique expertise in political asylum. Advising on the full scope of human rights-related immigration law, the group can ensure a multi-disciplinary approach in collaboration with its media and reputation, data law, and Interpol advisory teams. Described as a ‘standout partner dealing with the most complex cases in human rights‘, Matt Ingham is a reputable expert in International Protection claims involving political persecution and corporate raiding, and regularly advises on high profile and diplomatically sensitive asylum cases. The group also includes Gintare Plistkovaite, a ‘star in the making‘, who has a broad immigration practice that includes International Protection, extradition, judicial review and human rights claims. Richard Milford is also seasoned in International Protection and asylum, and ‘exceptional and punchy litigator‘ Sheroy Zaq joined the team from Duncan Lewis Solicitors in January 2024.