About Us
Brett Slater has over 20 years of experience as an immigration lawyer, winning the most difficult cases. There are many lawyers and many migration agents, but only one lawyer in 800 is an accredited specialist immigration lawyer. Although all Australian lawyers who do immigration work have to be “registered migration agents”, very few of them are “accredited”. Only the best, most experienced immigration lawyers achieve accreditation. Accreditation takes eight years or more of academic training and experience. Brett Slater has been accredited since 1995.Brett Slater's Registered Migration Agent number is 9251787.
Katerina Tordon, solicitor, joined the firm in 1999, and has been working with the firm for most of the period since then.Katerina has a combined degree in Arts and Law from the University of New South Wales.
Throughout her career as a solicitor, Katerina has worked almost exclusively in immigration law matters. She has wide ranging experience in all aspects of visa applications.
Katerina is fluent in German, Hungarian, Czech and Slovak.
Katerina is a member of the NSW Law Society.
Katerina is a registered migration agent, number 9903288.
Ruwan Samarasinghe is a solicitor at the firm. He has previously worked as a lawyer overseas. Ruwan holds a Master of Laws (Hons) degree from the University of Western Sydney. He has been practising in immigration law since 2004. He had previously worked in general practice, and had also worked as an Associate Lecturer at UWS.Ruwan has successfully handled hundreds of applications in the general skilled migration (GSM) categories, as well as a wide range of other immigration categories.
Ruwan is a member of the NSW Law Society.
Ruwan is a registered migration agent, number 0427978.
Phoebe Mwanza, solicitor, obtained a Bachelor of Law degree from Murdoch University in 2005. Since then, she has worked in several large firms exclusively undertaking immigration work. She has extensive experience in employer nomination, regional sponsored migration, temporary business, skilled independent, business skills, parent, partner, child and resident return visa applications, as well as various other aspects of immigration and citizenship practice.Phoebe is a member of the NSW Law Society.
Phoebe is a registered migration agent, number 0744569.
Erin Wakefield is a paralegal at the firm. Erin holds a Bachelor of International and Global Studies degree from the University of Sydney, where she achieved a grade average of Distinction. In 2008 she was awarded the Millicent Lillian Christian prize for Global Studies. In 2009 she was awarded the Walter Reid Memorial Prize for Arts. She is currently studying to undertake additional qualifications.