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Megan Arends
Special Counsel, Brisbane
I am a Special Counsel in MinterEllison’s Migration Services practice and one of only six Queensland-based accredited specialists in Australian immigration law.

Working from the firm’s Brisbane office, I dedicate my practice to providing clients with a streamlined, competitively priced visa application service. I also offer high-quality commercial and strategic advice. This includes instructing multinational clients on staff mobility and visa requirements.

I am widely recognised as an industry leader, particularly in Queensland, and regularly present continuing professional development seminars and workshops.

Career highlights

  • Large Australian based coal producer – Currently assisting to manage this client's immigration program and have just successfully negotiated a Global Talent Scheme agreement with the Department of Home Affairs on behalf of this client. This will enable them to access the TSS and ENS programs in relation to a high-level position that is not otherwise eligible for either visa scheme.
  • Large global mining company – Worked with the CEO of a large global mining company to process a visa application that became highly logistically complex due to bureaucratic requirements relating to a health undertaking.
  • International hydroenergy company – Successfully obtained a very large number of Subclass 400 visas for a client engaged as a contractor on a large infrastructure project in Queensland, despite political pressures against foreign labour on these projects.
  • Travel agency – Engaged by this client since 2012 to provide immigration advice and to prepare and lodge a high volume of employer sponsored visa applications on their behalf.
  • Large energy provider – Engaged by this client to undertake Temporary Skills Shortage subclass 482 visa applications for their China based employees to come to Australia. These applications are for a set period of employment to work on newly developed engineering projects. So far, we have lodged 6 applications, 5 of which have been successfully approved, one is still pending.
  • Leading global bank – Prepared internal immigration policy documents to ensure internal policies comply with all Australian immigration laws. MinterEllison is also this client's primary migration provider for its visa applications, both temporary and permanent.

 Awards & recognition 

  • Recognised by Best Lawyers in Australia for Immigration since 2014, based on peer review
  • Becoming an inaugural member of the Queensland Law Society’s Specialist Accreditation Committee for Immigration in 2012

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