Katie Newbury

Partner at Kingsley Napley LLP

Speaker

Katie heads up the private client team within the Immigration practice and have worked in UK immigration law for over 16 years. She is recognised as a leading practitioner for high‑net‑worth individuals, families and globally mobile clients.

Katie's practice encompasses the full spectrum of individual immigration matters, including:

Family and relationship‑based immigration
Advising on partner and children applications, family settlement, nationality, and complex international surrogacy and adoption matters where immigration intersects with family law.

Immigration and criminality
Advising individuals with historic or recent criminal convictions on UK entry, residence and the implications of the new Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) regime, including specialist work for clients in the entertainment and sports sectors.

High‑net‑worth and entrepreneur immigration solutions
Assisting business leaders, investors and applicants under the Global Talent route.

Working alongside the firm’s international protection team, she also advises clients on asylum, humanitarian protection and human‑rights‑based claims.

Katie am regularly instructed on high‑stakes immigration cases for HNW individuals, international families and clients whose personal or professional circumstances require bespoke strategic thinking. Katie's pragmatic, solutions‑driven approach to sensitive or unusual immigration issues has led to successful outcomes in many complex cases.