Two practices under one roof: migration and commercial law.
Skilled workers, sponsoring employers, couples and founders come to us because their problems cross both lines: the visa and the employment contract, the business sale and the partner who needs to stay. One firm, one file, fixed fees agreed in writing.
Pick the door. The team behind it is the same.
Each practice has its own lawyers and its own way of working. What they share is the file: when a matter needs both, nothing is lost at the handover.
Visas, sponsorship and review, prepared to be decided the first time.
Partner visas, the 482 Skills in Demand visa, employer sponsorship and the 186, visitor and parent visas, refusals and Administrative Review Tribunal applications.
- IndividualsPartner, skilled, visitor, parent and student visas
- EmployersSponsorship, nomination, labour agreements, compliance
- ReviewTribunal applications and ministerial intervention
Contracts, structures and transactions for founders and established businesses.
Commercial agreements, company and trust structuring, business sales and acquisitions, shareholder agreements, employment documents and disputes.
- FoundersStructure, first contracts, shareholder terms
- OperatorsSupply, distribution, leases, employment
- TransactionsSale and purchase of a business, due diligence
The reason one firm does both.
An employer sponsoring an overseas worker needs a nomination that passes the Department and an employment contract that passes Fair Work. A founder selling a business needs the sale documents and, often, a visa strategy for the buyer or a key employee. Doing both in one file means the sponsorship terms, the salary and the contract match, because the same people wrote them.
How cross-practice matters run
Four commitments, every matter.
- 01
A named lawyer
Every matter is led by a lawyer you can name and reach, not a queue or a portal.
- 02
Fixed fees in writing
The fee and the instalments are in the agreement before work begins. No hourly billing surprises.
- 03
Advice before applications
A consultation first. If a pathway or a deal structure is not realistic, you hear it there, before you spend on it.
- 04
Decision-ready files
Applications and documents go out complete, so decision-makers and counterparties have nothing to send back.
Latest from both practices.
Guides with current charges, checklists and calculators. All insights
- Employer sponsorship
Sponsoring through a labour hire firm: the licence, the on-hire agreement and the host contract
A labour hire firm sponsors 482 workers only under the on-hire labour agreement in 2026: direct employer, a $95,307.60 floor, and the host contract lodged.
- Employer sponsorship
The student visa is no longer a fallback for your sponsored workers
Since 2 October 2026 a 482 holder cannot lodge a student visa in Australia. What it means for employers when sponsorship ends, with the $79,423 floor in view.
- Employer sponsorship
Your new hire was cancelled at the airport: what the Zhang decision means for sponsors
A visa was cancelled at Sydney Airport over undeclared goods, then quashed on procedure. What a sponsor can do when a worker never clears customs.
- Commercial law
Voluntary administration with sponsored staff on the roster: what pauses and what does not
A sponsor in voluntary administration in 2026: 28 days to notify, wages after appointment paid by the administrator, and a $79,423 floor that never pauses.
- Commercial law
Employee share schemes for staff on temporary visas: vesting, leaver terms and the salary that still has to be paid
Employee share schemes for sponsored staff in 2026: equity sits outside the $79,423 nominated salary, vesting on the visa calendar, a visa leaver clause.
Tell us which door, or both.
A consultation with a lawyer in the right practice, and a fixed fee quote in writing afterwards. Migration enquiries can also book directly with Skyline Migration Lawyers.