Miglena Ilieva
Senior Associate Solicitor
Sector: UK Immigration
Location: New York
Miglena is a Senior Associate Solicitor having practiced UK immigration and nationality law since 2009. She specialises in all areas of immigration law and has extensive experience in corporate, high net worth and personal immigration matters.
Miglena regularly writes for the media and legal publications, including Lexis®PSL and Practical Law (Thomson Reuters). She enjoys lobbying the Home Office to effect changes to immigration law and policy and advising clients on complex areas of immigration law. She has a particular interest in European law and is one of the firm’s experts on Brexit and the movement of people within the single market.
She is a co-convener of the PSL Working Group in the Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association. The firm’s PSL team, under Miglena’s management, was shortlisted for the LexisNexis PSL Award in 2019.
History
2023-present – Laura Devine Immigration, New York office
2015-2023 – Laura Devine Immigration, London office
2013-2015 – Head of Immigration, Universa Law Solicitors
2009-2013 – Trainee & Solicitor specialising in immigration in various London firms
Education
2023 – Admitted as a legal consultant in the state of New York, USA
2012 – Admitted as a Solicitor of England and Wales
2012 – Accredited under the Immigration and Asylum Accreditation Scheme as a Supervisor and a Senior Caseworker
2009 – LLB, Nottingham Law School
2008-2009 – LPC, Nottingham Law School (Kaplan)
2007-2008 – GDL, Nottingham Law School (Kaplan)
2004-2007 – BA in Law and Politics, Middlesex University
Bulgarian
Shortlisted: LexisNexis Legal Awards 2019 – PSL/ Knowledge Team of the Year (PSL team led by Miglena Ilieva)