Specialist immigration firm Pacific Legal has announced two promotions.

Diana Bell. 

Diana Bell has been promoted to senior associate in the Auckland office.

Diana has been with the firm since May 2014 after practising as an immigration specialist in Wellington.

She has particular expertise in assisting businesses and skilled migrants in matters such as work and student visas, skilled migrant residence visa, small business related visas and hard cases.

Uthpala Jinadasa. 

Uthpala Jinadasa has been promoted to senior solicitor in the Wellington office.

Uthpala been with the firm as a solicitor since 2016 and paralegal roles since 2010.

Originally admitted to practise in Sri Lanka, Uthpala was admitted to the bar in New Zealand in 2015 and so has first hand experience of the issues migrants face. She covers the full ambit of immigration work.