Paul Gulbenkian

On meeting Paul, you know that you can place your trust in him and that he will do his utmost to get the best outcome for you. Fellow professionals, co-workers, and former clients all describe Paul as a consummate professional – a legal expert who combines a love of the law with a friendly manner and many years of experience in providing down to earth pragmatic family law advice.

Paul is a founder member of the national organization of family and divorce lawyers, Resolution. Members of Resolution are committed to resolving family law issues in a non-confrontational manner and members adhere to a code of practice to resolve family law disputes.

Amongst his other contributions to the legal profession, Paul is a founding member of the Immigration Law Practitioners Association (ILPA) and President of the European Immigration Lawyers Group. He is a member of the International Association of Refugee Law Judges.

Paul’s international client base and immigration law expertise mean that he is called upon to advise international families in family law cases such as overseas adoption and surrogacy arrangements, cross- border children disputes and child abduction as well as advising high net worth individuals on family law agreements and financial settlements where there are international aspects. Paul assists members of the family law team with any immigration law aspects in family law cases or proceedings. 

Paul’s out of work interests include being chair of a number of charitable trusts, legal adviser to The Mahfouz Foundation, a member of The Royal Society of Arts and a Freeman of the City of London.

Paul is highly recommended by the Legal 500 for business immigration, personal immigration and applications for British citizenship.