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Marial Lewis is one of Australia's top immigration lawyers.

She is an accredited specialist in Immigration Law by the Law Society of NSW as well as two times winner of the prestigious Lawyers Weekly 30 under 30 in 2021 and 2022 and the 2020 John Gibson Award - Young Migration Lawyer of the year by the Law Council of Australia.

She was also named as a finalist in various national awards including, Partner of the year in migration and innovation, rising star of the year for the Australasian Law Awards and Women in Law, regional/suburban lawyer of the year and 30 under 30 since 2019 to date. In 2022, Marial was recognized in Forbes list 30 under 30 for social impact. She was recognised by her international peers in the Who’s who Legal- Corporate Immigration since 2022 until now for three years in a row.

Marial is also a lecturer and unit coordinator in the Graduate Diploma of Australian Migration Law and teaches administrative law and criminal law in the undergraduate and Juris Doctor Program at UNSW. Marial is a highly sought after speaker who gets asked to speak in national and international immigration law conferences and webinars.

After many years in private practice including being a partner in a specialist migration law firm, Marial founded Crossover Law Group, a newlaw migration law firm focusing on servicing private and corporate clients migration law needs by delivering a fast, efficient and transparent excellent service whilst using innovation, technology and new ideas for better delivery.Crossover Law Group was listed as an innovative law firm of the year finalist in 2021, 2022 and 2023 awards.

Marial is a passionate lawyer who works with a wide range of clients assisting them with their immigration legal goals.

She is also very experienced with complicated migration law matters such as refusals, cancellations, s501 detention matters, character cases, health waivers, review matters at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal as well as being a litigator in migration court cases. Marial also assists in corporate migration matters and global talent movements and retention.

Contact & Links
Location
  • Level 35, International Tower One
    100 Barangaroo Avenue
    Sydney NSW 2000
    Australia
Languages
  • English
  • Arabic
Affiliations
  • Crossover Law Group - Founder and Principal Solicitor
Court Admissions
  • 2015

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in Australia 2025 for work in:
  • Immigration Law
Awards:
  • Australia's best lawyers- Rising Star List- 2023 and 2024

  • Finalist- Partner of the year award- Innovator of the year- 2024

  • Finalist- Partner of the year award- Migration- 2024

  • Finalist- Australasian Law Awards- Innovator of the Year- 2023

  • Winner of the Lawyers Weekly 2021: 30 under 30- Migration Law
  • Winner of the Lawyers Weekly 2022: 30 under 30- Migration Law

  • Recognised in WLW- Corporate Immigration Future Leaders for 2022.
  • Innovator of the Year- Company- Australian Law Awards 2022

  • NewLaw Firm of the year finalist- Australian Law Awards 2022

  • Finalist in Australian Law Awards- Managing Partner of the year 2022

  • Finalist in Women of the Year Award- Sole Practitioner of the Year- 2022

  • Finalist in Women in Law awards: Innovator of the Year (Individual) 2022

  • Forbes 30 Under 30 List- 2022

  • Finalist in Lawyers Weekly 30 under 30: 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022
  • Finalist in Partner of the year awards 2021 and 2022
  • Finalist in Women in Law awards: Partner of the year (SME) award 2021.
  • Finalist in Rising star of the year- Lawyers Weekly and Women in law awards- 2019 and 2020
  • Innovator of the year (Firm) finalist Women in Law Awards- 2021 and 2022-
  • Suburban Lawyer of the year award Finalist- 2020
  • Winner of the 2020 John Gibson Lawyers of the year award- Law Council of Australia
  • 50 rising stars- Women of the Future in ESG 2023- UK

  • WWL Magazine- Corporate Migration- 2023 and 2024

Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Litigation

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