Bolstered by a strong international network, Mayer Brown International LLP is notable for corporate immigration and mobility staffing, while talent management, visa sponsorship, and spousal benefits are other areas of expertise. The Washington DC-based team also engages in high-profile asylum work representing families fleeing religious persecution in Nigeria and Afghan women refugees. The global mobility and migration group is co-led by Elizabeth Espín Stern, renowned for her work advising multinationals, and Grace Shie, a specialist on employee mobility in financial and equity markets. Carl Risch advises on global visa and passport function for the US government and foreign consulates, and Maximilian Del Rey assists with immigration-related compliance and risk management.
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Key clients
- Altice
- American Credit Acceptance
- Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
- CoStar Group
- Fresh Mark
- Leidos, Inc.
- International Air Transport Association
- Northern Trust
- Sandbox AQ
- Sotheby’s
Work highlights
- Representing Fresh Mark in criminal defense and regulatory action in response to the Trump Administration’s largest single-company “raid” of 158 allegedly undocumented workers.
- Retained by Sandbox AQ to develop immigration solutions to facilitate the hiring of STEM professionals to develop quantum computing innovations.
- Managing CoStar’s global mobility portfolio, including full range of visa transactions for employees in all global locations.
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Grace Shie
Practice head
Elizabeth Espín Stern; Grace Shie
Other key lawyers
Carl Risch; Maximillian Del Rey