概览
无论您是将一名经理搬迁到伦敦，还是聘请整支团队在香港设立业务据点，我们都能提供所需的经验、资源和灵活性，来帮助您管理流动中的员工队伍。美博（Mayer Brown）全球流动及迁移团队管理的不仅是签证和工作许可证授权，还包括客户每天面临的所有类型的全球流动议题。我们为客户提供高效率经营业务所需的监督，并让他们对合规需求的满足充满信心。
要想在当今的经济环境中蓬勃发展，最具创业精神和最成功的企业需要依靠全球化——以及日益流动——的劳动力。在任何一个年份，一家公司都可能会将数十名甚至数以百计的员工转移到国内外的新工作场所。在协调这些举措的过程中，各公司必须应对一系列地方性、全国性或国际性的监管要求，签证和工作许可证涉及的繁文缛节，复杂的税收制度，以及众多其他领域的法律和合规挑战。
我们能够提供灵活的方案、实地的经验和专门的资源，包括最先进的技术，以帮助客户预见、监督和管理员工的流动。我们在美洲、亚洲、欧洲和中东设有办事处，并与世界各地高素质的本地律师建立了全球性的关系网络，从而能够在全球范围内提供全套服务。
我们的客户
我们的客户包括首次将业务触角伸向海外的中小型公司或初创企业，也包括财富500强公司，他们拥有上万名定期海外出差和派遣到各国工作的员工。对大型机构来说，海外派遣可能导致员工在十几个国家之间的流动或雇佣。
除了为各种规模的企业提供服务外，我们在向名人和高净值人士就其移民需求提供法律意见方面也具有丰富经验，这些客户包括那些面临复杂的搬迁挑战，例如有可能被某目的地国家拒绝入境的人士。
我们的全球流动及迁移团队能服务各类型的客户，因为我们在这一领域成果斐然，也因为我们在就对客户成功至关重要的法律和监管事务提供世界级咨询服务方面声誉卓著。
我们的全球网络
我们拥有驻美洲、亚洲、欧洲和中东的世界主要金融中心的律师团队，以及一个用心经营、遍布其他国家的律师网络，这些外部律师不但富有环球执业经验而且已跟我们有多年的密切合作。该网络让本所得以借鉴我们所熟知的律师的经验，并能利用我们在世界各地已有的本地法律经验来降低成本。在任何情况下，专门提供该项服务的律师对员工流动领域都有充分的了解，因此能够迅速而准确地提供在这个关键领域的专业建议，这对我们的客户至为关键。
为全球业务设计的技术
对于商务旅客和国际外派人士来说，了解并遵守监管要求是一个复杂的过程。美博采用先进技术来帮助客户完成工作，并为客户提供使用交通灯编码的定制报告，以简化跟踪关键截止时间的工作。我们还开发主要的在线合规培训工具用于处理高风险议题，如管理全球差旅计划或认证第三方供应商是否符合签证管理法规等。
借助美博的世界级科技和行政支持的优势，我们能够让每名客户通过桌面电脑、笔记本电脑和移动计算平台上的安全外部网络，清楚掌握其全球团队的情况。
Experience
We develop visa filings for the full enterprise of our clients across their worldwide locations. Working with a best-in-class network of attorneys around the world, our Global Mobility & Migration partners drive the strategy and optimize quality of service across worldwide locations. Our team uses sophisticated software to ensure that every visa filing occurs on time, with milestones tracked in real time on the system. In complex cases, and in jurisdictions in which quotas or other local restrictions may apply, we provide customized counsel and identify the appropriate strategy for maximizing the chance of a successful submission. In some cases, this includes advising on the nature of the employment agreement or the company’s authorization to sponsor foreign workers in the host country. We are similarly accustomed to addressing complex personal challenges that may impact eligibility (e.g., prior visa denials, arrest records, serious medical issues and divorce or custody issues).
We are regularly asked by our clients to audit their internal processes for immigration compliance and to develop remediation plans for both regulatory compliance and cost optimization. We also prepare our clients for government audits, and our shared IT portal includes a repository of the documents that officials typically require.
Sending staff overseas or across borders without the proper work and residency authorizations is just one of the myriad global mobility pitfalls that can disrupt business. Yet we find that many companies still manage personnel transfers and relocations without true global oversight, resulting in redundancies and compliance failures that can hamper profitability and increase the risk of fines, penalties or government audits.
For clients with complex global workforce needs, Mayer Brown creates a managed mobility program that helps them avoid those pitfalls. We create a global coordinating team for the individual client that becomes the day-to-day contact for the client’s general counsel or for the head of the client’s global mobility function. The team includes Mayer Brown’s client relationship partner, as well as designated managers with responsibility for each region in which our client operates. We then work with the client to review and solidify the company’s mobility practices and policies, decision structures for domestic or global relocations and processes for visa and work permit requests, and use technology to create a global process that can be monitored and managed online.
Mayer Brown has the ability to develop and manage a tailored global mobility program that encompasses the following:
- Optimizing company policies to reflect industry and regulatory best practices
- Bringing clarity and standardization to vast HR caseloads involving international travel and relocation
- Training HR and other client teams and liaising regularly with them on process enhancements
- Handling applications and filings for visas and other work authorizations in jurisdictions worldwide
- Providing customized approaches and counsel for particularly unique or complex cases
- Guarding clients’ reputations to ensure their regulatory compliance and protect their bottom line
表彰
2024
- Mayer Brown achieved first-tier rankings for Immigration in the 2024 edition of the U.S. News – Best Lawyers® ”Best Law Firms” list in the National and Washington DC categories.
2023
- Mayer Brown partners Elizabeth (Liz) Espín Stern and Grace Shie were recognized in Corporate Counsel’s 2023 Women, Influence and Power in Law Awards. The annual list honors top women lawyers who are business strategists, complex problem-solvers and who demonstrate a “commitment to advancing the empowerment of women in law,” according to the publication. Liz, managing partner of Mayer Brown’s Washington DC office and leader of the Global Mobility & Migration practice, was recognized in the “Managing Partner of the Year” category. And Grace, a partner in the firm's Global Mobility & Migration practice in Washington DC and chair of the Women’s Leadership Committee, was recognized in the “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Champion” (DEI) category.
- Mayer Brown received National Immigration Project’s 2023 “Impact in the Courts” award for its role as co-counsel in a case challenging the Trump administration’s illegal termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian nationals.
- Mayer Brown counsel James Perrot is ranked Band 1 in the UK-wide Immigration category in the Chambers High Net Worth 2023 guide.
- Mayer Brown partner Grace Shie was named a 2023 “Woman Worth Watching in Leadership” by Profiles in Diversity Journal. The award recognizes the “dynamic women who are using their talents and influence to enhance the workplace and change our world,” according to the publication.
- Mayer Brown partner Ori Lev received the American Immigration Council’s (AIC) “Immigration Impact Award” for his leading role in Al Otro Lado v. Mayorkas. A Mayer Brown team, led by Ori, represented nonprofit Al Otro Lado and a certified class of thousands of asylum seekers in a case against federal immigration authorities who instituted a policy of turning back asylum seekers at ports of entry on the US-Mexico border.
- The 2023 edition of The Legal 500 United States has named Elizabeth Espín Stern to its Immigration “Hall of Fame” and Grace Shie was recognized as a “Next Generation Partner” for Immigration
2022
- Elizabeth Espín Stern has been named to Washingtonian’s “Lawyer Lifetime Achievement” list for Immigration. The list recognizes individuals who have been named to Washingtonian’s list of “Top Lawyers” in the Washington DC area at least 10 times within the past 15 years.
- Mayer Brown achieved first-tier rankings for Immigration in US News/Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” list in the National and Washington DC categories.
- Legal 500 US 2022 has named Elizabeth Espín Stern to its “Hall of Fame” and Grace Shie was recognized as a “Next Generation Partner” for Immigration.
2021
- Mayer Brown achieved first-tier rankings for Immigration in US News/Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” list (National and Washington DC).
- Elizabeth (Liz) Espín Stern was recognized in Corporate Counsel’s 2021 Women, Influence & Power in Law Awards in the "Innovative Leadership” category. The awards honor general counsel, in-house leaders and law firm partners who have demonstrated a commitment to advancing the empowerment of women in law.
- Mayer Brown earned a rating of “Highly Commended” in the “Outstanding Agility & Crisis Management as a Service Provider” category from the Forum for Expatriate Management (FEM) at its 2021 Americas Expatriate Management and Mobility Awards (EMMAs).
- Elizabeth Espín Stern has been recognized as one of “The Most Admired Women Leaders in Business 2021” by CIO Views.
2020
- Elizabeth Espín Stern named as one of the “Top 10 Most Innovative Legal Practitioners” by the Financial Times for her efforts in harnessing technology to guide businesses through COVID-19.
- Grace Shie was named a “Labor & Employment Star” in the 2021 edition of Benchmark Litigation.
- Elizabeth Espín Stern and Grace Shie were recognized among 7 Mayer Brown lawyers in Washingtonian magazine’s “Top Lawyers” list.
- Mayer Brown achieved first-tier rankings for Immigration in US News/Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” list (National and Washington DC).
- Mayer Brown partner, Elizabeth Espín Stern was named a 2020 “Crisis Leadership Trailblazer” by The National Law Journal. The list honors individuals who have launched new initiatives through times of crisis and helped their communities, colleagues or clients.
- Elizabeth Espín Stern has been named to Legal 500’s “Hall of Fame” for Immigration. The list highlights individuals who have received constant praise from their clients for continued excellence.
- Grace Shie was recognized in the 2020 edition of The Legal 500 US as a “Next Generation Partner,” for Immigration.
2019
- Mayer Brown achieved first-tier rankings for Immigration in US News/Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” list (National and Washington DC).
- Mayer Brown earned the Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights (CAIR) Coalition’s 2019 “Detained Adult Champion Award” for the firm’s dedication to representing detained immigrants fleeing persecution from Central America, West Africa, Central Asia and many other parts of the world.
- Mayer Brown partner, Grace Shie was named to Human Resource Executive’s list of 40 “Up-and-Comers” in its annual ranking of “The Nation’s Most Powerful Employment Attorneys.” The list honors lawyers with 10 – 20 years of experience who have achieved remarkable accomplishments in labor and employment law.
- Elizabeth Espín Stern has been recognized as a “Leading Lawyer” in Immigration by Legal 500 US.
- Our award winning Global Mobility & Migration practice won the “Immigration Provider of the Year” at this year’s Forum for Expatriate Management’s Americas: Expatriate Management and Mobility Awards (EMMAs). The award recognizes organizations or companies that have demonstrated best-in-class immigration support and compliance for their clients and their internal assignee population during the past year.
- Mayer Brown earned the New York State Bar Association’s 2019 President’s Pro Bono Service Award in the Large Law Firm category for the firm’s pro bono service, including taking on seven cases that helped unaccompanied immigrant children in the New York area apply for asylum and special immigrant juvenile status.
- Mayer Brown was awarded “Asian Pro Bono Initiative of the Year” at the Asia Legal Awards in recognition of its pro bono initiative to help substantiated refugees obtain employment permission in Hong Kong.
2018
- Liz Stern and Grace Shie were recognized among 11 Mayer Brown lawyers in Washingtonian magazine’s “Top Lawyers” list.
- Mayer Brown achieved first-tier rankings for Immigration in US News/Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” list (National and Washington DC).
- Elizabeth Espín Stern has been named to The National Law Journal’s list of “Immigration Trailblazers,” which recognizes those who “have truly moved the needle in facilitating the ever-changing immigration policies.”
- The Hispanic National Bar Foundation (HNBF) has honored Washington DC-based Employment & Benefits partner Elizabeth Espín Stern with the Latina Legal Leadership Award. Ms. Stern received the award, which recognizes her excellence as a legal practitioner, at HNBF’s annual award dinner.
- Elizabeth Espín Stern has been recognized as a “Leading Lawyer” in Immigration by Legal 500 US.
2017
- Elizabeth Espín Stern and Grace Shie were named by Washingtonian magazine as the “Top Lawyers” in the field of Immigration in the Washington DC area. The list is published every two years and is based on research, reporting and lawyer interview conducted by the publication’s editorial staff.
- Mayer Brown achieved first-tier rankings for Immigration in US News/Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” list (National and Washington DC).
- Elizabeth Espín Stern has been recognized as a “Leading Lawyer” in Immigration by Legal 500 US.
- Grace Shie has been named a “Rising Star” in Immigration by Law360.
- Mayer Brown earned the “Pro Bono Star” award from Human Rights First at its annual World Refugee Day. The award recognizes lawyers who “demonstrate extraordinary commitment to the cases for asylum or related forms of immigration protection that they take on a pro bono bases” through its program.
- Elizabeth Espín Stern was named “Global Mobility Professional of the Year” by the Forum for Expatriate Management (FEM) at the 8th Annual Americas Expatriate Management & Mobility Awards.
2016
- The Financial Times recognized Mayer Brown in its annual report “North America Innovative Lawyers” for Integrated Solutions. This award recognized Elizabeth Espín Stern’s establishment of the Mobility-based Global People Solution™.
- Mayer Brown achieved first-tier rankings for Immigration in US News/Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” list (National and Washington DC).
- Elizabeth Espín Stern has been recognized in the Washington Business Journal’s 2016 Women Who Mean Business Awards. The award recognizes the most influential trail-blazing women in Washington DC and surrounding areas who have made differences in their communities.
- Elizabeth Espín Stern has been recognized as a “Leading Lawyer” in Immigration by Legal 500 US.
2015
- Elizabeth Espín Stern was named to Washingtonian magazine’s 2015 “Top Lawyers” list, published every two years.
- Mayer Brown achieved first-tier rankings for Immigration in US News/Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” list (National and Washington DC).
- Elizabeth Espín Stern has been named to the national board of advisors for the New American Leaders Project (NALP), a nonpartisan national non-profit whose mission is to prepare first- and second-generation immigrants for civic leadership.
- Elizabeth Espín Stern has been recognized as a “Leading Lawyer” in Immigration by Legal 500 US.
- Elizabeth Espín Stern has been named one of 75 “Outstanding Women Lawyers” by The National Law Journal; she is the only immigration practitioner to be ranked as such.
