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Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Immigration

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Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

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Morgan Lewis’s immigration practice helps multinational employers to manage the full range of business-related immigration and global mobility needs. We combine the personalized service and individual attention of a boutique immigration practice with the international resources of one of the world’s largest law firms. Our practice is tightly integrated with our elite global labor and employment practice—allowing us to provide our clients with cohesive advice on all of their international employment and immigration issues and needs. Our immigration team members are part of a multidisciplinary global workforce team that collaborates to provide integrated cross-border advice, counseling, and strategic planning on all legal aspects of the global movement of personnel.

Our clients rely on our demonstrated ability to handle complex immigration matters regardless of jurisdiction. Beyond comprehensive, general business immigration services in the United States and the United Kingdom, we offer our corporate clients proficiency in several key immigration-related subspecialties—including non-US visas and work permits, foreign employment laws, British citizenship, taxation, compliance, personal immigration services, and the immigration consequences arising from corporate transactions. We offer experience in the immigration requirements and processes of more than 120 countries.

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Immigration - District of Columbia

Band 1

What the Team is Known For
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP is a full-service firm with a superb immigration practice boasting an impressive list of corporate clients. The team is able to draw on significant global resources to assist clients with international immigration programs. Their areas of expertise include US and non-US visas, taxation and the immigration aspects of M&A. Its lawyers act for a wide range of clients, from multinationals and mid-sized businesses to startups, and advise companies from the technology, energy and life sciences sectors, among others. The firm is also experienced representing clients in immigration compliance matters.
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Work Highlights

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  • Morgan, Lewis & Bockius assisted T. Rowe Price on a global portfolio of immigration matters, handling visa applications for foreign national hires in the United States, the United Kingdom, Luxembourg, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan and UAE.

Strengths

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  • Morgan Lewis offers experience and credibility. The team we work with has decades of experience with an impeccable track record of success.

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  • Morgan Lewis is a trusted partner for us.

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  • Morgan Lewis has specialists staffed to support our company and employee in different areas of the world to ensure our work is being processed in a timely manner. They also have a breadth of experience and knowledge that allows them to assist in all matters.

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  • Morgan Lewis is our leading expert firm for immigration matters. We deeply appreciate how responsive and accessible they are when new policies come from the federal administration.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Eleanor Pelta
    Eleanor Pelta

    Eleanor Pelta

    Eleanor Pelta continues to advise on complex immigration matters as they relate to M&A transactions, regularly assisting with both the transfer of individual executives and high-volume workforces. She is respected throughout the legal profession for her many years' experience.

    • Eleanor Pelta never steers us wrong. She is always incredibly accurate and comes up with creative solutions to complex problems.

      Immigration respondentUSA

    • Eleanor Pelta is very smart and an excellent advocate.

      Immigration respondentUSA

    • Eleanor Pelta is an excellent attorney. She has great insights into all facets of immigration law, and I trust her judgement implicitly.

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  • Shannon Donnelly
    Shannon Donnelly

    Shannon Donnelly

    Shannon Donnelly regularly advises on immigration policy and compliance, with noteworthy expertise concerning remote working entitlements among other issues.

    • We go to Shannon Donnelly when things escalate. She is extremely helpful and responsive.

      Immigration respondentUSA

    • Shannon Donnelly provides exceptional leadership and strategic oversight of the immigration work done to support our employees. She ensures consistency and quality and is always accessible to employees and legal staff.

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    • Shannon is excellent to work with.

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  • Eric S Bord
    Eric S Bord

    Eric S Bord

    Eric Bord handles an array of immigration matters, including those relating to DOJ investigations and compliance issues. In the latter field he often works on I-9 and E-Verify compliance mandates.

    • Eric Bord is a true partner to our business.

      Immigration respondentUSA

    • Eric Bord is incredible. He is always there for us and available when it counts. Not only does he have the answers we need, but he is friendly and enjoyable to work with as well.

      Immigration respondentUSA

    • Eric provides expert advice with professionalism and care.

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