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World Law Alliance is an Institutional platform where independent law firms co-practice across borders under one shared framework of excellence.

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WLA has partner firms across 80+ jurisdictions worldwide, with one exclusive partner firm Per Practice.

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Law firms can apply for WLA Partner Firm status through our Expression of Interest form. We designate one exclusive partner firm Per Practice.

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WLA Immigration Practice Group

Global mobility. Residency.
Visas. One co-practice
team in every jurisdiction.

WLA Immigration co-practice coordinates executive mobility, golden visa programmes, skilled worker routes, and global residency planning — in every relevant jurisdiction simultaneously, under one Institutional framework.

80+

Immigration jurisdictions

IFICI Portugal

20% flat rate

UAE Golden Visa

Expanded 2026

UK Skilled Worker

Routes updated

Live Intelligence

Active

Portugal IFICI

Replaces NHR — 20% flat rate for qualifying income. WLA Lagoa preparing comprehensive client guidance.

Active

UAE Golden Visa Expanded

New professional categories added — remote work visa extended through 2026

Active

UK Skilled Worker

Updated salary thresholds — WLA monitoring impact on cross-border workforce mobility

Active

India DPDP — Employee Data

Employee data in cross-border mobility now subject to DPDP requirements

What WLA delivers

Global mobility. Residency. Visas. One co-practice team in every jurisdiction.

WLA co-practice means one coordinated team addressing your cross-border legal needs simultaneously — genuine local depth in every jurisdiction, under one Institutional framework.

Executive & Senior Leader Mobility

C-suite and senior executive relocation — work permits, tax residency, family visas, and settlement rights co-practiced in every destination jurisdiction simultaneously.

HNW Residency Planning

Golden Visa, IFICI, and investment residency programmes across Portugal, UAE, and other key destinations — co-practiced with the local immigration specialist in each country.

Workforce Global Mobility

Cross-border workforce mobility for multinationals — work permits, secondment structures, and compliance in every jurisdiction where employees are posted.

Family Immigration Co-Practice

Spouse and dependent visas, family reunification, and education visas — co-practiced with the right immigration specialist in each jurisdiction.

Immigration Due Diligence in M&A

Workforce immigration compliance due diligence in cross-border acquisitions — WLA coordinates immigration audits in every deal jurisdiction.

Live intelligence

Immigration

Portugal IFICI

WLA Lagoa (AM-Almeida Monteiro) — full IFICI guide prepared for clients relocating to Portugal

Immigration

UAE Golden Visa

New categories added — remote work visa extended. WLA advising on Portugal-UAE combinations

Immigration

UK Skilled Worker

Updated salary thresholds — WLA monitoring impact on cross-border workforce mobility

Immigration

India DPDP

Employee data in cross-border mobility now subject to data protection requirements

Practice Group Lead

WLA Immigration Practice Group Lead

Guadalupe De Almeida

Managing Partner · AM-Almeida Monteiro · Lagoa, Portugal

Immigration Private Clients Real Estate HNW

Guadalupe De Almeida leads the WLA Immigration Practice Group — co-ordinating global mobility, IFICI, UAE Golden Visa, and cross-border executive immigration co-practice across Europe, the Gulf, and the Americas.

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AM-Almeida Monteiro

Immigration Practice Group Lead firm — Portugal

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WLA Private Clients

HNW relocation and wealth planning

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WLA Employment

Global mobility and secondment structures

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WLA Intelligence

Live immigration intelligence — visa routes

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WLA partner firms in this practice

The firms that co-practice
in this discipline.

One exclusive partner firm Per Practice — each WLA-accredited, reviewed annually.

Aaron Suero & Pedersini

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Partner Firm

Transactional Practice GroupIntellectual Property GroupInjury and Terrorism GroupGlobal Arbitration and Mediation Group

Arturo J. Ramirez

Junior Partner

Today’s clients expect competent and highly effective legal representation. Our law firm focuses on developing exceptional and personalized,…

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Ulloa & Associates

San Pedro Sula, Honduras

Partner Firm

Transactional Practice GroupTax GroupImmigration Law GroupInjury and Terrorism Group

Marielena Ulloa

Managing Partner

In 2008 Ulloa & Asociados became the first firm in Honduras to be certified under the international standard…

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Levitt Robinson Solicitors

Sydney, Australia

Partner Firm

Transactional Practice GroupGlobal Dispute GroupLabor and Employment Law Group

Stewart Levitt

Principal & Managing Partner

Firm Overview – Levitt Robinson Solicitors Levitt Robinson Solicitors is a leading litigation firm founded in 1983 by…

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Mifsud & Mifsud Advocates

Valletta, Malta

Partner Firm

Transactional Practice GroupIntellectual Property GroupTax GroupImmigration Law Group

Malcolm Mifsud

Advocacy & Public Affairs

Mifsud & Mifsud Advocates is a multidisciplinary law firm set up in 2007, by its two founding partners,…

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Al Jubairi Law Firm

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Distinguished

Transactional Practice GroupGlobal Dispute GroupLabor and Employment Law Group

Mused Saud Aljubairi Alrashidi

Founder

Since our establishment in 2010, we have become one of the most prominent legal institutions in the Kingdom…

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HELMA INTERNATIONAL

Paris, Paris

Partner Firm

Tax GroupLabor and Employment Law GroupImmigration Law Group

Nathalie Hellio

Tax Lawyer expatriation taxes, immigration, social security, employment law

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More jurisdictions available

35+ jurisdictions still open for WLA designation in this practice.

Key practitioners

Named practitioners.
Every jurisdiction.

Every WLA co-practice matter in this practice is led by a named practitioner who personally holds the mandate alongside WLA partner firms in other jurisdictions.