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WLA Co-Practice for Professionals

Professionals. Regulated
in every market.
One co-practice team.

Professionals — lawyers, accountants, doctors, architects, engineers — operating or relocating internationally face a dual challenge: regulatory recognition of their professional qualifications in the new jurisdiction, and the personal legal matters that international mobility creates. WLA co-practice handles both dimensions simultaneously.

48hr
Co-practice team assembled
90+
Jurisdictions
1
Engagement — all markets
Live Intelligence
Active
Professional Recognition
EU Professional Qualifications Directive — updated mutual recognition framework. UK post-Brexit recognition routes have changed materially
Active
Tax Residency
OECD residency tie-breaker rules — mobile professionals with multiple residency connections facing increased scrutiny
Active
Immigration
UAE Golden Visa — professional categories expanded. Portugal IFICI — high-value professionals key beneficiary category
Active
Employment
IR35 / off-payroll working — international contractors engaging UK clients must review status carefully
What WLA co-practice gives professionals

Your qualifications.
Recognised. Everywhere
you work.

International professional mobility has become significantly more complex. Professional recognition, tax residency, and employment status must all be addressed simultaneously — in every jurisdiction involved.

01
Professional Qualification Recognition
WLA co-practice coordinates qualification recognition across the destination jurisdiction — mapping the recognition route and coordinating local counsel in the new market.
Regulatory
02
International Relocation Legal
International relocation involves simultaneous legal work in both the origin and destination jurisdiction. WLA coordinates both sides under one engagement.
Relocation
03
Tax Residency Planning Co-Practice
Mobile professionals face complex residency determinations. WLA co-practice provides coordinated tax advice across both jurisdictions simultaneously.
Tax
04
Employment Structure Co-Practice
International contractors, secondees, and senior executives — WLA co-practice builds the compliant employment structure that works in every jurisdiction.
Employment
05
Residency & Citizenship Co-Practice
Investor visas, Golden Visas, IFICI — WLA co-practice handles the immigration and tax planning dimensions together, not separately.
Immigration
From the client
I needed legal advice in three jurisdictions simultaneously — my home country, where I was relocating to, and where my employer was based. WLA co-practice was the only way to get coherent advice across all three at once.
Senior Partner
International law firm — cross-border relocation 2025
How WLA co-practice works for professionals
01
Brief WLA on your matter
Describe your professional situation, the jurisdictions involved, and what you need — recognition, tax, employment structure, or relocation.
02
Co-practice team assembled
WLA identifies the right specialist in each jurisdiction — immigration lawyer, tax adviser, employment lawyer — and assembles a coordinated team.
03
Coordinated engagement
One engagement covering all jurisdictions. WLA coordinates the strategy across recognition, tax, and employment simultaneously.
04
Delivery across all jurisdictions
The co-practice team works in parallel — no sequential advice, no gaps between jurisdictions, no contradictions.
WLA partner firms for professionals

The specialists in this group.

WLA Qualified immigration, employment, and tax specialists for international professionals.

DZ
Dr. Zubrod | Friesen PartG mbB
Frankfurt, Germany
Transactional Practice GroupIntellectual Property GroupInsolvency and Restructuring Group

SUCCESSFUL SUCCESSION – DESIGNED WITH US Our range of services is completely tailored to you and…

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WK
William KW Leung & Co.
Aberdeen, Hong Kong
Transactional Practice GroupIntellectual Property GroupGlobal Arbitration and Mediation Group

William KW Leung & Co (website: www.jwlw.com)a solicitors firm located in Hong Kong providing legal services…

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GM
G. M. Gamma Advocates LLP
Nairobi, Kenya
Transactional Practice GroupLabor and Employment Law GroupImmigration Law Group

Who We Are G.M Gamma Advocates LLP is a full-service law firm operating from the Kenyan…

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G&
Galante & Martins
Montevideo, Uruguay
Transactional Practice GroupIntellectual Property GroupInjury and Terrorism Group

Tradition Galante & Martins was founded in 1951 as a firm strongly based on the personality…

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LC
Leader Corporate Services Limited
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Transactional Practice GroupIntellectual Property GroupTax Group

We keep your interest at heart With the continuous changes in corporate laws and various regulatory…

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PL
Penrose Law
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Transactional Practice GroupIntellectual Property GroupGlobal Dispute Group

Penrose is a corporate law firm that specialises in –strategic- Dutch law advice, litigation and commercial…

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Key practitioners
Marielena Ulloa
Honduras
Marielena Ulloa
Managing Partner
C.M. (Kees) Van Der Burg
Netherlands
C.M. (Kees) Van Der Burg
Managing Partner
Mused Saud Aljubairi Alrashidi
Saudi Arabia
Mused Saud Aljubairi Alrashidi
Founder
Likitha P. Mahdiker
India
Likitha P. Mahdiker
Legal Associate
Arturo J. Ramirez
Dominican Republic
Arturo J. Ramirez
Junior Partner
NEGREA EMILIA NICOLETA
Romania
NEGREA EMILIA NICOLETA
CABINET AVOCAT
Nathalie Hellio
France
Nathalie Hellio
Tax Lawyer expatriation taxes, immigration, social security, employment law
Clifford. O. Odhiambo
Kenya
Clifford. O. Odhiambo
Disputes Resolution
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WLA Co-Practice Protocol

Brief WLA on your professional mobility matter.

No cold calls. No procurement. WLA assembles the co-practice team in 48 hours — one engagement, all markets, jointly held.