McCormick & O'Brien, LLP Announces Client Driven Expansion of its Global Legal Services Platform to Include Business Immigration Law

Online, October 6, 2010 (Newswire.com) - New York City, New York,- McCormick & O'Brien, LLP announces client driven expansion of its global legal services platform to include business immigration law.

The firm represents multinational corporations and individuals with respect to doing business and working in the United States in a wide range of industries, including media, financial services, advertising, education, entertainment, banking, consumer products, health care services and health care management services. Our Business Immigration lawyer have extensive experience representing corporate clients and their foreign national employees in all phases of the employment process and in the transfer of their foreign national executives, managers, professionals, investors, and performing artists to the United States. In addition, we counsel foreign business owners who are immigrating to the United States to establish and manage U.S. operations and take their companies global.

The firm also represents individuals who have demonstrated extraordinary ability in their field of endeavor and who do not require corporate sponsorship to immigrate to the United States.

Our immigration lawyer have an exceptional record in advising companies with respect to the best short- and long-term visa strategies for their specific needs. Whether it be a short-term business visitor, a treaty trader or investor, a specialty occupation worker, an executive or managerial intracompany transferee, a physician or nurse, or an artist or businessperson of extraordinary ability. Our expertise also extends to representing clients on naturalization matters and in advising them regarding the retention or relinquishment of permanent residence status.

Our immigration attorneys are members of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, and are admitted to practice law before the Courts of the State of New York. The head of our business immigration lawyer group, Elsa Ayoub, is also fluent in French, Spanish, Arabic and conversant in Dutch, which proves invaluable in the representation process and in communicating with foreign nationals and their legal counsel.

M&O is able to provide enhanced value to its global business clients therefore facilitating the transfer and retention of their most essential business personnel in the United States.

About McCormick & O'Brien, LLP:

McCormick & O'Brien, LLP, is a New York City-based law firm whose professionals are dedicated to providing the highest quality legal services to our clients. Our lawyers provide practical business solutions to our clients' most complex, mission-critical legal problems. Our professionals combine top law school credentials and large law firm experience with an entrepreneurial spirit and common sense. Our partners and senior attorneys are actively involved in all client matters, giving our clients direct access to a wealth of sophisticated experience.