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Back to Basics: What Is an H-1B Visa? H-1B visas are for workers in specialty occupations. An H-1B worker is defined by the Immigration and Nationality Act as a beneficiary who: (i) is temporarily coming to the United States (ii) to perform services in a specialty occupation; (iii) is of distinguished merit and ability; and (iv)
Harris Sliwoski Secures Revocation of CBP Forced Labor Order In 2020, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) revoked a Withhold Release Order (WRO) issued against one of our clients after CBP received an allegation falsely claiming the company was using forced labor. Fred Rocafort, working with Brazilian attorney Rodrigo Guedes Nunes, spent close to a
Spain AML and UBO Compliance: Why Deals Stall Over Beneficial Ownership and Source of Funds A foreign company can negotiate an acquisition in Spain, arrange the financing, agree on the documents, and still miss its closing because its bank or notary cannot verify who ultimately owns the buyer or where the money came from. This
Exporting to Spain: What to Settle Before the First Container Ships An American manufacturer hires a Spanish company to help increase its sales in Europe. The agreement calls the Spanish company a distributor and sets no end date. In practice, the Spanish company buys nothing, holds no inventory, and carries no credit risk. It finds
