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Reaz H. JafriHead of Immigration (US and Asia)Offices: New YorkTel: +1 212 848 9853Fax: +1 212 824 4253Email: reaz.jafri@withersworldwide.comEducation: New York University, B.A. • St. John’s University School of Law, J.D.Admitted: State of NJ, 1991 • State of NY, 1992Languages spoken: Urdu • HindiYear joined: 2012Year became partner: 2014OverviewReaz has more than 20 years of experience advising large, multi-facility healthcare providers, research foundations, Americanbusinesses, multi-national companies, foreign investors and high-net worth individuals on all aspects of immigration law andregulatory compliance. Reaz has developed a sterling reputation as a knowledgeable, creative and solution-oriented attorney.Reaz fully understands the commercial benefit of predictable, efficient immigration counsel as well as the personal and professionalimplications of immigration upon the lives of executives, investors, business owners, and professionals.Reaz concentrates on business, investment and employment-based cases and has successfully assisted clients in obtainingnonimmigrant or temporary visas. On matters relating to immigrant visas or 'green cards' Reaz has extensive experience insuccessfully filing employment-based cases including extraordinary ability petitions, outstanding researcher petitions, multinationalexecutive petitions, National Interest Waiver petitions, Application for Permanent Employment Certification and Investor-basedpetitions (EB-5). In addition, Reaz has represented many hundreds of individuals on family-based immigration matters.A trusted advisor to other law firms, Reaz serves as immigration counsel to companies and law firms on M&A transactions, advisesclients on intergovernmental matters, represents foreign companies and investors in establishing US offices and counsels UScompanies in establishing foreign operations.Reaz is a long-standing member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and involved in AILA's legislative efforts.Reaz is a 1991 graduate of St. John's University School of Law, where he was a member of the Law Review, and a 1987 graduateof New York University. Reaz is a former Trustee (2000-03) of the Interest on Lawyers Account Fund, having been appointment byGovernor George Pataki. He is admitted to practice in New York and New Jersey as well as the United States Districts Courts for theEastern and Southern Districts of New York and District Court of New Jersey. He recently passed the Florida Bar and is awaitingadmission.Reaz has written on the subject of immigration law and foreign physicians and given lecture and presentations to hospitals andmedical associations.HighlightsAssisted in the transfer of US employees to China for a global entertainment conglomerate.Consolidated and took lead in managing immigration filings for one of America’s largest healthcare systems.Routinely represents individuals of extraordinary ability in business, sciences and art in obtaining employment visas andgreen cards.Publications and speaking engagementsQuoted, 'US tax law no red light for Chinese green card seekers,' South China Morning Post, September 12, 2013.Interview, 'Assessing Asian HNW migration to the US,' Hubbis.com, June 2013. Please click here to watch this interviewon hubbis.com.Interview, 'The future of offshore financial centres,' Hubbis.com, June 2013. Please click here to watch this interview onhubbis.com.Speaker, 'US Immigration Law Update,' Hong Kong, June 2013.Panelist, 'Wealth Planning Strategies: What You Need to Know,' Shanghai, May 2013.

Panelist, 'Wealth Planning Strategies: What You Need to Know,' Beijing, May 2013.'Secrets to Getting the Green Light for US Visa,' South China Morning Post, May 2013.Panelist, 'Not Your Average Employee: Hiring, Employing and Firing Domestic Workers,' Greenwich CT, May 2013.Quoted, 'Immigration Reform: Can Mark Zuckerberg and Friends Deliver,' The Christian Science Monitor, April 2013Quoted, 'Why Some Chinese Should Rethink Value of Green Card,' The Wall Street Journal, March 2013.'Entrepreneurs and Immigration: New Prospects and Challenges in the Land of Opportunities,' Thomson Reuters News &Insight, December 2012.Presentation on 'Destination America: Navigating Opportunities,' for Mazars conference for high-net worth families andRussian-headquartered multinational companies, Moscow, Russia, April 2012.Panelist, ‘Global Citizens Need Global Solutions - US/UK Immigration, Real Estates and Tax Issues’, Withersworldwide,Singapore, January 2013.Panelist, ‘Global Citzen Need Global Solutions - US/UK Immigration, Real Estates and Tax Issues’, Withersworldwide,Hong Kong, January 2013.'International Medical Graduates – From Training to Working,' Medical Society of the State of New York, News of NewYork, Vol. 67, No. 1, January 2011.'Immigration Law’s Opportunities and Landmines,' Long Island Business News, January 2011.Presentation on 'International Medical Graduates: Immigration Options,' for American Psychiatrists Association, New York,NY, March 1999.Presentation on 'International Medical Graduates: Immigration Options,' for State University of New York Health ScienceCenter at Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY, January 1999.Presentation on 'International Medical Graduates & Immigration Law,' Association of Program Directors in InternalMedicine, New York Chapter, New York Hospital, Queens, NY, September 1996.'International Medical Graduates in U.S. Hospitals: A Guide for Program, Directors and Applicants,' in Foreign MedicalGraduates & Immigration Law: A Primer for American College of Physicians, 1995.Presentation on 'Immigration Law & Foreign Medical Graduates,' for Nassau University Medical Center, Hempstead,NY, August 1994.MembershipsAmerican College of Healthcare ExecutivesAmerican Immigration Lawyers AssociationNew York State Bar AssociationNew Jersey State Bar AssociationSwiss American Lawyers Association of New YorkUS District Court of New JerseyUS District Court Eastern District of New YorkUS District Court Southern District of New YorkOn a personal noteReaz enjoys winter weekends in Vermont skiing with his sons and nephews, reading and writing poetry, long dinners and playingrespectable rounds of stress-free golf. Reaz’s curiosity about the world is nurtured by travel, lively conversations about history,philosophy and mysticism.© Withers 2007 - 2011