Corporate executives and boards rely on Chris as a trusted advisor to help them navigate and manage business-critical immigration issues.
Chris works with executives, operational leaders, and talent management teams to help position a company for success with effective, compliant global mobility programs. With expertise maneuvering within the complex US immigration process, he helps a wide range of companies secure employment-based immigrant and non-immigrant visas. He also advises companies to develop successful training and compliance programs.
Chris provides strategic counsel when companies and individuals face government investigations or audits of their immigration practices. He brings expertise liaising and negotiating with a range of state and federal agencies to achieve a solution that is least disruptive to a company’s operations and business goals.
Chris also works with organizations seeking to do business outside of the United States, working closely with in-house and outside counsel to assess legal risks and develop solutions to overcome challenges with doing business abroad.
Often working with clients in times of crisis, Chris’s goal is to alleviate anxiety and put them at ease. Whether counseling a corporate executive served with a subpoena, assisting a business leader to urgently hire highly specialized talent, or defending a government investigation that could imperil business operations, clients appreciate his pragmatic, straight forward counsel and clear plans of action.
Chris’s fluency in Spanish is a value-add to clients.
Chris rejoins Holland & Hart from Ogletree Deakins where he was an equity shareholder and managed the firm’s Denver immigration practice.