Global Mobility

Turning global mobility into a competitive advantage

In today’s interconnected world, businesses are increasingly expanding their operations across borders, necessitating a robust understanding of global mobility and its implications. We provide comprehensive legal support to employers navigating the complexities of international workforce management.

With in depth experience across multiple jurisdictions, we can ensure that your global mobility strategies are compliant, efficient, and aligned with your business objectives and truly global.

For companies operating globally, compliance in the area of global mobility is a strategic success factor. Only by consistently adhering to regulatory requirements in the areas of labor law, social security law, immigration law, and tax law can a company protect itself and its representatives from financial, operational, and reputational risks and ensure global growth.

We advise on the full spectrum of global mobility immigration matters, including visa and work permit requirements, application processes, and ongoing compliance with local immigration laws.

Our support encompasses employment and labour law, extending to employment contracts and host country labour law compliance, covering terms of employment, benefits, health and safety, data protection, antidiscrimination obligations, and termination procedures. We also prepare and review key global mobility documentation, including secondment agreements, expatriate and immigration policies, and restrictive covenants.

“We deliver tailored solutions that mitigate risks and enhance the seamless movement of talent worldwide.”

Our integrated approach addresses the tax and social security implications of international working arrangements in both home and host jurisdictions. This includes income tax and social security compliance, determining applicable social security regimes, obtaining A1 certificates or other coverage documentation, managing multistate worker compliance, and advising on corporate residency and permanent establishment risk identification and mitigation. We regularly conduct global mobility compliance reviews and audits across immigration, tax, employment, and social security, supporting remediation planning and internal or regulatory investigations where required.

We provide strategic global mobility advice aligned with broader business objectives, including talent attraction and retention, stakeholder engagement, dispute resolution, ESG and sustainability priorities, data privacy, geopolitical and security risks, post‑pandemic flexibility, and remote‑working models. Our team works closely with HR, tax, and leadership teams to deliver practical, compliant solutions for an increasingly mobile workforce.

Experience

An international asset management group on the tax issues relating to its international secondment arrangements.
An aviation company on social security contingency planning relating to the UK’s exit from the European Union.
A multi-national group on the tax treatment of exit packages for senior employees with international working arrangements.
A US corporate on the corporate and employment tax implications arising on the expansion of its operations into the UK and Europe.
A Brazilian corporate on the UK tax consequences of employee transfers and recruitment activities into the UK, including UK residency considerations for employees.
A Dutch headquartered group on the tax treatment of the employment and director arrangements relating to its CEO with international group responsibilities.
A major aviation services company with strategic advice on relocation of senior executive to a non-EU company including employment, immigration and tax considerations.
A global pharmaceutical company on their post-pandemic policy focusing on business travel, immigration, employment laws, and remote working.
A UK-based family owned fresh produce supplier, operating several business across Europe, Africa and North America on the relocation of their senior executives to deliver business growth.
A global technology company on right to work compliance. Creating a yearly right to work project for over 27 jurisdictions, with regular updates.
A US asset management company on setting up a UK-entity, and advising on the relocation of their employees. Advising on UK immigration sponsor licenses, executive agreements, visa applications and general employment and tax considerations.
A multinational luxury brand in preparing their immigration policy, training the HR team, creating bespoke templates for efficiency, and ongoing immigration support under the Skilled Worker, Global Business Mobility and Temporary Worker (Interns) routes.
Supporting and advising a multinational auto parts manufacturer during a compliance audit on international cross entity deployment and the subsequent investigations into illegal employment of third-country nationals, minimum wage violations, social security and tax law assessment. Concluding with settlement negotiations and agreement with all relevant authorities.
Advising multinational clients on international cross entity deployment and establishment of a contractual framework to ensure compliance both with immigration and social security as well as employment and labour leasing regulations, as well as dealing with the relevant public authorities Compliance with local regulations, such as health and safety standards, data protection laws, and anti-discrimination laws Preparation and review of necessary legal documents, such as secondment agreements, expatriate policies, and non-compete clauses.