Practice Areas · Immigration · Business Immigration
Business Immigration Recruiters
We map the business immigration talent market in depth — connecting firms and in-house teams with counsel who combine technical precision and corporate-mobility experience.
Inside the Business Immigration market.
Our proprietary Titan AI maps the relevant field first; experienced consultants qualify it by hand. The figures describe the talent market we cover.
- 2,000+
- lawyers with business immigration experience
Business immigration is a narrow and technically demanding practice that sits at the intersection of corporate mobility and regulatory compliance. The lawyers who do it well command a rare combination: mastery of visa classifications, intracompany transfer rules, and cross-border workforce strategy, alongside the commercial fluency to counsel employers operating across multiple jurisdictions.
We have mapped more than 2,000 lawyers with substantive business immigration experience — counsel, senior associates, and partners who advise on employment-based petitions, global mobility programmes, I-9 compliance, and the licensing and work-authorisation frameworks that govern international talent. Our coverage spans firms of every size, from dedicated immigration boutiques to the immigration groups embedded within full-service practices.
Because business immigration demand is driven by corporate hiring cycles, M&A activity, and policy shifts rather than litigation calendars, the talent market moves differently from most practice areas. We track it continuously, so when a search opens we are not starting from a blank page.
Part of our immigration practice.
Business Immigration sits within Immigration. Explore the related specialisms we recruit across.
The searches we run in Business Immigration.
Law-firm and corporate mandates alike — from a confidential lateral partner move to a first general counsel — each run on the same evidence-led method.
Lateral Partner & Practice-Group Moves
Confidential lateral partners and practice-group lift-outs, assessed on portable business, conflicts and platform fit.
Explore this search 02In-House & General Counsel
GC, deputy GC and senior counsel for companies operating across multiple jurisdictions.
Explore this search 03Associate & Counsel Recruiting
Mid-level and senior associates and counsel, matched on practice depth and trajectory, not keywords.
Explore this search 04Compliance & Regulatory Leadership
Chief compliance officers and regulatory leaders for the most heavily supervised practices.
Explore this searchBoth sides of the search.
For law firms
Lateral partners, practice groups and associates — a shortlist drawn from the full field of a practice, not a rented database.
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General counsel, compliance and legal-operations leaders for businesses building or scaling a legal function.
Learn moreFor candidates
Considering a move? We approach senior lawyers privately and confidentially — nothing moves without your say-so.
Learn moreBusiness Immigration recruitment — common questions
What makes business immigration a distinct recruiting challenge compared with other immigration work?
Business immigration lawyers operate primarily on the employer side, managing high-volume corporate caseloads, advising on workforce planning, and navigating policy changes that can alter filing strategies overnight. That combination of technical depth and business-service orientation is less common than it appears, and identifying lawyers who have genuine breadth across employment-based categories — rather than a narrow slice — requires a mapped view of the market rather than reactive sourcing.
How many live business immigration roles does Sartori & Partners have?
We have 35 live business immigration roles across our coverage, spanning 0 partner-level and 35 associate or counsel positions. Mandates in this area are typically confidential and off-market — these are only the roles we are actively able to share. Contact us to discuss what else is live.
What compensation do business immigration roles typically offer?
Based on current live mandates, business immigration role compensation in the US runs $98k–$310k. This reflects only the roles where the hiring organisation has authorised us to share a range publicly — many mandates are structured around the right candidate rather than a fixed band. Contact us for a candid benchmark for your specific profile.
Business Immigration
The right business immigration hire begins with a quiet conversation.
Tell us the mandate — we will tell you candidly whether we are the right firm to run it. No obligation, complete discretion.