Lawfully Remaining in the US After a Layoff: Immigration Options for Foreign Tech Workers
Foreign-born tech workers in the U.S. face uncertainty following recent layoffs in the tech sector and a worrying economic forecast for the months ahead.
Alfred is an accomplished attorney who specializes in employment- and family-based immigration law. His expertise includes H-1B visas, O-1 Extraordinary Ability visas, intracompany transferees, immigrant visas, and naturalization matters.
Alfred also has a robust compliance practice. He began working on compliance, anti-money laundering and governance in 2009 and has since advised an array of global financial institutions with a variety of risk profiles to satisfy their regulatory requirements and maintain best-practice policies and procedures.
Prior to joining Scale LLP, Alfred practiced law at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP and Norton Rose Fulbright LLP. He also worked with leading international organizations on global migration and transparency issues. He also helped elect President Biden with his work as Regional Voter Protection Director in the 2020 Georgia Recount and General Election.
Alfred is a graduate of the University of Chicago Law School and the University of Edinburgh Law School. He is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), the Council on Foreign Relations, and the French-American Foundation's Transatlantic Forum. He also serves as Co-Chair for AILA's Consular Practice Committee (New York Chapter). Alfred is actively involved in humanitarian legal assistance programs across the United States. He speaks French, German, and Spanish.
Anti-Money Laundering
Compliance
Immigration
Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Democratic Party (Regional Director, Voter Protection)
Mooz Films s.a.l.
University of Chicago Law School (LL.M.)
University of Edinburgh (LL.B.)
New York