Finding the right immigration firm for talent mobility in tech and entertainment depends on which problem you are actually trying to solve. A software engineer relocating to the US needs specialist representation for an O-1A or L-1 petition. A large corporation managing dozens of cross-border transfers needs compliance infrastructure across multiple jurisdictions.
These are different services, and most firms in this comparison are optimized for one or the other. This article evaluates ten firms across the full range of the market, from boutique individual-petitioner practices to enterprise-scale global mobility providers.
The firms are listed alphabetically and are all highly recommended immigration firms with documented success rates in various employment-based petitions. We have included ourselves on this list and assessed ourselves against the same criteria used for all other firms.
Each firm in this article was researched independently using its official website, publicly available review data (where available), and Reddit discussions in immigration-related subreddits. We also checked third-party directory listings from Chambers USA, Best Lawyers in America, and Martindale-Hubbell for each firm. Pricing data reflects only what was publicly available on each company's own website at the time of research; no pricing figures were taken from third-party sites.
Baker McKenzie serves multinational corporations with an integrated model that combines immigration filing with employment law, tax planning, and compensation counselling as a single engagement. Its primary client base includes financial services, technology, defence, manufacturing, healthcare, and hospitality industries.
Baker McKenzie's 60-year immigration practice and integrated mobility model make it suited to large corporations managing senior executive relocations across multiple jurisdictions. It is not structured for individual extraordinary ability petitioners.
Beyond Border practises exclusively in O-1A, O-1B, EB-1A, EB-2 NIW, and L-1 petitions for founders and highly skilled professionals. This means extraordinary ability and intracompany transfer petitions are the firm's entire practice.
Beyond Border has processed over 4,000 cases and has a consistent approval rate of 98%. Its client base includes professionals from Salesforce, Google, Yelp, Chime, Visa, and Mastercard, as well as startup founders from pre-seed to Series B and Indian and Chinese professionals pursuing cap-free pathways outside the H-1B lottery and the EB-2 India priority date queue.
Beyond Borders' exclusive focus on O-1A, O-1B, EB-1A, EB-2 NIW, and L-1 petitions for individual professionals makes it the strongest option in this comparison for tech executives and entertainment professionals who need direct specialist representation on a cap-free pathway.
D'Alessio Law Group serves clients in the entertainment and technology industries, including film producers, musicians, actors, software engineers, and entrepreneurs. It also handles business formation and entertainment contract law alongside its immigration practice.
EY Global Immigration is the service brand within Ernst and Young's professional services network, delivering immigration services through 2,000-plus professionals across 140 countries. In the US, immigration services are provided through EY's affiliated attorney network; EY itself is a public accounting and advisory firm and cannot practice law. EY Law LLP is a separate Canadian law firm affiliated with EY that holds a Chambers Global immigration profile. It has no legal relationship with Ernst and Young LLP in the US.
With more than 70 years of operation and approximately 60 offices across the Americas, EMEA, and Asia Pacific, Fragomen delivers immigration services in over 170 countries. Immigration is the firm's sole practice area, and its primary client base comprises multinational corporations that require employer-sponsored immigration management at an institutional scale. Fragomen also has dedicated technology and entertainment industry divisions for its client base.
Global Talent Immigration Law Group focuses on extraordinary ability petitions for entertainment and technology professionals. The firm's managing attorney, Elizabeth Profumo, has practised exclusively in US immigration law since 2007 and has represented film and TV production companies, tech firms, academic institutions, and startups.
Greenberg Traurig is a full-service global law firm with approximately 3,100 lawyers, and immigration is one group within that broader platform. Its immigration practice holds a Chambers USA Band 2 Nationwide ranking for Immigration: Business and consecutive Best Lawyers Tier 1 national recognition since 2011.
The firm serves predominantly multinational corporations and large employers with a documented focus on. EB-5 investor immigration.
Maggio Kattar Immigration Law holds a Best Lawyers Tier 1 National ranking in Immigration Law and has been in practice for more than 40 years. It has a documented service scope spanning O-1, EB-1A, and EB-2 NIW petitions alongside a broader practice that includes LGBTQ immigration matters and removal defence. The firm serves both individual applicants and multinational corporate clients.
Seyfarth Shaw LLP offers immigration services as part of its broader full-service law firm. The firm's immigration practice is led by Leon Rodriguez, a former USCIS director individually ranked Band 1 in Washington, D.C. by Chambers USA, and Dawn Lurie, with a stated focus on complex business immigration, compliance, and strategic global mobility.
The firm serves large corporate employers. Its Caribou platform, powered by Salesforce, provides integrated immigration case management, analytics, and visa trend forecasting for portfolios managing up to 8,000 foreign nationals.
Operating under the brand WR Immigration, Wolfsdorf Rosenthal LLP practises exclusively in immigration law. The firm serves multinational employers, universities, research institutions, and individual applicants, primarily through a corporate delivery model. It holds a Chambers USA Band 3 Nationwide ranking in Immigration: Business and was named 2026 FEM Americas EMMA Provider of the Year.
The right firm depends on whether you need individual representation for a self-petitioned extraordinary ability case or corporate infrastructure for a multi-jurisdiction employer program.
For large corporations managing global talent at scale, Fragomen and Baker McKenzie have the broadest operational footprint, while Greenberg Traurig and Wolfsdorf Rosenthal bring deep US corporate immigration experience alongside their Chambers rankings. For individual tech and entertainment professionals, D'Alessio Law Group, Global Talent Immigration Law Group, and Beyond Border are the three boutiques in this comparison with a documented entertainment-sector offering.
Beyond Borders' exclusive focus on O-1A, O-1B, EB-1A, EB-2 NIW, and L-1 petitions for individual professionals makes it the strongest option in this comparison for tech executives and entertainment professionals who need direct specialist representation on a cap-free pathway.
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Executives most commonly use L-1A (intracompany transfer) or O-1A (extraordinary ability) visas. L-1A requires one year of employment with the overseas entity in the past three years. O-1A requires satisfying at least three of eight USCIS evidentiary criteria and is not restricted to intracompany transfers, making it more flexible for career-driven relocations.
Software engineers with verifiable external recognition, publications, conference standing, and above-average salary are typically strong O-1A candidates. Engineers transferring within a corporate group who possess proprietary technical knowledge are well-suited to L-1B. For permanent residence, EB-1A and EB-2 NIW are the primary self-sponsored pathways that eliminate employer dependency.
Actors and performers primarily use the O-1B visa. O-1B requires a consultation letter from a relevant union or peer organisation. For performers across multiple productions, an agent petition covers multiple employer engagements in a single filing. O-1B directly supports a subsequent EB-1A green card filing.
Companies managing cross-border talent across multiple countries simultaneously benefit from global mobility firms, such as Fragomen, Baker McKenzie, EY, or Seyfarth Shaw. For U.S.-focused inbound talent mobility with specialist category expertise in tech and entertainment, Beyond Borders' exclusive focus on employment-based immigration provides more targeted, precise support.
Talent mobility services go beyond individual visa filings by enabling companies to strategically relocate teams across jurisdictions, coordinate group visa processing, monitor compliance for entire workforces, and integrate legal, tax, and business planning for tech and entertainment talent.
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