MARK DAVIES

In the middle of Manhattan’s skyline, tucked into the World Trade Center and a quieter office on the Upper East Side, Davies & Associates runs a practice that feels bigger than its square footage. Immigration law is crowded in New York. Plenty of firms promise to get you from Point A to Point B. But Davies & Associates has carved out a reputation for taking on the cases that don’t look easy. The ones where the first lawyer said no. The ones with moving parts in three different countries and a deadline that’s already passed.

Mark Davies, the founder and global managing partner, has a story that mirrors the international puzzle his firm solves every day. He trained in the U.K., earned a law degree in the U.S., picked up an MBA from Wharton, and held senior roles before deciding to build something of his own. It shows in the way the firm works. They don’t treat immigration as a stack of forms. They treat it like a strategy. Sometimes it’s about connecting an entrepreneur in Mumbai with a U.S. entity that will support an E-2 visa. Other times it’s guiding a family in Ho Chi Minh City through an EB-5 investment, while quietly lining up a back-up plan in case U.S. rules shift mid-application.

What’s striking is how global they really are. Immigration firms often say they “work internationally,” but Davies & Associates lives it. Offices in London, Istanbul, Manila, Sydney, Mumbai. Attorneys who speak the languages and understand the nuances. If you’re calling them from Italy or Vietnam, you’re not just talking to New York. You’re likely talking to someone who knows your market and has done this exact thing for someone like you. That presence across time zones also means there’s usually someone awake to answer, which matters when your entire future is riding on the timing of a document.

Clients often tell stories that sound almost unbelievable. A professional who was told he could never qualify for a TN visa ended up working in New York two weeks after hiring the firm. A physician boxed in by the restrictive J-1 visa managed to stay in the U.S. because Davies & Associates secured one of just a handful of state waivers. A fiancée visa that had to pass through two governments and a U.S. embassy? They pulled it off. These aren’t isolated wins; they’re patterns.

And the way they treat clients is another part of the story. Immigration is stressful, even for the most seasoned executives or high-net-worth investors. People want answers, not canned updates. The firm commits to being reachable seven days a week. Emails get answered. Calls get returned. Clients often mention lawyers by name in their reviews, which says a lot about how personal the relationships feel. When someone remembers not just the firm but the attorney who walked them through the process step by step, that speaks louder than marketing copy ever could.

If you break down their focus areas, the picture becomes clearer.

• Investor visas like EB-5 and E-2 for those committing capital into U.S. ventures.
• Transfer and employment visas such as L-1, O-1, EB-1C, EB-2, and EB-3 for executives, professionals, and companies expanding stateside.
• Citizenship-by-investment programs in countries like Grenada or Turkey, often used as stepping stones toward U.S. visas.
• Corporate support that ties business formation, tax planning, and immigration together into one plan.

This blend is what separates Davies & Associates from a lot of firms. Most lawyers can file a visa petition. Fewer can explain how that petition fits into your international tax structure, or what kind of corporate entity you’ll need to make sure your U.S. expansion doesn’t collapse under its own weight.

Spend time around immigration professionals and you’ll notice a divide. Some firms focus narrowly, just moving applications through the system. Others, like Davies & Associates, are more like architects. They design paths that consider not only the legal rules but also the business, the timing, and the family. It’s no coincidence that so many of their clients are entrepreneurs, investors, and executives. People used to thinking in strategies, not just transactions.

The immigration space is full of promises, and not all of them hold up. What makes Davies & Associates different isn’t just that they win tough cases; it’s that they’ve built an approach around making those wins repeatable. They’re not perfect, of course. No firm is. But if you look at their track record, the global footprint, the lawyers who get mentioned by name, and the clients who come back with more cases down the line, you see why they stand out.

At its core, this is a company built for people who don’t want the simple answer. They want the right one. And in immigration, where timing and detail can make or break a future, that difference matters.