Renowned Immigration Attorney Maria Fernanda Gandarez and Team Join Pryor Cashman

NEW YORK, Feb. 26, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Pryor Cashman announced today that prominent immigration attorney Maria Fernanda Gandarez has joined the firm's New York office as Partner. With over 30 years of experience exclusively practicing U.S. immigration law, Gandarez bolsters the firm's globally-recognized Immigration Group. She joins Pryor Cashman from Ogletree Deakins, where she was a partner, bringing with her a group of three immigration attorneys and a team of paralegals.

Gandarez's multinational corporate clients span finance, energy, consumer goods, food and beverage, fashion, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, among other industries. She is highly-regarded for her expertise in obtaining temporary employment visas and permanent residence, and her extensive knowledge of employment verification procedures, immigration-related discrimination practices and the consequences of mergers & acquisitions and other corporate restructurings.

"We are delighted to welcome Maria and her team to Pryor Cashman," said Immigration Chair Colleen Caden. "Immigration matters are often complex and extremely time sensitive. Maria's broad expertise and hands-on approach to client service mirrors that of our group. Coupled with her focus on international clients and proficiency with global mobility matters, this makes her an ideal addition to our practice."

Gandarez recently advised a global firm on the immigration consequences of the divestiture and sale of its billion-dollar consumer goods business, and assisted the purchasing companies in regularizing the immigration status of hundreds of foreign nationals temporarily and permanently employed in the United States.

She is recognized as a leading immigration attorney by Chambers and Partners, Legal 500 and Super Lawyers, and was named among the "Best Women Lawyers in New York City" by Crain's in 2018.

"Pryor Cashman's Immigration Group is preeminent. Having worked with Colleen in the past, I know we share a philosophy on client service and responsiveness. My clients will also enjoy the benefits of the firm's full-service offerings, including tax, labor & employment and trusts & estates counsel. We are very excited to join this remarkable group of attorneys," Gandarez said.

In addition to Ogletree Deakins, Gandarez previously worked at the law firms of Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy and Proskauer Rose. She received her J.D. from Rutgers University School of Law and her B.A. from Hood College.

Learn more about her practice here. 

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