Karl Waheed’s Story

Karl Waheed, member of the New York (1987) and Paris (1993) bars, founded Karl Waheed Avocats, a French law firm, dedicated to corporate immigration. His firm was retained by the French Ministry of Labour to present a white paper on corporate immigration in France. This report presented a series of recommendations which were incorporated in the current French regulations on business immigration.

Karl is a frequent speaker on subjects of interest to international mobility experts at conferences organized by AILA, the ABA, the IBA and the UIA. He served as the Chair of IBA’s Immigration and Nationality Law Committee (2020 – 2022).

His articles have been published by the French government’s Bulletin de Migration, the French National Association of HR Managers journal La Revue Personnel, the IBA’s and UIA’s newsletters on Immigration and Nationality Law.