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    Best Citizenship by Investment Lawyers & Law Firms (2026)

    Compare 16 citizenship by investment law firms and advisers by country, credentials, regulator and fees

    Citizenship by investment is a direct nationality route available only in specific jurisdictions. It is legally distinct from a golden visa or residence-by-investment permit.

    Specialist counsel should verify the official programme, authorised filing channel, investment option, family eligibility and source-of-funds evidence before money moves.

    Reviewed by the Golden Visa Lawyers editorial team

    Top Citizenship by Investment Law Firms

    Al Kabban & Associates logo

    Al Kabban & Associates

    United Arab Emirates
    Golden VisaResidence VisaCitizenship by Investment

    Dubai law firm founded in 1993, advising on UAE Golden Visa, immigration and global residency or citizenship matters alongside wider UAE legal work.

    Consult Free
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    Apex Capital Partners logo

    Apex Capital Partners

    St Kitts and Nevis, Dominica, Grenada, Antigua and Barbuda+1 more
    Citizenship by InvestmentCaribbean CBI

    Investor-immigration advisory firm providing citizenship- and residence-by-investment coordination for private clients.

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    Arton Capital logo

    Arton Capital

    Portugal, Greece, Malta, Cyprus+12 more
    Golden VisaCitizenship by InvestmentResidency by Investment+2 more

    Investment-migration advisory firm helping clients assess second residence and citizenship options through impact-investment programs worldwide.

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    Astons logo

    Astons

    United Arab Emirates, Greece, United Kingdom, Portugal+7 more
    Golden VisaCitizenship by InvestmentResidency by Investment+2 more

    Dubai-headquartered investment-migration advisory founded in London in 1989, with 8 offices and residency/citizenship planning across 15+ programmes.

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    CS Global Partners logo

    CS Global Partners

    St Kitts and Nevis, Dominica, Grenada, Antigua and Barbuda+1 more
    Citizenship by InvestmentCaribbean CBI

    London-based citizenship and residency consultancy serving private clients, businesses and governments.

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    CTrustGlobal logo

    CTrustGlobal

    Dominica, Grenada, St Lucia, Antigua and Barbuda+1 more
    Citizenship by InvestmentCaribbean CBI

    Dubai-based investment-migration advisory platform supporting citizenship and residence programme applications.

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    Get Golden Visa logo

    Get Golden Visa

    Portugal, Greece, Malta, Italy+7 more
    Golden VisaD7 VisaD8 Digital Nomad Visa+2 more

    Independent residency and citizenship advisory helping families compare residence, citizenship, real-estate and investment routes across multiple jurisdictions.

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    Global Citizen Solutions logo

    Global Citizen Solutions

    Portugal, Greece, Italy, Cyprus+15 more
    Golden VisaCitizenship by InvestmentD7 Visa+6 more

    Investment-migration and relocation consultancy advising on 40+ residence, citizenship and relocation options, with 10,000+ clients advised and a 100+ member team.

    Consult FreeFees $5,000 - $10,000
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    GSC International logo

    GSC International

    Portugal, Greece, Malta
    Golden VisaInvestor VisaCitizenship by Investment

    Boutique cross-border law firm with five offices, advising on citizenship and residence by investment, global mobility and related corporate matters.

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    Harvey Law Group logo

    Harvey Law Group

    Portugal, Greece, Italy, Malta+30 more
    Golden VisaCitizenship by InvestmentCitizenship by Ancestry+7 more

    International investment-immigration law firm founded in 1992, with 20+ offices and lawyers registered across multiple jurisdictions.

    Consult FreeFees $10,000+
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    Henley & Partners logo

    Henley & Partners

    Portugal, Malta, Greece, Cyprus+35 more
    Golden VisaCitizenship by InvestmentResidency by Investment+2 more

    Global residence and citizenship planning advisory firm helping private clients compare investment migration options and coordinate applications across jurisdictions.

    Consult Free
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    Immigrant Invest logo

    Immigrant Invest

    Greece, Portugal, Malta, Cyprus+7 more
    Golden VisaCitizenship by InvestmentResidency by Investment+1 more

    Investment-migration advisory supporting residence and citizenship applications across Europe, the Caribbean and other jurisdictions, with licensing claims kept jurisdiction-specific.

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    Top Citizenship by Investment Lawyers

    Alena Lesina

    Alena Lesina

    Senior Citizenship & Residency Advisor; Head of U.S. Office

    AstonsIn-house

    Firm jurisdictions
    United Arab Emirates, Greece, United Kingdom and 8 more
    Firm routes
    Golden Visa, Citizenship by Investment, Residency by Investment and 2 more

    Alena Lesina is a Senior Citizenship and Residency Advisor and Head of Astons’ U.S. office. Astons lists her among its investment migration and relocation specialists and as the contact for its Fort Lauderdale office.

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    Aly El Dakroury

    Founder and Chairman

    CTrustGlobalPartner

    Firm jurisdictions
    Dominica, Grenada, St Lucia and 2 more
    Firm routes
    Citizenship by Investment, Caribbean CBI

    Aly El Dakroury is the founder and chairman of CTrustGlobal. The firm’s official leadership page credits him with more than three decades of work in global mobility and with building its government-authorised programme relationships.

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    Armand Arton

    Armand Arton

    Founder, President and CEO

    Arton CapitalPartner

    Firm jurisdictions
    Portugal, Greece, Malta and 13 more
    Firm routes
    Golden Visa, Citizenship by Investment, Residency by Investment and 2 more

    Armand Arton founded Arton Capital in 2006 and is its President and CEO. The firm’s official biography describes his work advising private clients, governments and international organisations on global mobility and investment migration.

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    Elena Ruda

    Elena Ruda

    Co-Founder and Managing Partner

    Immigrant InvestPartner

    Firm jurisdictions
    Greece, Portugal, Malta and 8 more
    Firm routes
    Golden Visa, Citizenship by Investment, Residency by Investment and 1 more

    Elena Ruda co-founded Immigrant Invest in 2006 and is its Managing Partner. Her official profile states that she has worked in investment migration for 20 years and is a member of the International Migration Council.

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    I. Murat Coskun

    I. Murat Coskun

    Managing Partner

    Get Golden VisaPartner

    Firm jurisdictions
    Portugal, Greece, Malta and 8 more
    Firm routes
    Golden Visa, D7 Visa, D8 Digital Nomad Visa and 2 more

    I. Murat Coskun is Managing Partner of Get Golden Visa. The firm’s official Global Mobility Insights page identifies him in that role, and its corporate materials list him as a senior contact for the advisory company founded in 2014.

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    JH

    Jean-François Harvey

    Founder & Managing Partner

    Harvey Law GroupPartner

    Firm jurisdictions
    Portugal, Greece, Italy and 31 more
    Firm routes
    Golden Visa, Citizenship by Investment, Citizenship by Ancestry and 7 more

    Founder and managing partner of Harvey Law Group. He has practised since 1992 and advises on investment immigration, residence and citizenship planning, business law and cross-border transactions.

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    JP

    Jerome P. Morgan

    Founder and CEO

    Mercan GroupPartner

    Firm jurisdictions
    Greece, Canada, Portugal and 1 more
    Firm routes
    Golden Visa, Residency by Investment, Investor Immigration and 1 more

    Jerome P. Morgan founded Mercan Group in 1989 and is its Founder and CEO. The group’s official history credits him with establishing the original Montreal immigration consultancy and leading its expansion into investment immigration, recruitment and hospitality development.

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    Dr. Juerg Steffen

    Dr. Juerg Steffen

    Chief Executive Officer

    Henley & PartnersIn-house

    Firm jurisdictions
    Portugal, Malta, Greece and 36 more
    Firm routes
    Golden Visa, Citizenship by Investment, Residency by Investment and 2 more

    Chief Executive Officer of Henley & Partners. Juerg Steffen has more than 30 years of financial-services experience and has worked in private banking, wealth planning and investment migration.

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    Mane Khachatryan

    Mane Khachatryan

    Head of Global Citizen Services (External Adviser)

    Al Kabban & AssociatesIndependent counsel

    Firm jurisdictions
    United Arab Emirates
    Routes
    Residence Visa, Citizenship by Investment

    Mane Khachatryan is an external adviser who heads Al Kabban & Associates’ Global Citizen Services division. Her official firm biography describes citizenship- and residency-by-investment work for international clients, including due diligence, application management, government and partner coordination, and cross-border mobility strategy. The firm states that her role focuses on non-UAE advisory matters and international programme coordination rather than UAE court practice.

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    ME

    Micha Emmett

    Chief Executive Officer

    CS Global PartnersIn-house

    Firm jurisdictions
    St Kitts and Nevis, Dominica, Grenada and 2 more
    Firm routes
    Citizenship by Investment, Caribbean CBI

    Micha Emmett is Chief Executive Officer of CS Global Partners. The firm’s official leadership page identifies her as the executive responsible for its citizenship and residency advisory work across private-client, business and government engagements.

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    Murat Bozfakıoğlu

    Murat Bozfakıoğlu

    Chief Markets & Clients Officer

    GSC InternationalIn-house

    Firm jurisdictions
    Portugal, Greece, Malta
    Firm routes
    Golden Visa, Investor Visa, Citizenship by Investment

    Murat Bozfakıoğlu is GSC International’s Chief Markets & Clients Officer and, according to his firm biography, leads its citizenship, residence by investment and global mobility division from Dubai. The firm says he graduated from Worcester Polytechnic Institute as an industrial engineer in 2003, holds an MBA from Koç University, and brings 19 years of international marketing, sales and strategic-partnership experience. He is presented here as a senior adviser, not as a lawyer or bar member.

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    Nuri Katz

    Nuri Katz

    Founder and President

    Apex Capital PartnersPartner

    Firm jurisdictions
    St Kitts and Nevis, Dominica, Grenada and 2 more
    Firm routes
    Citizenship by Investment, Caribbean CBI

    Nuri Katz is Founder and President of Apex Capital Partners. Official company and government programme sources describe more than 25 years of work in investor immigration and his role advising private clients and governments on citizenship and residence programmes.

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    What Citizenship by Investment Lawyers Check

    The file should connect the applicant and every dependant to a permitted investment route, clean civil records, police and medical evidence, and a documented source of wealth and funds.

    Where approved real estate, bonds or business investment are used, immigration approval does not replace commercial due diligence on title, holding periods, resale restrictions or counterparty risk.

    Authorised Filing and Due Diligence

    Many CBI programmes require applications to pass through an authorised local agent. Counsel should explain who is regulated, which payments go to government, and how interviews or enhanced due-diligence checks affect timing.

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