The future of global mobility in a post-Covid-19 world

Catherine Sas QC

Catherine Sas, Q.C. is a Partner in the Immigration group. With over 20 years of experience, she provides a full range of immigration services and has been recognized as a leading immigration practitioner by Lexpert, Who's Who Legal, and Best Lawyers in Canada.

An active member of the Canadian Bar Association (CBA), Catherine is a past chair of both the B.C. Immigration Law Section and the National Immigration Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association. She has participated in continuing legal education seminars, appeared before parliamentary committees on immigration issues and spoken at international conferences and symposiums.

Catherine is also registered as a Foreign Legal Consultant with the State Bar of California enabling her to better serve her American clientele in the film and television and high tech industries.

Poorvi Chothani

Poorvi is the Founder and Managing Partner of LawQuest, an immigration and employment law firm in Mumbai, India. She is also the Managing Partner of The Law Office of Poorvi Chothani, PLLC, Florida.

Poorvi has a LL.M. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. She is registered as an Attorney with the New York State Bar, as a Solicitor in England and Wales and as an Advocate with the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa.

Poorvi has vast experience in immigration, dispute resolution, corporate and commercial laws. She has worked on legal and immigration matters with large, local and international clients, including renowned international consulting firms, Indian and American banks and investor relations companies, multijurisdictional business processing companies, pharmaceutical and health product organizations to name a few, helping them achieve their business goals in India and abroad.

Laura Devine

Laura Devine is the managing partner of Laura Devine Immigration, a prestigious award-winning immigration boutique, with offices in London and New York with 60 staff, which provide UK and US immigration advice. Together the offices have been described as a “transatlantic powerhouse.” The firm is rated in all legal directories in the top tier for immigration. She is the immigration correspondent for the Law Society Gazette and the editor of Thomson Reuters ‘Immigration Law: Jurisdictional Comparisons’.

Gyan Nagpal

Gyan is an award winning talent strategist and commentator. He is the author of the bestselling business book ‘Talent Economics – The Fine Line between Winning and Losing the Global War for Talent’ (Kogan Page 2013); a book which reached number one on Amazon’s Hot New Bestsellers in HR list and was selected as one of the 30 Best Business Books of 2013, by executive summary major Soundview.

Nagpal has deep expertise in tracking and forecasting ongoing changes to the global talent pool. Over the last decade he has helped some of the largest and most ambitious international organisations build significant business franchises across the Asia Pacific region. Based in Singapore, he is also a Senior Fellow for Human Capital at the Conference Board and a member of the NTL Institute.