International Clients and Foreign-Owned Businesses

Texas International Clients Attorney: Integrated Cross-Border Counsel

If you are an international family or foreign-owned business with U.S. interests, you almost certainly have legal needs that cross several practice areas at once. The firm brings immigration, business, real estate, and estate planning together.

If you are an international family or foreign-owned business with U.S. interests, you almost certainly have legal needs that cross several practice areas at once. An entrepreneur opening a U.S. business needs immigration, entity formation, real estate, contracts, and eventually estate planning. A relocating family needs visa work, real estate for a home, and a U.S. estate plan that integrates with foreign-held assets. A foreign-owned company expanding to Texas needs corporate structuring, employment counsel, real estate, and immigration for transferred executives.

Many clients with cross-practice needs end up coordinating three or four separate lawyers, each missing what the others are doing. The firm brings it together, with more than 20 years of integrated immigration, business, real estate, and estate-planning experience and a team that works in English, Spanish, Hindi, and Urdu.

Who We Serve: Built for International Clients

International entrepreneurs and investors
Owners coming to the U.S. on E-2, L-1, or EB-5 visas who need a U.S. business set up, real estate acquired, contracts in place, and immigration handled in a coordinated way, including franchise-based entries into the U.S. market.

Foreign-owned companies expanding to the U.S.
Multinational enterprises opening U.S. offices, hiring U.S. employees, leasing or buying U.S. real estate, and transferring executives on L-1A or other visas.

International families relocating to the U.S.
Families seeking long-term U.S. residency, often through investor-visa pathways, who also need real estate counsel, U.S. estate planning that accounts for foreign assets, and ongoing advice as they put down roots.

Mixed-status and cross-border families
Families with members in multiple countries or with mixed immigration status, who need integrated immigration, estate planning, and asset-protection counsel.

Foreign nationals investing in U.S. real estate
International buyers acquiring U.S. property for residential, investment, or business use, including FIRPTA planning, entity structuring, and related immigration planning.

How We Coordinate: One Intake, One Sequenced Plan

When an international client engages the firm, the work typically starts with a comprehensive intake covering immigration status and goals, business plans, the asset and income picture, family structure, and existing legal documents from home and the U.S. From there the firm builds a coordinated plan: what gets done first, what depends on what, and which steps need to be sequenced together to avoid problems later.

This integration matters. An immigration strategy that ignores how a U.S. business is structured can fail. An estate plan that does not account for foreign trust law can create unintended consequences. A real estate purchase made without considering immigration timing can create FIRPTA, tax, and visa issues. The firm sees the pieces together because it handles them together.

Languages & Communities: Clients From More Than 80 Countries

Attorney Kyle Kinzy is fluent in English and Spanish (se habla español), and staff and interpreter support serve clients in Hindi and Urdu. Over the course of the practice, the firm has represented clients from more than 80 countries, with experience spanning:

• Latin America and the Caribbean
• South Asia
• East and Southeast Asia
• The Middle East and North Africa
• Sub-Saharan Africa
• Europe
• Oceania
• North America

The firm also coordinates with foreign counsel when a cross-border matter calls for it. Representation is provided consistent with U.S. law, including applicable sanctions and export-control requirements.

Investor Visa Focus: A Significant Part of the Practice

Investor-visa work, including E-2, EB-5, L-1, EB-1C, and related categories, is a significant focus. For the detailed discussion, see the Investor Visas page, and, for attorneys who refer or co-counsel on these matters, the E-2 & EB-5 page for referring and co-counsel attorneys.