Rachel

Magaziner

Associate
700 Milam Street, Suite 800
Houston, TX 77002-2806

Overview

Rachel’s practice focuses on corporate immigration, where she partners with corporate counsel, HR teams, and executives to design and implement immigration strategies tailored to their U.S. business needs.

Rachel has experience in developing robust and customized immigration programs as well as counseling domestic and international corporations on immigration practices and policies associated with corporate reorganizations. She frequently teams up with clients preparing for strategic exits, ensuring their I-9 programs and immigrant workforces are compliant and perceived as valuable assets, not liabilities. In addition, Rachel has extensive experience in securing U.S. Coast Guard letters of determination/non-applicability and vessel exemptions related to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act’s U.S. manning requirements.

Education

Admission

  • Memberships

    • American Bar Association
    • American Immigration Lawyers Association
    • Canadian Bar Association
    • HR Houston
    • Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy (Center for the U.S. and Mexico)
    • Texas Exes Scholarship Reviewer
  • Languages

    • Spanish (conversationally fluent)

Overview

Rachel’s practice focuses on corporate immigration, where she partners with corporate counsel, HR teams, and executives to design and implement immigration strategies tailored to their U.S. business needs.

Rachel has experience in developing robust and customized immigration programs as well as counseling domestic and international corporations on immigration practices and policies associated with corporate reorganizations. She frequently teams up with clients preparing for strategic exits, ensuring their I-9 programs and immigrant workforces are compliant and perceived as valuable assets, not liabilities. In addition, Rachel has extensive experience in securing U.S. Coast Guard letters of determination/non-applicability and vessel exemptions related to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act’s U.S. manning requirements.

Experience

  • Energy + Manufacturing Immigration

    Represented a global electric vehicle manufacturer in meeting specialized labor demands upon entry into the U.S. market

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  • Corporate Immigration Program Development

    Led a multi-billion dollar Chinese corporation in developing their U.S. immigration program ahead of their initial entry into the U.S.

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  • International M&A

    Advised an international seismic imaging company on workforce mobility matters through multiple stock and asset transactions.

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