MLH Consular Consulting is based in the international city of Munich, Germany. The firm focuses primarily in the area of US Immigration and Nationality Law, but also works together with a team of local counsel and experts worldwide who can assist with compliance with local immigration regulations, immigration through investment, and filing applications for global work authorization. In addition, the firm works closely with global wealth planning experts in the U.S. who can assist with expatriate tax issues, filing of U.S. tax returns and structuring complex global financial plans for investors or other individuals.
The founder and principal of MLH Consular Consulting, Magdale Labbe Henke, is a licensed U.S. attorney for seven years, as well as qualified as a Solicitor in England & Wales. Ms. Henke has extensive experience in U.S. immigration law and international mobility issues. She has experience handling complex immigration law matters and consular processing issues, and has counseled a variety of clients, including large pharmaceutical companies, smaller businesses, and individual clients on issues relating to business visas, investor visas and green cards, employment and family-based permanent residence petitions, citizenship or renunciation, and waiver applications.
Memberships
- American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) - Rome Chapter, including Chair of Practicing Abroad Committee, member of Consular Liaison Committee and Global Migration Action Group - New York State Bar Association International Law and Practice Section (former House of Delegates member) - American Bar Association Section of International Law - International Bar Association
- Munich Bar Association
(Rechtsanwaltskammer
München)
Magdale Labbe Henke Biography
Graduate of Dartmouth College, Bachelor of Arts in German and Linguistics
3 month Study Abroad at Johannes Gutenberg Universität in Mainz, Germany
Graduate of Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs, Master of International Affairs degree
Received Juris Doctor, summa cum laude, from Touro College in New York while working full-time
Employment at Renowned Companies, including:
- CBS Sports, National Hockey League and Proskauer Rose LLP in the U.S.
- Law firm of CMS Hasche Sigle in Stuttgart
Bar Admissions
USA - New York and New Jersey
Europe - Solicitor of England & Wales
(non-practising)
Publications
Contributing Author to AILA's The Visa Processing Guide and Consular Posts Handbook, 2009-2010.
Contributing Author to ILW.com's
The Consular Posts Book 2009-2010.
Speaker on various immigration law panels for AILA Rome District Chapter and ILW.com teleconferences