Mona Shah

Established in 1997, headquartered in Manhattan, New York and in the UK, Mona Shah & Associates Global (“MSA”) is experienced in global investment, business immigration, direct investments, corporate & securities law.

MSA is an established leader, highly regarded within the industry and regularly quoted.

MSA has extensive experience in financing, formulating & strategizing projects and investments, as well as administering compliance. As an advanced global corporate Immigration practice, MSA have worked with the top echelon within the industry and have been instrumental in the success of numerous projects. Marketing overseas for multiple projects, MSA have successfully raised millions of dollars in investor capital. MSA have written and spoken extensively internationally and within North America, as well as successfully hosting major events.

Mona is a part-time adjunct Professor at Baruch Business College, City University of New York. MSA keep abreast of policy and legislative changes. They are part of the Public Policy and Presidential Advisory Committees of IIUSA.

BIO

Born in the UK, Mona graduated from the University of Northumbria in England (UK) in 1990. Mona was admitted as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England & Wales in 1993 and was admitted to the New York Bar and the United States Federal Bar in 1997.

While in England, Mona trained with various firms before her appointment as a Crown Prosecutor with the British Crown Prosecution Service. After moving to New York, she established Mona Shah & Associates Global (MSA Global) in 1997. Mona has over 26 years of legal experience.

Highly proficient and recognized as an industry leader in EB-5 law, Mona has attained many accolades and awards: she was voted Top 25 EB-5 attorneys by EB-5 Investors Magazine five years in a row; recognized as a Top Lawyer by Who’s Who, International and as a ‘Top Attorney of North America’.

Mona is a Lexis Nexis editor, she has authored numerous articles and blog pieces in EB-5 and is the author of a published book for investors on the EB-5 laws and procedures (EB5 for the Chinese Investor, available on Amazon).

Mona has also spoken extensively, both in the US and overseas. Mona has been interviewed by mainstream television, including Al Jazeera and Fox Business news and has been quoted by major newspapers and publications including the New York Times, the Real Deal and many others. Mona has been featured on the cover of foreign magazines, including Biz-Life and EB-5 Supermarket. Mona is the co-editor of the BLS publication: Trade & Investment, the EB-5 Gateway.

Mona also pioneered and hosts the first podcast series that focuses on foreign direct investment and EB-5. She has been honored for her work by various groups and non-for-profit organizations.

Mona’s extensive knowledge of all facets of U.S. immigration law and her practical expertise ranges from specialist business petitions to complicated, multi-issue deportation and removal litigation. Her firm, Mona Shah Global, represents individual, high profile and corporate clients from all over the world. Mona and MSA Global have raised millions of dollars for projects in the US.

Mona’s substantial litigation background includes her representation of clients in both state and federal courts on the trial and appellate levels. She has litigated in over 9 states and the District of Columbia and handled complex immigration law appeals before the United States Circuit Courts of Appeal for the Second, Third, Fifth, and Eleventh circuits. Mona has wide-ranging litigation experience, including Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) as well as trial-court experience on both the trial and appellate levels, in both State and Federal courts. Mona is also proficient in UK Immigration law.

Mona’s extensive experience in EB-5 began in 2006; Mona was also one of the 4 original founders of the first regional center in New York –New York City Regional Center, thereafter she founded the second regional center — the New York Immigration Fund, RC. Today, Mona Shah & Associates formulates structures and handles EB-5 project work for multiple projects, both direct and regional centers; trouble shoots problematic cases for attorneys and regional centers, as well as handling multiple EB-5 Investor petitions. Mona has been notorious for handling projects in unique and novel industries, facing challenges head on.

Mona is a member of the Presidential Advisory and Public Policy Committees for IIUSA Mona is also a part-time Adjunct Professor at the Business School of Baruch College, City of New York University, where she teaches EB-5 law.

Mona is a member of legal organizations in both the United States and England (UK). She is a member of the Law Society of England and Wales; the American Immigration Lawyers Association; the Federal Bar Association; the New York County Lawyers Association; the American Bar Association; and the International Bar Association.