London, 26 June 2018
Henley & Partners, the global leader in residence and citizenship planning, today announces the appointment of Dr. Diego Acosta to its Board of Advisors. The firm’s Board of Advisors is an important strategic body that advises and consults senior management on key decisions, new business ventures, and philanthropic initiatives. Dr. Acosta’s special area of focus and counsel will be developments in Latin America in the field of regional migration law, new migration laws, and investment migration.
Dr. Acosta is an internationally well-known expert in the field of comparative migration law and is Associate Professor of European and Migration Law at the University of Bristol. He holds a PhD in European Law from King’s College London. He has authored over 40 publications, including two monographs and three co-edited books. His work has also appeared in the most important journals in his field, including International Migration Review, European Law Review, Columbia Journal of Transnational Law, European Law Journal, Journal of Common Market Studies, and European Journal of Migration and Law.
Dr. Acosta’s most recent book, entitled The National versus the Foreigner in South America, was published last month by Cambridge University Press. The book provides a critical examination of migration and citizenship laws, looking at how the categories of ‘the national’ and ‘the foreigner’ have been legally constructed in ten South American countries over the past two hundred years.
Commenting on his appointment, Dr. Acosta said, “It is a great honor to be asked to be an advisor to Henley & Partners, a firm that is leading the way towards responsible and sustainable models of investment migration and global citizenship. I see my role as providing expertise on numerous legal developments in Latin America, a region whose countries have been regulating migration and citizenship for two centuries. I look forward to a fruitful and long-term partnership.”
Dr. Acosta is regularly invited to present his work at international conferences and has consulted on the subject of migration law for international organizations, governments, political parties, law firms, and NGOs in Europe, South America, and Africa, including the European Union, the International Centre on Migration Policy Development, and Brazil’s Ministry of Labor, among others.
Dr. Christian H. Kälin, Group Chairman of Henley & Partners, says, “Dr. Acosta brings invaluable global experience and intellectual expertise to our firm. His in-depth understanding of the global migration and legal landscape is extensive, while his specialist knowledge of the Latin American region will be particularly appreciated by all of us at Henley & Partners. We are excited to work with and learn from Dr. Acosta, and we welcome him warmly to our Board of Advisors.”
Dr. Diego Acosta
Academic Lawyer and Legal Consultant
Reader in European and Migration Law.
University of Bristol Law School
www.diegoacosta.eu/Dr Diego Acosta is a leading international expert on International, European and comparative Migration law. The core of his research is an interdisciplinary, practically significant and theoretically sophisticated inquiry into International, Human Rights, European and comparative Migration law to offer a novel defence of a rights-based approach to migration regulation. His work discusses Migration law as a central aspect of globalisation and analyses various processes of inclusion and exclusion and their profound implications for the rule of law in Europe, South America and elsewhere. He is the author of more than 40 publications and his latest monograph is entitled: The National versus the Foreigner in South America. 200 Years of Migration and Citizenship Law (Cambridge University Press, 2018). He also currently participates as co-investigator in the project Prospects for International Migration Governance (MIGPROSP) which the ERC has funded for the 2014-2019 with 2.1 million euros. He has also been one of the authors of the proposal for a Model International Mobility Convention led by Columbia University in New York.
Dr Acosta is regularly invited to present his work in some of the most prestigious universities around the globe and has been visiting fellow at several institutions including the University of New York (NYU) and the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence. He has provided consultancy for various governments, international organisations, law firms, political parties and NGOs in Europe, Latin America and Africa. He has been interviewed by media outlets in the USA, UK, Spain, Russia, Brazil or Ecuador, among others
Source: henleyglobal.com
