Canada

Stephen W. Green, a partner of Green and Spiegel LLP in Toronto, has practiced law for 30 years and is experienced in all areas of Canadian immigration. As head of the law firm’s Investment and Entrepreneur Department, Green helps professional business people and high-net worth individuals invest in Canada and obtain permanent residence.Green’s clients range from large multinational corporations to startups to entrepreneurs. He represents clients in such industries as Internet technology, telecommunications, hospitality, transportation, and consulting.Green, who is certified as a Specialist in Immigration Law by The Law Society of Ontario, focuses on corporate employee transfers, federal skilled worker and investor applications, work permitsapplications, and the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP). He also advises clients on North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) confirmation exemptions.Green is the director of the Canada Employment Relocation Council, and he’s co-chairman of The Law Society of Upper Canada’s Annual Immigration Law Summit. He’spast chairman of the Citizenship and Immigration Section of the Canadian BarAssociation, the Citizenship and Immigration Section, Canadian Bar Association; andthe Citizenship and Immigration Section, Canadian Bar Association of Ontario.Green received a Bachelor of Laws degree at the University of Windsor, and heearned a Bachelor of Arts degree, with honors, in communications at YorkUniversity. He speaks English.