Team
The people behind 2,200 relocations.
Immigration lawyers, residency consultants and relocation managers in Lisbon and Barcelona, backed by partners in London, Athens and Dubai. Most of us moved countries ourselves before we ever helped a client do it.
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Leadership
We were our own first clients. One move that started it all.
Philipp Langer
Founding Partner
Roots Global is an international advisory for EU visas, residency, relocation and citizenship by investment. Our consultants sit in the cities you are moving to. Many of us are from the US and the UK, and we handle LLCs, W-2s, 1099s, Roth IRAs and FBAR filings as a native language. You will not be handed to a call center. You will work with a named advisor and a named lawyer from the first call to your residence card.
Portugal
Lisbon, headquarters.
Our largest team works from Avenida 24 de Julho in Lisbon: a legal department, residency and Golden Visa consultants, and the relocation managers who take over once the visa is approved.
Vanessa Mororó
Head of Legal
Leads the Portuguese legal team and signs off every visa and residency application before it is filed.
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Phelan Murphy
Senior Residency Consultant
Your first call. Assesses eligibility, picks the right visa route and sets the timeline before any paperwork starts.
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Patrick Evans
Golden Visa Consultant & Advisory Lead
Advises on Portugal's Golden Visa and fund routes and leads the advisory team that answers your first questions.
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Oliver Murray
Senior Relocation Consultant
Plans the move itself: housing, schools, healthcare and the order in which everything has to happen.
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Sara Alves
Global Relocation Manager
Runs your file day to day: NIF, bank account, lease, registrations and every appointment in between.
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Monica Correia
Global Relocation Manager
Coordinates documents and apostilles between the US and Portugal so nothing arrives late or in the wrong format.
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Anita Fenner
Client Experience & Community
Hosts our webinars and client community so every family knows the people around them before they arrive.
Nádia Aballe
Global Relocation Manager
Manages arrivals: residence card appointments, utilities, health registration and the first months after landing.
Michael Wilson
Immigration Lawyer
Handles applications and government liaison end to end, from consulate filing to the AIMA interview.
Henrique Almeida
Immigration Lawyer
Prepares D7, D8 and Golden Visa files and represents clients at AIMA appointments across Portugal.
Sarah Johnson
Tax & Relocation
Plans your exit taxes, banking and landing abroad, with a focus on US structures such as LLCs, 401(k)s and FEIE.
Anna Weber
Client Success
Your single point of contact through the whole journey, from onboarding to your residence card.
Spain
Barcelona, the second home.
The Barcelona team on Portal de l'Àngel mirrors Lisbon: a legal team qualified in Spain, residency and investment consultants, and relocation managers who cover Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia and Málaga.
Maria Eguiguren
Head of Legal Spain
Leads the Spanish legal team and oversees every non-lucrative, digital nomad and investor visa application filed from Barcelona.
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Camila Restrepo
Senior Immigration Lawyer
Qualified in Bogotá and Madrid. Handles the complex files: family reunification, Beckham regime elections and appeals.
Mateo Salazar
Immigration Lawyer
Qualified in Buenos Aires and Barcelona. Prepares digital nomad and non-lucrative visa files and represents clients at extranjería.
Álvaro Domínguez
Senior Residency Consultant
Your first call in Spain. Matches your income and plans to the right visa route and sets a realistic timeline.
Diego Ortega
Investment & Residency Consultant
Advises on Spain's entrepreneur and investor routes, and on Golden Visa options in Portugal and Greece for clients comparing countries.
Lucía Ferrer
Senior Relocation Consultant
Plans the move to Barcelona, Madrid or Valencia: neighborhoods, schools, healthcare and timing.
Marc Vilanova
Global Relocation Manager
Runs your Barcelona file day to day: NIE, padrón, bank account, lease and the police appointment.
Inés Garrido
Global Relocation Manager
Coordinates apostilles, sworn translations and document logistics between the US and Spain.
Carla Puig
Client Experience
Your single point of contact in Spain, from onboarding to your TIE card and the months after.
Practical, not theoretical
We have sat on your side of the consulate desk.
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years abroad. Both founders have lived outside their home country for more than a decade.
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of the leadership team holds a residence permit obtained through a process we now run for clients.
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relocations. The lessons from our own move, applied to more than 2,200 successful files.
“2,200+ relocations later, we still treat every move like our own.”
Ten years ago, we navigated the complexities of moving from the UK to Portugal. Roots Global started with a single family's move to Lisbon. Today we have offices on the ground in five countries, and an 18-person team of legal and relocation experts across our two main hubs, Portugal and Spain. We've taken the lessons from our own journey and applied them to over 2,200 successful moves, ensuring your transition is as smooth as possible.
Tom BrooksFounding Partner & CEOAnd our partners in London, Athens and Dubai.
Roots Global has legal teams on the ground in the UK, Greece and the UAE. They handle UK routes, the Greece Golden Visa and UAE residency, and join a Lisbon or Barcelona file whenever a client's situation crosses borders.
London, 33 Queen StAthens, Leof. Kifisias 44Dubai, Digital Park
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Start with one call, not a form.
Patrick leads the advisory team. A first conversation takes 30 minutes, costs nothing and ends with a clear answer: which route, what timeline, what it will cost, and whether we are the right firm for you. If we are not, we will say so.
We speak US. Also English, Portuguese, Spanish, Catalan, German and French.
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