Shan Potts

I help founders, investors, executives, and regulated-growth companies protect the legal foundation that allows business growth to continue across borders.At the center of my work is immigration strategy.For founders, executives, and companies operating in fintech, digital assets, AI, and other regulated sectors, immigration is not just a visa issue. It is business continuity. It affects who can lead the company, who can remain in the United States, who can travel, who can raise capital, who can hire, and whether the company’s U.S. market strategy is built on stable legal ground.I advise where immigration, regulation, governance, investor diligence, and enforcement risk intersect.My value is helping clients see the full risk picture before it becomes a barrier to growth.For founders and executives, I help build immigration strategies that support U.S. expansion, investment, leadership continuity, travel, hiring, and long-term presence in the United States.For investors and boards, I help identify whether key-person immigration risk, regulatory exposure, governance gaps, or operating-record issues could affect diligence, valuation, funding, control, or business continuity.For fintech and digital asset companies, my current advisory focus includes California DFAL readiness, U.S. market entry, founder and investor exposure, governance, examination readiness, and the downstream immigration consequences that may arise when regulatory records, enforcement actions, criminal allegations, or compliance failures enter the file.I bring more than two decades of experience in U.S. immigration, litigation, removal defense, post-conviction strategy, appeals, and cross-border legal matters. T I advise founders, executives, investors, families, and companies on business immigration, investment visas, global mobility, regulated market entry, compliance-sensitive strategy, post-conviction relief, removal defense, and high-stakes legal exposure.My focus is building defensible pathways for growth, mobility, and continuity — before a visa officer, regulator, investor, plaintiff, or enforcement authority defines the story for them.Areas of focus:Business Immigration & Global MobilityFinTech, Digital Assets & DFAL ReadinessCross-Border U.S. Market EntryPost-Conviction, Removal Defense & Humanitarian ProtectionRegulatory, Criminal & Immigration Consequence Analysis