Henley & Partners

AN ESTABLISHED FEATURE IN THE REGIONAL INVESTMENT LANDSCAPE

HENLEY & PARTNERS – THE PIONEERING INVESTMENT MIGRATION FIRM

Henley & Partners is the global leader in residence and citizenship by investment. Each year, hundreds of wealthy individuals and their advisors rely on our expertise and experience in this area. The firm’s highly qualified professionals work together as one team in over 35 offices worldwide. The concept of residence and citizenship by investment was created by Henley & Partners in the 1990s. As globalization has expanded, residence and citizenship have become topics of significant interest among the increasing number of internationally mobile entrepreneurs and investors whom we proudly serve every day.

Henley & Partners established a Montenegro office in 2018 with the aim of providing dedicated support to processing offices in Montreal, Cape Town, Dubai, Hong Kong (SAR China), London, Singapore, and Zurich, and to applicants interested in investing in Montenegro.

Henley & Partners Montenegro is an official member of the Montenegrin Foreign Investors Council (MFIC) and Amcham Montenegro.

THE MONTENEGRO CITIZENSHIP BY INVESTMENT PROGRAM – TOP CITIZENSHIP PROGRAM IN 2022

The Montenegro Citizenship by Investment Program was the most popular citizenship program among Henley & Partners’ clientele in 2022. The potential contribution of the total of 1,112 applications submitted over the three years of the program’s active implementation to the Montenegrin economy is approximately EUR 500 million. About half of these applications were submitted by Henley & Partners. Thanks to the program, intense construction of hotels is underway, particularly in the north of the country. Such projects would not have been realized without the program, and certainly not at the current speed and dynamic.

A key marker of the program’s success is the caliber of its applicants: renowned names in the IT and tech sectors, finance, beauty and fashion industry, and medical professionals practicing at prestigious international clinics either are or will soon become Montenegrin citizens.

One of the program’s greatest strengths lies in its comprehensive due diligence. Before applications are submitted, potential applicants are subject to preliminary checks — first by intermediary agents such as Henley & Partners and then by local and international banks. After submission, as part of the government’s internal process, world-renowned companies, specialized in this field, conduct the official procedure for checking the eligibility of candidates. Unique processes and rigorous evaluations such as these had never been implemented in Montenegro before.

2023 AND BEYOND – WHAT LIES AHEAD?

Aware of the program’s significant impact to date, the Government of Montenegro is conducting detailed analyses and holding advanced discussions on a new investment migration program, which might operate on a different model. In terms of Henley & Partners presence in the country, over and above its primary, the firm’s Montenegro office also serves as a regional hub focused on promoting residence and citizenship investment programs across the globe, as well as investment migrationlinked real estate, education, and concierge services to the many highnet-worth investors who visit the region.