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Christian H. Kälin (born 1971) is a Swiss lawyer, author and the chairman of Henley & Partners, a firm that specializes in helping clients acquire alternative residence and citizenship.

Early life and education
Kälin was born in 1971 in Zurich. In his teenage years, he began collecting immigration and citizenship laws from different countries, writing to embassies to request copies of their legislations and keeping the documents in a big binder. He told writer and journalist Atossa Araxia Abrahamian of this time in his life: "What always fascinated me was the inclusionary and exclusionary aspect of citizenship [...] I wanted to understand how different countries handled this." Kälin studied in Paris, Auckland and Zurich and earned master's and PhD degrees in law from the University of Zurich.

Doctoral thesis on ius doni
Kälin's doctoral thesis was published under the title Ius Doni: The Acquisition of Citizenship by Investment. In the thesis, Kälin wrote in support of citizenship by investment, arguing that it "creates social and economic development opportunities for States."

Career
Kälin is the chairman of Henley & Partners.

He is known for pioneering the concept of "citizenship-by-investment", whereby people can acquire citizenship in return for investing in a country of which they are not a national.

Kälin and Henley & Partners have worked with the governments of Antigua and Barbuda, Austria, Australia, Cyprus, Greece, Grenada, Malta, Montenegro, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Thailand. Kälin states that "citizenship is inherently unjust".

In 2007, Kälin worked with the Government of St Kitts and Nevis to reform their Citizenship-by-Investment program and to initiate the Sugar Industry Diversification Foundation impacting the transition of the shuttered sugar industry.

In 2010, Kälin was introduced to SCL Group and its CEO Alexander Nix during the St. Kitts and Nevis 2010 election campaign. Both sides stated that there was never a formal working relationship between them and that the exchange of ideas and information that took place between them was a natural and normal consequence of their operating in the same region and countries since many years.

Kälin was the lead consultant in the creation and implementation of the Citizenship-by-Investment program of Antigua and Barbuda in 2013. In 2014, Kälin was appointed chairman of Henley & Partners following many years in different senior roles at the firm.

In May 2017, Kälin consulted with Malta's Prime Minister, Joseph Muscat, and Minister of Justice, Owen Bonnici together with law firm Mishcon de Reya, to write to the investigative journalist, Daphne Caruana Galizia, in an attempt to get her to remove blog posts critical of him. Daphne Caruana Galizia was a fierce critic of Malta's citizenship by investment program.

Publications

 * Switzerland Business and Investment Handbook (John Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, US, 2006)
 * Global Residence and Citizenship Handbook
 * Kälin – Kochenov Quality of Nationality Index
 * International Real Estate Handbook (Christian H. Kälin, Andrew J. Taylor)
 * Anti-Money Laundering (Christian H. Kälin, Wouter H. Muller, John G. Goldsworth)
 * Global Residence and Citizenship Programs 2017–2018: The Definitive Comparison of the Leading Investment Migration Programs (Christian H. Kälin) for Henley & Partners
 * Ius Doni: The Acquisition of Citizenship by Investment by Christian H. Kälin
 *  'Investment Migration: The New Competitive Edge' (Christian H. Kälin) in The International Family Offices Journal (December 2017)
 *  'New Citizenship Options Will Open Up' (Christian H. Kälin) in the 2017 Knight Frank Wealth Report
 *  'Only as Strong as Their Weakest Link' (Christian H. Kälin) in the 2018 Knight Frank Wealth Report
 *  'Swiss Companies in International Tax Planning' (Christian H. Kälin) in Trust and Trustees, volume 11, issue 10 (October 2005)
 * A Guide to Investment Migration for Governments and Global Citizens (Christian H. Kälin) for Henley & Partners, in partnership with The Economist Group (April 2018)
 *  'Malta's Due Diligence Will Become the Global Standard' (Christian H. Kälin) for Investment Migration Insider (May 2018)
 *  'Consolidation Will Drive the Industry Forward' (Christian H. Kälin) for the 2018/2019 Investment Migration Yearbook
 * Ius Doni in International Law and EU Law by Christian H. Kälin