JMBM is pleased to announce that Catherine DeBono Holmes, alongside fellow partners Jim Butler and David Sudeck, has been named to EB5 Investors Magazine’s “Top 15 Corporate and Securities Attorneys” list for 2023. Cathy is the Chair of JMBM’s Investment Capital Law Group and the author of the Investment Law…
This article was first published by the IIUSA Regional Center Business Journal and is reprinted with permission. All real estate development projects are subject to risks that the developer or project owner will not complete a project or will not meet operating projections, but the Covid-19 pandemic has substantially increased…
Two years after the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) adopted Policy Manual changes addressing requirements for the redeployment of capital contributions of EB-5 investors until the end of their two-year period of conditional permanent residency, it has not provided any further guidance on these issues. EB-5 sponsors have been…
LOS ANGELES—Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP (JMBM) is pleased to announce that Catherine DeBono Holmes has been included on EB5 Investors Magazine’s list of “Top 15 Corporate Attorneys” for the second year in 2018. Chair of the firm’s Investment Capital Law Group and author of the Investment Law Blog,…
JMBM’s Investment Capital Law Group is pleased to announce that Catherine DeBono Holmes, Chair of the Group, will participate as a panelist during the webinar, “How can EB-5 issuers make the most of the Opportunity Zone program?” sponsored by NES Financial. Last year’s tax reform created massive incentives for holders…
LOS ANGELES—Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP (JMBM) is pleased to announce that Catherine DeBono Holmes has been named to EB-5 Investors Magazine’s “Top 15 Corporate Attorneys” list for 2017. Holmes is the Chair of JMBM’s Investment Capital Law Group and the author of the Investment Law Blog. She helps clients worldwide…
Now that the USCIS has issued guidance requiring redeployment of capital proceeds received by a new commercial enterprise (“NCE”) from repayment of its initial investment in a job-creating entity (“JCE”) for EB-5 investors who have not completed their “sustainment period,” every General Partner or Manager of an NCE will need…
The white paper below was updated on July 24, 2017. It first appeared in the Investment Law Blog on February 21, 2017. Now that the USCIS has released amendments to its Policy Manual regarding the required “sustainment period” for EB-5 investors to retain their investments “at risk”, the authors of…
This article is co-authored by Daniel B. Lundy, Esq., of Klasko Immigration Law Partners, LLP. His Firm’s blog is available here. WHAT TO DO IF YOU SUSPECT YOUR EB-5 PROJECT IS IN TROUBLE By: Catherine DeBono Holmes, Esq., Daniel B Lundy, Esq. and Jeffrey E. Brandlin, CPA, CIRA, CFF Managers and Investors in EB-5 Investment…
This article is co-authored by Daniel B. Lundy, Esq., of Klasko Immigration Law Partners, LLP. His Firm’s blog is available here. The USCIS stated in a stakeholder call on July 28, 2016 that minors can be primary applicants on I-526 petitions for visas under the EB-5 Program, but bear the burden of…