Three Klasko Attorneys Present at 2017 San Francisco EB-5 & Investment Immigration Convention

8/21/17

Klasko partners H. Ronald Klasko, Daniel B. Lundy and Anu Nair participated in the 2017 San Francisco EB-5 & Investment Immigration Convention July 27-28, 2017. The convention was hosted by EB5 Investors Magazine. H. Ronald Klasko moderated a panel focused on the representation of investors in failed and fraudulent EB-5 projects. Daniel B. Lundy presented a seminar discussing ways to avoid selecting bad EB-5 projects, monitoring projects to ensure they are on track, and ways to deal with the immigration consequences of a troubled project, and preserve the immigration benefits of the investment. Anu Nair moderated a panel entitled “India: EB-5’s New Frontier.” As visa wait times for Chinese nationals has resulted in a slow-down of investors from China, Developers and Regional Centers are turning to India as the new source for EB-5 investors. Using her experience as counsel for over a hundred Indian investors and her own background as an Indian-American, Anu discussed how to best represent Indian investors throughout the EB-5 process.

H. Ronald Klasko (Ron) is one of the country's leading EB-5 lawyers. Ron represents thousands of foreign investors from all around the world, over 50 approved regional centers and numerous U.S. developers and business owners who have sought his counsel in connection with using the EB-5 program to raise capital for investment projects. Ron’s counsel has included applications to designate new regional centers; applications for pre-approval of projects within regional centers; having projects adopted by existing regional centers; structuring projects to be EB-5 compliant; preparing template I-526 petitions; and advice on successfully marketing EB-5 projects. Ron has successfully represented many direct individual EB-5 investors, direct pooled EB-5 investors and regional center investors. Ron has served five terms as Chair of the EB-5 Committee of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). In this capacity, he has led advocacy efforts with USCIS to improve the EB-5 program. As Chair of the Best Practices Committee of IIUSA, the association of EB-5 regional centers, from 2012 to 2013, Ron worked with regional centers, developers and EB-5 professionals to develop the first comprehensive list of best practices in the EB-5 industry. One of the most prolific EB-5 bloggers, Ron is a sought-after speaker and regularly speaks on EB-5 topics around the country and around the world. Ron has been interviewed by U.S. and Chinese media on numerous occasions and has been quoted in Forbes Magazine and other media on his views on EB-5 matters. A founding member of Klasko Immigration Law Partners, LLP, Ron serves as both its Managing Partner and Chair of the 25 person EB-5 Team of the firm. He has practiced immigration law exclusively for over three decades. A graduate of Lehigh University (B.A. 1971), he received his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D. 1974).

Daniel B. Lundy is a Partner and a member of the Firm's EB-5 team. He leads the Regional Center/Developer Team and the Compliance Team of the firm's EB-5 practice. Mr. Lundy represents established Regional Centers, clients applying for regional center designation, and developers wishing to access foreign investor capital through the EB-5 program. Mr. Lundy works with securities and real estate counsel, economists and business plan writers to help structure development deals to be EB-5 compliant. Mr. Lundy also represents EB-5 investors in their immigration petitions and applications. Mr. Lundy also has a broad background in immigration law, including litigation and appeals in the Federal Courts, E-1/ E-2 Treaty Traders/ Investors, asylum, removal, and employment and family based visas.Mr. Lundy has lectured on the EB-5 visa program or litigating immigration cases in the federal courts at numerous events, and has written several articles on the EB-5 visa program.He is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and co-chair of the Banking Committee of the Association to Invest in the USA (IIUSA). A graduate of Hunter College (B.A., 2000), he earned his law degree from Fordham University School of Law (J.D. 2006). 

Anu Nair, a Partner and the firm’s Investor Team’s managing attorney, is responsible for the preparation and filing of all EB-5 Petitions, both through regional center investments and individual investment opportunities. Her command of investor-related issues has been recognized within the field and Anu is frequently called on to review EB-5 cases prepared by other law firms to ensure compliance with USCIS’ extremely rigorous standards. firms engaged in EB-5 practice to ensure their own compliance with the extremely rigorous and ever-changing USCIS policies. She has reviewed over 300 I-526 Petitions prepared by other firms. Anu is routinely retained to respond to difficult Notices of Intent to Deny and to file appeals for denials received by other firms. Anu is a 2006 graduate of Baruch College where she majored in Biology. She went on to obtain her law degree in 2009 from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law where she served as the Submissions Editor of the Cardozo Journal of Law and Gender. Prior to joining the Firm, Anu practiced with an immigration law firm in New York City and was an Adjunct Lecturer of Biology at Baruch College.

Klasko Immigration Law Partners, LLP has offices in Philadelphia and New York, and provides top-tier legal services to EB-5 investors, regional centers, and developers. Its EB-5 team is one of the largest and most respected in the country, and its Compliance team is the first of its kind. The firm has been selected as one of the top five business immigration law firms in the United States by the prestigious Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business (Chambers and Partners) for the past ten years. For more information on the firm’s EB-5 practice, please visit eb5immigration.com.

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