Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association
Do you want to know about the latest developments in the EB-5 program, including what will happen to the Regional Center Program after December 9th and what a Trump Presidency means to the EB-5 Program? Also learn about how to avoid sticky conflict of interest issues in EB-5 cases and what the what Immigrant Investor Program Office (IPO) is looking for in your clients' I-526 applications and find out all how to prepare Source of Funds (SOF) for EB-5 clients who have all-cash businesses. You will receive two hours of CLE credit including one hour of Ethics. Here’s the link: https://customers.lacba.org/Interactive/Event_Display.aspx?EventKey=121416IMS&WebsiteKey=d1ad4c15-b0de-4a6e-9a08-bebf7733938b EB-5 Practice, Ethics, and Decoding the IPO Tips on navigating potential conflict of interest issues between U.S. project partners, investors, and immigration consultants Presented by the Immigration Section Title: EB-5 Practice, Ethics, and Decoding the IPO Date: Wednesday, December 14, 2016 Registration: 4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Program: 4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Program Description Part I, Ethics and Risk Management: * Tips on navigating potential conflict of interest issues between U.S. project partners, investors, and immigration consultants * Addressing problems created by the "puffing" of consultants and U.S. business partners * Identify and troubleshoot compliance issues with the SEC (marketing, referral fees, etc.) * Red flags of a problematic EB-5 investment and exit strategies for immigration practitioners * “To go or not to go"- working with immigration consultants in East Asia and the Middle East * Ethical/practical ways to handle the EB-5 retrogression issue for Chinese investors Part II, Source of Funds (SOF), Mechanics of a Winning I-526: * Tips on dealing with SOF for all-cash businesses (common w/ investors from Dubai) * IPO's new policy on SOF (samples of SOF RFEs issued by the IPO), and tips on how to manage the newer, stricter SOF standard * Tips on assembling a winning I-526 from any country * Discussion of IPO approved money transfer arrangements for countries with strict international money transfer controls (e.g. China and Vietnam) * Post-specific consular processing issues Speakers: Taiyyeba Safri Skomra Stone Grzegorek and Gonzalez LLP Mahsa Aliaskari Seyfarth Shaw Anibal Sanchez Darren Silver & Associates LLP Angelo Paparelli Seyfarth Shaw Michael Clark Seyfarth Shaw Location: Millennium Biltmore Hotel 506 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90071CLE: Earn 2.0 hours CLE Credit Price: CLE+ Members with Meals: Free Immigration Section Members: $120 LACBA Members: $140 All Others: $175 Law Students: $75
Do you want to know about the latest developments in the EB-5 program, including what will happen to the Regional Center Program after December 9th and what a Trump Presidency means to the EB-5 Program?
Also learn about how to avoid sticky conflict of interest issues in EB-5 cases and what the what Immigrant Investor Program Office (IPO) is looking for in your clients' I-526 applications and find out all how to prepare Source of Funds (SOF) for EB-5 clients who have all-cash businesses. You will receive two hours of CLE credit including one hour of Ethics.
Here’s the link: https://customers.lacba.org/Interactive/Event_Display.aspx?EventKey=121416IMS&WebsiteKey=d1ad4c15-b0de-4a6e-9a08-bebf7733938b
EB-5 Practice, Ethics, and Decoding the IPO Tips on navigating potential conflict of interest issues between U.S. project partners, investors, and immigration consultants
Presented by the Immigration Section
Title: EB-5 Practice, Ethics, and Decoding the IPO Date: Wednesday, December 14, 2016 Registration: 4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Program: 4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Program Description
Part I, Ethics and Risk Management: * Tips on navigating potential conflict of interest issues between U.S. project partners, investors, and immigration consultants * Addressing problems created by the "puffing" of consultants and U.S. business partners * Identify and troubleshoot compliance issues with the SEC (marketing, referral fees, etc.) * Red flags of a problematic EB-5 investment and exit strategies for immigration practitioners * “To go or not to go"- working with immigration consultants in East Asia and the Middle East * Ethical/practical ways to handle the EB-5 retrogression issue for Chinese investors Part II, Source of Funds (SOF), Mechanics of a Winning I-526: * Tips on dealing with SOF for all-cash businesses (common w/ investors from Dubai) * IPO's new policy on SOF (samples of SOF RFEs issued by the IPO), and tips on how to manage the newer, stricter SOF standard * Tips on assembling a winning I-526 from any country * Discussion of IPO approved money transfer arrangements for countries with strict international money transfer controls (e.g. China and Vietnam) * Post-specific consular processing issues Speakers: Taiyyeba Safri Skomra Stone Grzegorek and Gonzalez LLP Mahsa Aliaskari Seyfarth Shaw Anibal Sanchez Darren Silver & Associates LLP Angelo Paparelli Seyfarth Shaw Michael Clark Seyfarth Shaw Location: Millennium Biltmore Hotel
506 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90071
Price:
CLE+ Members with Meals: Free Immigration Section Members: $120 LACBA Members: $140 All Others: $175 Law Students: $75
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