Immigration Law, Finance & Banking, Securities Law

SEC Commissioner Comments On JOBS Act; Immigration Reform

by David Jenson | Leonard, Street and Deinard - Dodd-Frank and... on 5/22/2013

On May 18, 2013, SEC Commissioner Luis A. Aguilar spoke at the annual gala of the Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, using the opportunity to highlight the contributions of immigrants (and Hispanic immigrants in...more

Expatriation Lite: Leaving The U.S. Tax System While Retaining Your Citizenship

by Joshua Kaplan, Jeffrey L. Rubinger | Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP on 4/16/2013

As many Miami residents who earn income abroad may be aware, the United States is one of only two countries in the world that taxes its citizens and residents (collectively, “U.S. taxpayers”) on their worldwide income. ...more

Australia's "Significant Investor Visa" Creates Opportunities for Fund Managers

by Jim Bulling, Daniel Knight | K&L Gates LLP on 3/1/2013

The Australian Government is looking to encourage foreign investment into Australia through the introduction of a new visa pathway for individuals who make substantial investments in Australia. The "Significant Investor Visa"...more

SEC Freezes Assets and Brings Civil Charges against EB-5 Investor Visa Project

by Mahsa Aliaskari, Dawn Lurie, John Tishler | Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 2/12/2013

In the first SEC enforcement action of its kind, the SEC announced on February 8, 2013 that it had filed civil charges against, and received an emergency order to freeze assets of, the Intercontinental Regional Center Trust...more

SEC Brings Case Involving EB-5 Investment Program

by David Smyth | Brooks Pierce on 2/11/2013

It’s not often that the securities enforcement and immigration law worlds collide, but I suppose it occasionally happens....more

Capital Thinking Update - February 4, 2013

by Amy Davenport, Tanya DeRivi, Eugenia Edwards, Karen Kudelko, Matthew Kulkin, Jessica Monahan, Amy Budner Smith, Scott Thompson, Dana Weeks, Pam Welsh | Patton Boggs LLP on 2/11/2013

In This Issue: General Legislative; Debt Limit; Agriculture & Food; Budget, Appropriations; Cybersecurity; Education; Energy; Financial Services; Health Care; International Defense and Homeland Security; and,...more

Siginificant Investor Visa Client Alert

by Keekee Wang on 8/28/2012

This is a client alert in Chinese language on the Australian Significant Investor visa which has attracted huge interest from the Chinese business community both in China and in Australia....more

Unregistered Broker-Dealers: Risky Business for EB-5 Developers

by Mintz Levin - Immigration on 8/8/2012

Paying referral or finder’s fees to unregistered broker-dealers could create risks for developers in an EB-5 transaction. A few of my colleagues at Mintz Levin, Jeremy Glaser, Steve Ganis and Jake Romero, authored a relevant...more

China 20/20: Legal and Regulatory Developments - August 2012

by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 8/1/2012

In This Issue: - China Adopts New “Immigration Law” - SPC Issues Draft Interpretations on the Trial of Cases Involving Labor Disputes - China to Amend the Labor Contract Law - People’s Bank of China...more

Russian Legal Update - Third Quarter 2011

by Dechert LLP on 10/12/2011

In This Issue: p1 The UK Bribery Act (2010): The Impact on Russian Companies and Russian Business Generally p3 Russian Foreign Strategic Investments Law: A Step Forward on the Way to Liberalisation or a Decorative...more

Fleeing The Mexican Drug War: Foreign Investors’ Immigration Issues - The Matrix of U.S. Legal Considerations

by Jackson Walker on 4/13/2011

Background and Context: •Mexico’s Drug War •Drugs going North and Guns going South •Since President Calderon’s election in Dec. 2006, it is estimated there have been over 36,000 deaths •DOJ considers the Mexican drug...more