Last Tuesday, IIUSA finished up a very successful Fall 2013 Webinar Series, which spanned from October to December and covered several crucial topics for the EB-5 Regional Center industry. Thank you to everyone who attended and made this series of engagements with you such a success! Missed a webinar, or want to watch a re-run? You can access recordings of the full webinar series through the IIUSA OnDemand Mediahub! The cost is only $75/webinar for IIUSA members.
A brief recap of each webinar is listed below.
Tools for EB-5 Due Diligence – Oct. 29
A discussion of immigration and financial due diligence and how to implement sound procedures throughout the EB-5 process.
Panelists:
- John Bintz, Managing Director, Valuation Research Corporation
- Frank Franiak, President, Woodfield Fund Administration
- David Andersson, President, IIUSA; President, Whatcom Opportunities Regional Center
EB-5 Bridge Financing & Escrow Options – Nov. 12
A discussion on newly emerging options for escrow arrangements and how bridge financing has become essential to structuring deals in ways that balance investor financial and immigration goals.
Panelists:
- Gina Nisbeth, Director of Structured Lending and Investments Group, Citigroup
- Reid Thomas, Executive Vice President Worldwide Sales and Marketing, NES Financial
- Robert Divine, Vice President, IIUSA; Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC
Year Three of Regional Center Annual Reporting on Form I-924A – Nov. 19
A practical workshop for how to approach Regional Centers filings of Form I-924A. IIUSA’s panelists take a closer look aspects of the I-924A filing such as reporting of statistics such as capital investments, industry designation (NAICS codes) as well as job creation estimation and methodology.
Panelists:
- Peter D. Joseph, Executive Director, IIUSA
- Henry Liebman, Director Emeritus of IIUSA (Founding Director 2005-2012), President/CEO American Life, Inc.
- Nicholas Mastroianni II, President & CEO, US Immigration Fund, LLC
- Ignacio Donoso, Managing Member, IA Donoso & Associates LLC
2013 Year in Review and What’s Ahead in 2014 – Dec. 17
This webinar takes a look into the growth of the EB-5 industry over the past 12 months and discuss the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead for the industry as a whole. Panelists:
- Peter D. Joseph, Executive Director, IIUSA
- K. David Andersson, President, IIUSA; President, Whatcom Opportunities Regional Center
- Stephen W. Yale-Loehr, IIUSA President Emeritus (Founding President 2005-2010), Of Counsel, Miller Mayer LLP
You can access recordings of the full webinar series through the IIUSA OnDemand Mediahub!
