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TOP 15 CORPORATE ATTORNEYS
Charles Kaufman
LEXCUITY

CCharles Kaufman is a shareholder at Lexcuity , PC . With more than 25 years of experience in helping clients create , finance and govern their businesses , he regularly advises developers , entrepreneurs and regional centers seeking to raise capital through the EB-5 investor visa program and meeting the new compliance standards of the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act . In addition to EB-5 , Kaufman ’ s fintech practice includes clients offering innovative digital securities and listing securities on SECregulated alternate trading systems .

Andrew Kingston
K INGSTON PETERSEN

AAndrew Kingston is a managing member of Kingston Petersen , PLLC . Kingston has acted as EB-5 securities and corporate counsel since 2009 . He provides counsel in private placements of securities intended to qualify under the United States EB-5 immigrant investor program . Kingston served as general counsel to private and publicly traded companies and was a founding partner of NNDKP , one of the largest law firms in Southeastern Europe . He taught Corporate Finance in Emerging Markets at Cornell Law School and was law clerk to Harold M . Fong , Jr ., Chief Judge of the U . S . District Court in Hawaii .

Debbie Klis
RIMON
Jeffrey Myers
JMBM

DDebbie Klis is a partner at Rimon , PC . Her practice focuses on investment funds , securities , and capital markets experience , particularly on private equity funds , venture capital funds , hedge funds , real estate funds , EB-5 funds , QOZ funds , and large master-feeder structures . She has worked with sponsors on SPAC IPOs and related de-SPAC transactions since 2008 . Her EB-5 expertise involves representing real estate developers , project sponsors and regional center owners from coast to coast on projects involving casinos , hotels , resorts , mixed-use commercial , mixeduse residential ( including some with LIHTC ), construction of single-family homes , condominiums , manufacturing facilities , shipping , historic renovations with tax credits , and more .

Jeff Myers is a partner in JMBM ' s Real Estate Department and the Global Hospitality Group ®. With more than 18 years ’ experience , Myers focuses on development , acquisition , operation , and financing of hotels , restaurants , nightclubs and other hospitality properties both domestic and internationally . Myers advises clients on management , franchise , licensing and branding agreements , restaurant leases , management agreements and celebrity chef contracts and joint ventures . He represents clients in all facets of debt and preferred equity financing and has participated in $ 350M + in EB-5 financing for various projects including a luxury hotel located in Hollywood , CA ; a to-be-developed boutique hotel and wellness retreat in Arizona and a project in Hawaii .
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