R aising
Capital
For Regional Centers
Basic Securities Concerns
by Jor Law, Esq.
This article provides a general overview of some of
the securities laws that may affect Regional Centers
engaged in raising capital for their EB-5 projects
and a discussion of two popular exemptions from
the securities laws that might be available to help
facilitate the entire process.
“For example, promissory notes,
or even investments in orange
groves and chinchillas, have
been considered securities.”
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