[ CORPORATE & SECURITIES ATTORNEYS ]
Ronald Fieldstone has been a corporate and securities
lawyer for over 40 years and began working on EB-5 cases
in 2009 after a friend recommended he get involved. Ronald
practices in the Miami office of Arnstein & Lehr LLP, a fullservice law firm that represents a wide array of clients, from
large corporations to nonprofits and emerging businesses.
His securities background prepared Ronald well for the EB-5
field, and he now represents multiple developers and regional
centers, assisting on more than 125 individual projects with a
combined capital raise in excess of $2 billion.
For Ronald, the ever-evolving EB-5 program is always a
learning experience. He explains that the experience he gains
each year aggregates in an almost geometric expansion of
EB-5 knowledge. This enables him to apply his expertise
on an ongoing basis and to handle the unique components
of each new EB-5 deal he encounters. Ronald embraces the
opportunity to undertake transactions for all different types
of projects around the country, interacting with interesting
developers and regional centers, and gaining exposure to
geographic and real estate issues, the utilization of EB-5
capital in sundry industries, and much more.
Ronald has become adept at navigating what he finds to
be the most difficult components of EB-5 securities work:
dealing with the industry’s grey matter, the constantlychanging landscape of immigration law, variations in deal
Michael Homeier began his work on EB-5 issues in 2009
and is the co-founding shareholder of Homeier & Law, P.C.,
with offices in Los Angeles and New York City. He and
his partner, Jor Law, were introduced to EB-5 by a Top 25
Immigration Attorney, who needed expert yet reasonablypriced securities counsel on an EB-5 case—he has been
hooked ever since. Michael’s seven-lawyer firm specializes
in a sophisticated general business law practice for mediumand small-sized businesses, with a particular expertise in
crowdfunding, as well as EB-5. The firm aims to provide the
same quality of work as larger and more expensive firms, but
at “middle-class” prices.
As both a business and securities lawyer, Michael handles
EB-5 cases in a unique manner, along with his fellow
attorneys. They not only make certain that all appropriate
disclosures about the investment opportunities are made, but
also that the pieces will work together from a business law
perspective. This involves completing securities disclosure
work, as well as corporate and transactional law work.
Michael strives to ensure that potential investors see the risks
and potential gains involved with investment opportunities,
and also that the particular project makes sense from a
business perspective.
He sees his practice providing a key piece in the puzzle of
helping businesses succeed, as well as enabling investors to
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structures, and the continued
transformation in marketing
of the EB-5 product. Indeed,
Ronald is attuned to a number
of “quantum leaps” the EB-5
industry has experienced, such as the
transition from an equity-based model
to a primarily-debt model, to the freezing
of the program, to implementing escrow holdbacks, to the
involvement of major companies.
Ronald prides himself on assisting his clients achieve
outcomes that are viable from both immigration and business
standpoints. He interacts with his clients in a business-like
environment, but cuts to the chase to focus on the most
essential information. In addition to his work with clients,
Ronald is an active speaker and author on a range of EB-5
issues.
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be better informed about
their investments. Michael
is passionate about EB-5
because it provides a way for
businesses to raise capital in
what remains a very difficult
business financing environment,
and a way for successful foreign
investors to attain U.S. visas and
eventually contribute to expanding the
U.S. economy.
Michael works to have EB-5 seen as just one piece in the
bigger picture of helping a business grow and succeed, and
he feels privileged that he and his team can contribute to
that. He carries this positive attitude over into his personal
life, where he spends time speaking to fellow teen and young
adult cancer survivors.
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