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- President
- Business Management Consultant
Expertise focusing on EB-5 and all US immigration related matters and all China business and legal services.
BIO
Abraham C. Yu is a prominent international business management consultant on US-China business and investment with over 35 years of professional experience living and working in both China and the United States. During those past decades, Abraham has worked in all sectors from private businesses to government entities in both China and the United States. Abraham has two MBAs and two LL.M.s (advanced law degree) from both China and the United States, among his other professional and academic qualifications. Abraham is currently the president of China Business & Legal Services, Inc. and also serving as "Director of Immigration" for a Texas based boutique immigration law firm of "Yu, South & Associates, PLLC." You can reach Abraham Yu at: immigrationlaw@usa.net with any questions regarding China business or law or questions regarding US immigration topics and he would personally respond to your inquiries within 24 hours, if not sooner.
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- Head of Mathematical Finance Assistant Director of Business Development
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- Attorney
- Attorney at Law Is Managing Partner of Beshara P.a. a Leading, Experienced and Established Law Firm Exclusively Prac. Read
Practice Areas
EB-5 Project Research, Due Diligence & Analysis, Financial Analysis, Business Valuation, Securities, Tax & Financial Valuation
Languages spoken
W R Yates & Associates Attorney in Stevensville, MD is a private company categorized under Immigration and Naturalization Consultants. Ou...
Carolyn S. Lee is a partner in the law firm of Miller Mayer, LLP. She is a member of the firm's Immigration Department. Ms. Lee'... read more »
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- Managing Partner
- Managing Partner and Founder of AmLaw Group
Charles Raether is Managing Partner and founder of AmLaw Group, a boutique business immigration law firm based in the greater Miami areadedicated t... read more »
Clara DeMatteis Mager is a shareholder based in Butzel Long's Detroit office and the Practice Group Manager of the firm's Immigration Group. She is... read more »
Peng & Weber is an immigration law firm in the suburban Seattle city of Mercer Island, Washington. We established our firm in 1992 on the idea ... read more »
Practice Areas
Financial Analysis, Business Valuation, Securities, Tax & Financial Valuation, Business Valuation Specialist, Financial & Securities Valuations, Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Litigation, Mergers & Acquisitions
Languages spoken
Doreen Edelman has over 20 years of experience representing clients on import and export matters in over 90 countries. She has experience with li... read more »
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- Economist in Food & Resource Economics at the University of Florida
Alan Hodges is an Economist in Food & Resource Economics at the University of Florida, Institute of Food & Agricultural Sciences. He also h... read more »
Practice Areas
Financial Analysis, Economist
Languages spoken
Alan Hodges is an Economist in Food & Resource Economics at the University of Florida, Institute of Food & Agricultural Sciences. He also holds an affiliate appointment in the UF-School of Forest Resources and Conservation. His areas of research include economic impact analysis, market survey research, agribusiness management, environmental economics, and biomass energy resource development. He serves as director the UF program in Economic Impact Analysis, and as chairman of the Green Industry Research Consortium.
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- Associate Professor of Finance at Florida Atlantic University and Founder, Barnhart Economic Services
- Economist
Dr. Barnhart received his M.S. in economics from Florida State University and Ph.D. in economics from Texas A&M University. Professor Barnhart is the Program Director of the Certified Financial Planner™ Certificate Program at Florida Atlantic University. Prior to moving to Florida, Dr. Barnhart held the position of Associate Professor and Breazeale Scholar of Financial Planning at Clemson University, where he spent 10 years.
Dr. Barnhart has consulted on cases ranging from stock valuation and ownership disputes to violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act, to personal injury and wrongful birth. He has also applied Input-Output models (RIMS II and IMPLAN Pro v.3) to study the impacts of EB-5 regional center businesses.
Dr. Barnhart teaches Corporate Finance, Financial Institutions and Investments. His research interests are in the areas of mutual funds, futures markets, corporate governance, exchange rates and the application of econometrics in testing financial theories. His research has been published in the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, the Review of Economics and Statistics, the Journal of Empirical Finance, the Journal of Banking and Finance, Financial Review, the Journal of International Money and Finance, the Journal of Futures Markets, and other finance and economics journals.
Practice Areas
Financial Analysis, Economist
Languages spoken
About the Firm Carroll & Scribner, P.C. attorneys are among the most experienced internationally with the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program, thr... read more »
Prudhomme/Chernysheva Law Offices has served the needs of international and local businesses and individuals in their immigration and foreign rel... read more »
Elana Laverty is an Immigration Attorney who currently practices in the area of EB-5 Investor visas, business, family, and general immigratio... read more »
Chin & Curtis, LLP, is a twelve-attorney firm specializing exclusively in United States immigration law. Our focus is principally on corporate ... read more »
Greenspoon Marder is a robust firm with 140 attorneys practicing in 50+ areas of law and 400 support staff in 10 offices throughout Florida, and gr... read more »
Siskind Susser is one of the best known immigration law firms in North America and its attorneys have experience handling all aspects of ... read more »
Job Titles:
- Attorney
- Founding Partner and Chair of the Immigration Practice of Kurzban
Ira J. Kurzban is the founding partner and chair of the immigration practice of Kurzban, Kurzban, Weinger, Tetzeli & Pratt. Mr. Kurzb... read more »
Headquartered in Norcross, a city in northeastern Atlanta, Georgia, Xie Law Offices is a law firm devoted exclusively to the representation of corp... read more »
Jennifer A. Hermansky (Jen), an Associate in the Firm's Philadelphia office, focuses her practice on both employment-based and family-based ...
For 30 years, Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP (JMBM) has provided clients with results-successfully resolving cases, closing deals... read more »
Practice Areas
Financial Analysis, Business Valuation, Financial & Securities Valuations, EB-5 Project Research, Due Diligence & Analysis
Languages spoken
Castro & Co. is a U.S. firm specializing exclusively in international taxation. read more »
Kurzban Kurzban Weinger Tetzeli & Pratt P.A. is a "boutique" Miami, Florida-based law firm that represents clients in ... read more »
Jose is a former U.S. Diplomatic and Consular officer who has over 18 years in private investment immigration law practice and is A/V rated by Mart... read more »
As a partner with McAdam & McCarthy Attorneys at Law, Mr. McCarthy's primary area of legal expertise is Immigration Law, including all facets...
Hodkinson Law Group is the leading American law firm based in London, exclusively practicing US immigration and nationality law. With many years... read more »
White & Associates was founded in 1993 by Kenneth White, an honors graduate of the George Washington University Natio... read more »
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- Attorney
- Founding Partner at the Massacusetts
Kristina Rost is a founding partner at the Massacusetts-based immigration law firm, Maged Rost. Founded in 2000, Maged Rost is a law firm foc... read more »
Stone & Grzegorek LLP specializes in the practice of U.S. immigration law. Widely published and referenced on issues of investor-based, entrepr... read more »
Lisa is an attorney who is responsible for USAdvisors Question & Answers and Resources section.
BIO
Lisa graduated magna cum laude from the University of Miami School of Law in May 2010 and is a member of the Florida bar. She has served as symposium editor of the Inter American Law review, and most recently worked at the Department of Homeland Security ICE Office of the Chief Counsel. Lisa currently resides in Washington, DC.
Lisa Krueger Khan has been practicing exclusively in the field of Immigration for over 12 years, primarily in business and family immigration. ... read more »
Mark Sarchet provides valuation services for financial and tax reporting, and internal planning purposes, focusing primarily on high technology ind... read more »
Practice Areas
Business Valuation, Securities, Tax & Financial Valuation, Financial Analysis
Languages spoken
Mark Sarchet provides valuation services for financial and tax reporting, and internal planning purposes, focusing primarily on high technology industries. He has performed over seventy valuations of intangible assets totaling over $15 billion, including developed and in-process technologies, customer relationships, patents, trademarks and trade names, and other intellectual property for technology-driven companies. He focuses primarily in the semiconductor, semiconductor manufacturing equipment, networking, optical networking, and software industries. Mr. Sarchet spent three years at Trenwith Group (a subsidiary of BDO Seidman LLP) and six years at KPMG LLP performing valuations. Mr. Sarchet has performed valuations for Korean and Japanese companies, as well as for major multinational corporations headquartered in Silicon Valley area of Northern California.
Mr. Sarchet's entry into finance and valuation in 2000 represented a career change for him after spending seventeen years as a software engineer and engineering manager in the semiconductor equipment, software, and aerospace industries.
Education
Mr. Sarchet earned a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering at the University of Iowa. He also earned a Master of Business Administration from the University of California at Berkeley.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Mr. Sarchet is an Accredited Senior Appraiser in Business Valuation with the American Society of Appraisers.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Performed SFAS 142 goodwill impairment analyses for two reporting units of a software-as-a-service provider to the health care insurance industry.
Performed SFAS 141 purchase price allocations of the same two reporting units.
Performed SFAS 142 goodwill impairment analyses for two reporting units of an optical networking components manufacturer.
Performed an IRC 409A valuation of Common Stock for a biopharmaceutical company.
Performed SFAS 141 purchase price allocation for nine acquisitions of an optical networking chip company.
Performed an IRC 409A valuation of Common Stock for a network search engine analytics company.
Performed SFAS 141 purchase price allocation for two acquisitions of a semiconductor equipment manufacturing company.
Performed a business valuation study for a semiconductor company considering an offshore inversion.
Valued two strategic technology exchange agreements between two networking companies.
Performed the valuation of three venture funds of a leading venture capital firm, valuing their venture funds and the General Partner's carried interest for tax purposes.
Performed SAS 73 Reviews of hundreds of third party valuations for financial reporting and tax purposes performed for BDO and KPMG audit clients.
BIO
Mark Sarchet is the former Director of Berger/Lewis Accountancy Corporation's Valuation and Litigation practice, where he provided valuation services for financial, tax reporting, internal planning, and litigation purposes, primarily for high technology companies in Silicon Valley. He has performed over seventy valuations of companies and intangible assets totaling over $15 billion.
He has valued such assets as developed and in-process technologies, cross-licensing agreements, distribution agreements, customer relationships, patents, trademarks and trade names, and other intellectual property. He focuses particularly in the semiconductor, semiconductor manufacturing equipment, networking, optical networking, software, and biotechnology industries.
Previous Experience
Prior to joining Berger/Lewis, Mr. Sarchet spent three years at Trenwith Group, LLC, a subsidiary of BDO Seidman, LLP, and six years at KPMG LLP / BearingPoint in Silicon Valley where he had primary responsibility for valuing the intangible assets of high technology companies. Prior to joining KPMG in 2000, Mr. Sarchet, spent seventeen years in engineering and engineering management in the aerospace, signal and communications intelligence, semiconductor manufacturing equipment, and embedded real-time software industries.
Mr. Sarchet's previous employers include Radix Technologies, Novellus Systems, Lam Research, Wind River Systems (formerly Integrated Systems, Inc.), Boeing Military Airplane Company, Ford Aerospace, and the NASA Ames research facility in Mountain View, California. Mr. Sarchet's role at these companies was a combination of managing technology development, customer support, marketing, and software development.
Education
Mr. Sarchet holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of California at Berkeley, a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Iowa, and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Iowa, majoring in mathematics and general science.
Professional Affiliations
Mr. Sarchet is an Accredited Senior Appraiser of the American Society of Appraisers in the discipline of business valuation, and a former member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Martin J. Lawler Martin Lawler is recognized as one of America's leading immigration lawyers. In his 30 years of specializing in immigration... read more »
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- Events
- Managing Director of USA
- Managing Director, USAdvisors.Org
Michael Gibson is the Managing Director of USAdvisors and is a Registered Investment Advisor (CRD # 157403). His previous work experience was with Citicorp where he worked in the Capital Markets and Investment Banking divisions as a broker-dealer, securities, foreign exchange, derivatives, money market, credit & debt analyst and portfolio risk manager. His duties involved overseeing Citi's financial operations, structuring financial instruments and hedging bank and client risk and investments in emerging markets in Latin America, Africa and the Middle East. In 2007 he established USAdvisors.org as an organization to assist foreign nationals with their EB-5 investment decisions, has completed the Series 7 and 65 exams, is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and holds a degree in Economics from Virginia Tech.
Michael was formerly on the IIUSA Board of Directors and was past Chair of the Best Practices Committee.
Practice Areas
Financial Analysis, Business Valuation, Securities, Tax & Financial Valuation, Business Valuation Specialist, Financial & Securities Valuations, Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Litigation, Mergers & Acquisitions
Languages spoken
Job Titles:
- Consultant & Former USCIS Program Manager for the EB - 5 Immigrant Investor Program Read
Mr. Prashant Ajmera is an Indian lawyer with more then 17 years of experience in legal field with several years of experience in the Canadian &... read more »
Job Titles:
- Attorney
- Associate in the Law Firm of Miller Mayer
Nicolai Hinrichsen is an associate in the law firm of Miller Mayer, LLP. He is a member of the firm's Immigration Department. Mr. Hinric... read more »
800x600 At Paschal Nwokocha Law Offices we are committed to relentless pursuit of excellence. That has made us one of the ... read more »
Paula M. Jones has almost twenty years of experience advising clients on all aspects of domestic and international estate law for m... read more »
Practice Areas
EB-5 Project Research, Due Diligence & Analysis, Financial Analysis, Business Plan Development, Business Strategy, Entrepreneur
Languages spoken
Roger A. Bernstein handles a wide variety of immigration-related issues. He focuses his practice on corporate non-immigrant and immigrant visa... read more »
SANJAY KALRA AND ASSOCIATES SANJAY KALRA & Associates is one of the fastest growing law firms in New Delhi, India, with a high pro... read more »
Job Titles:
- Structured Finance Expert
Practice Areas
EB-5 Project Research, Due Diligence & Analysis, Financial Analysis, Financial & Securities Valuations, Mergers & Acquisitions
Languages spoken
Practice Areas
EB-5 Project Research, Due Diligence & Analysis, Financial Analysis
Languages spoken
BIO
A popular speaker on building relationships whether across the room or across cultures, entrepreneurship and leadership, Shelby Scarbrough blends protocol with practicality for business and government executives. She has worked with such notable figures as: His Holiness, Pope John Paul II, Presidents Reagan, Bush, Ford, Carter and Nixon, President Walesa of Poland, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth and members of the Royal Family, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Nelson Mandela. She planned events and meetings from the Vatican to Buckingham Palace to The Kremlin and The White House.
A political appointee in the Reagan and Bush Administrations, she served as a White House Presidential Advance Trip Coordinator, and a Protocol Visits Officer at the State Department. Upon the death of President Reagan, she served as the Washington, DC Deputy Lead for his State Funeral and advisor to the funeral of President Ford.
She recently concluded her service as the elected global board president of the international association of 7300 plus highly motivated entrepreneurs worldwide from 40 countries. As an "EO Ambassador," she raised the standard of global events and presided over the increased globalization and world stature of the organization. Membership doubled during her three year tenure on the board.
Shelby is a serial entrepreneur. She founded her consulting business Practical Protocol to specialize in international special events management, business protocol training and custom-designed plans addressing the unique needs of very special clients. Recently, she co-founded Conexus Global Services with fellow entrepreneur Cindy Boyd to provide relationship leveraging services, business development and marketing service.
To follow her passion connecting enterprising entrepreneurs, Shelby co-founded nCourage entrepreneurs, angel investing fund to fuel the dreams of the innovative. The group recently awarded seed funding for two promising concepts at the Rice Business Alliance Business Plan Competition.
Sheppard Mullin is a full service Global 100 firm with 630 attorneys in 16 offices located in the United States, Europe and Asia. Since 1927,... read more »
The Law Office of Stephanie Ko, PS is located in Bellevue, State of Washington, USA. Stephanie helps international clients in matters related... read more »
Practice Areas: Immigration, Nationality and Consular Law, Experienced EB-5 Attorney, EB-5 Regional Center Application Submission Provider
Languages spoken: English
Steve Yale-Loehr has practiced immigration law for over 25 years. He is co-author of Immigration Law and Procedure, the leading multi-volume... read more »
The law firm of Garmo & Associates, P.C. is a leading immigration firm with offices near Detroit, Michigan and San Diego, California. We prov... read more »
Suzanne B. Seltzer the head of Klasko, Rulon, Stock & Seltzer, LLP's New York Office, is known for her extensive representation of individ... read more »
Job Titles:
- Attorney
- Founding Partner of Klasko
William A. Stock is a founding partner of Klasko, Rulon, Stock & Seltzer, LLP, a firm devoted exclusively to the pra...
Serotte Reich Wilson, LLP (SRW), is a full-service U.S. and global immigration law firm with an international reputation. SRW is highly recog... read more »
Mr. Yi is the author of Immigration Strategies for Aspiring Students and Their Parents and E-2 Visa Guidebook, published in the Korean language. He... read more »
Law Office of Yichen Zhao is located in Richardson, Dallas County, Texas with easy access to Dallas, Plano, Frisco, Arlington and Houston. With its... read more »