AVATAR ADVISORS - Key Persons
Ana assists in the client formation, manages and oversees the administration of HR, maintains accounts payable & receivable and monthly billing.
Ana is originally from Colombia and has a bachelor's degree in business administration from EAFIT University. Ana enjoys spending time with friends and family, hiking and romantic movies.
Anil Advani - Founder, Managing Director
Anil is a startup lawyer, angel investor, and mentor to early-stage startup founders in Silicon Valley and across the world. Anil advises early-stage start-up companies from 2-3 "guys in the garage" to global multinational corporations from inception through the life-cycle of the venture, negotiating angel and venture financings, customer and licensing transactions, and mergers and acquisitions. Over the last 19 years Anil has worked at powerhouse law firms such as Cooley Godward and Orrick Herrington, and now Inventus Law. Anil has represented over 3,000 startups, angels, founders, and has been involved in almost 500 financing and M&A transactions valued at over $3 billion in the aggregate. Anil has made over 25 angel investments in companies across the spectrum, from healthcare, financial services, to software and saas ventures.
Anil is licensed to practice law in California, New York, and India, and has represented U.S based investors and Companies in investments, acquisitions, and strategic expansion with India based companies, as well as 100's of startups from India, Singapore, Europe, and South America in setting up operations and closing financing and M&A transactions in Silicon Valley. Anil also has an active practice representing global companies that are part of YC, 500 Startups, Startup Chile, Tandem, Alchemist, Fabric, and other accelerators and incubators.
Inventus Law is Anil's own entrepreneurial venture with the primary goal of providing experienced legal counsel to start-up companies in a much more cost-effective, responsive, and founder-friendly manner than any of the "big" law firms out there. Lawyers at Inventus Law love helping founders of startup companies navigate the many pitfalls a startup usually encounters, and have worked with companies
Jon Velie has practiced law for twenty-nine years and is internationally renowned in Immigration Law. Jon is the CEO of OnlineVisas Intelligent Immigration Platform. The Platform builds legal briefs with the latest federal law and policy and uses AI to parse and fill forms and create documents faster with a higher approval rating at a lower cost. It effectively answers RFEs upfront which resulted in a 100% approval rate for the H-1B cap season.
Jon is a number one Amazon Best Seller for his book, H1-B Visas Application & Approval. Jon's firm