Foreign Direct Investment Law

International Investment Legal Guidance

The team at Clients And Advocates has extensive experience representing international investors from all over the world, in myriad of different capacities.  Whether investing while living outside the United States, living in the United States as a Foreign Resident or investing domestically for immigration purposes, our attorneys have the skills and relationships needed to navigate these delicate matters.  The business and economic climate in which we live today is globalized.  Businesses from every industry are continuously looking for new ways to raise capital and are seeking out new opportunities outside of their home markets.  Clients And Advocates assist its international clients in pinpointing the best opportunities for them based on their motivations.  We represent individual as well as corporations doing business in the United States, including substantial experience with Employment Based Fifth Preference, EB-5 Visas.  Our clients have holding in assets such as: real estate, technology companies, energy companies, hospitality businesses, restaurants, fashion retailers, professional services, luxury goods and numerous others.  Our team has counseled international investor and businesses on matter such as:

• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Formation – including alternative business structures
• Sale and exchange of stock
• Acquisitions and disposition of corporate, limited liability, partnership, joint ventures, venture and closely held entity interests
• Recapitalization, restructuring
• VC Investment
• Employment Issues
• Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act – FIRPTA
• Litigation
• International trade and customs related issues
• Investor Immigration – Direct and Indirect EB-5 Investments
• Tax Strategy