CLG is once again honored to announce that our Managing Shareholder Rogelio “Roy” Carrasquillo has been named to EB5 Investors Magazine’s list of “2022 Top 15 Corporate EB-5 Attorneys” for the fourth successive year. This award recognizes the most influential corporate and securities law practitioners in the field of EB-5 securities and finance in 2022.
Roy has over two decades of experience advising clients on corporate and securities matters and leads CLG’s EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program Services and Compliance Practice and Qualified Opportunity Zones Practice. He represents both public and private clients using EB-5 as a source of capital and those filing for an EB-5 Regional Center designation from USCIS. He also represents investors evaluating their redeployment option, as well as developers seeking to raise capital using the EB-5 investor visa program. He is experienced with public-private partnership projects using opportunity zones funding, EB-5 funds and other economic and tax incentives, as well as the combination of these with other programs, such as U.S. federal tax credits (i.e., LIHTC, NMTC and HTCs) or bond financing.
Roy, a thought leader on the EB-5 Program, Opportunity Zones and corporate matters, is a tremendous resource and often sought after for commentary regarding these subjects. His expertise and insights have been cited by the Wall Street Journal, National Real Estate Investor, GlobeSt., Bisnow, The Real Deal, Law 360, Daily Business Review, Real Estate Finance & Investment, The New York Law Journal, Debtwire, the Caribbean Business and Tax Credit Advisor. Roy routinely lectures at EB-5 conferences across the United States and Latin America. He has also published several articles related to the EB-5 Program, including the interaction of EB-5 financing with other sources of capital.
CLG’s EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program Services and Compliance Practice is a multidisciplinary group of attorneys drawn from our Securities, Business Immigration, Taxes, Real Estate and Finance and Litigation practice areas, who provide an integrated approach for clients with matters involving the EB-5 Program Our EB-5 team has experience obtaining USCIS Regional Center designation for project pre-approvals and amendments (Form I-924) and Annual Reporting (Form I-924A).
Our EB-5 immigration team also has experience centralizing and reviewing I-526 petitions for sources of funds on behalf of regional centers and/or issuers to ensure compliance with the EB-5 Program, as well as filing and reviewing I-526 and I-829 petitions on behalf of individual investors. CLG’s team also has experience representing groups of investors related to corporate matters and redeployment of capital, including the litigation and arbitration of claims.
Read on for more information about this distinguished honor in the latest issue of EB5 Investors Magazine: https://bit.ly/3DuvFm3