Mr. Brian Su, CEO & President
Artisan Business Group, Inc.
Mr.
Su is a leading expert and advisor on marketing US investment
projects and real estate properties in Asia and China. Mr. Su has
successfully introduced over thirty US real estate investment projects to
China over the past two years, and thousands of job creations
commitment has been resulted as a result of his efforts.
Mr. Su has been assisting Chinese corporations to seek real estate
investment opportunities in the U.S. He hosts U.S. investment
seminars and conferences around the country and in China. Mr. Su
has been interviewed by the Christian Science Monitor, Reuters
News, China Daily, China Press, Financial
Times, South Morning China Post, News Week and
other major media. Come, mingle and talk with Mr. Su to find
out how you can better position your investment projects in the
marketplace and effectively selling your real estate properties
to foreign investors; share your thoughts and discuss your
issues with Mr. Su one-on-one in LA. Mr. Su is also a
member of the Association to Invest in the USA (IIUSA).
Mr. Jason Lee, CEO
MasLink Group (China)
Mr.
Lee is considered one of the most respected emigration industry leaders in
China. He is the president and CEO of MasLink Group
headquartered in Beijing with nine offices in major cities
around China. The firm organized and hosted the very first EB-5
investment forum and trade show with over 30 EB-5 regional
center and law firm exhibitors in Beijing in 1999. MasLink has
been promoting a number of EB-5 investment projects with Idaho
State Regional Centers, Vermont State Regional Center, Federal
Metropolitan Regional Center. Currently the firm is promoting a
Florida Indigo hotel project to Chinese investors. Mr. Lee serves
as a board member of Beijing Exit Entry Service Association.
Mr. Guy Maisnik, Attorney and
Partner
Jeffer Mangels Bulter & Mitchell LLP (JMBM)
Guy
Maisnik has nearly three decades of commercial real estate
finance with a strong expertise in hotels. He is a partner and
Vice Chair of JMBM’s Global Hospitality Group®, a senior member
of JMBM's Chinese Investment Group, and a partner in the Real
Estate Department. Guy advises clients on hotel transactions,
representing lenders, opportunity funds, banks, special
servicers, owners, REITs and developers in hotel transactions,
including senior and mezzanine financing, workout and debt
restructure, co-lender, participation and securitization
arrangements, joint ventures, management agreements, buying,
selling and ground leasing of hotels, complex mixed used resort
development, fractional and timeshare. For troubled hotels, Guy
develops and executes strategies for CMBS and whole loans, and
REOs. He also assists investors with recapitalization of
distressed borrowers and purchases of troubled assets. Guy has
recently assisted 3 major lenders in completely revising and
structuring their hotel lending programs and documentation,
including their hotel construction lending. Guy's practice is
both domestic and foreign, where he has advised on hotel matters
all throughout the United States, Mexico, Canada, South America,
Caribbean, Europe and Asia. He has been recognized in California
Real Estate Journal's Best Real Estate Lawyers, Los Angeles
magazine's Top Southern California Lawyers, as well as a Top
Real Estate Lawyer in Real Estate Southern California magazine.
Mr. David Appel, CPA & Senior
Partner
Marcum LLP
Mr.
David Appel is a senior partner in Marcum’s Tax & Business
Services division. He has more than 30 years of
multidisciplinary experience in domestic and international
taxation working with family businesses in a variety of
industries. He has successfully addressed complex issues with
family business in estate, succession and retirement planning,
including preserving family businesses and wealth transfer to
future generations. He leads Florida’s multifamily business
office operations. Mr. Appel has worked on complex issues in IRS
audits, business reorganizations, acquisitions and international
transactions for privately held companies and family business.
In recognition of his considerable experience in personal
financial planning, Mr. Appel was awarded the designation of
Personal Financial Specialist by the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Appel lectures on estate tax,
business succession planning and family planning. Additionally,
he has presented on numerous occasions to banking institutions
and municipalities and at various tax conferences. He serves on
the board of directors and executive committee of a local
charitable organization, providing long-range and financial
planning and assisting in the design of the organization’s
governance model.
Mr. Bernard P. Wolfsdorf, Managing Partner & Attorney
Wolfsdorf Immigration Law Group
Mr.
Bernard Wolfsdorf is the past national President of the 11,000
member American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). He is
presently Managing Partner of the top-rated Wolfsdorf
Immigration Law Group, a law firm known worldwide for
providing exceptional quality service. With 17 lawyers and
offices in Los Angeles and New York, the firm provides high
quality global immigration services. In 2011 and 2010, Mr.
Wolfsdorf was named the “most highly rated immigration lawyer
in the world” by the peer-reviewed International Who's Who
of Business Lawyers. He received the AILA 2011 Service
Excellence Award for outstanding volunteer services.
Martindale-Hubbell ratings have consistently given Mr.
Wolfsdorf "AV Preeminent" ratings, the highest possible in
ethics and competence. U.S. News’ Best Lawyers in America
selected Mr. Wolfsdorf as its “2012 Lawyer of the Year for Los
Angeles”. Chambers USA gave him a “star” rating. Only
three attorneys in California were accorded this honor. He is
also listed in Southern California Super Lawyers.
Chambers Global World's Leading Lawyers for Business
rated him in its top tier. Mr. Wolfsdorf has been recognized
as one of the nation's Top 10 Immigration Lawyers by Human
Resource Executive magazine. He has been certified by the
California State Bar as an Immigration and Nationality Law
Specialist for over 20 years.
Reid Thomas- Executive Vice President
NES Financial
Mr.
Reid Thomas eads the
global sales and marketing organization at NES Financial. He has
over 20 years of executive management experience at both private
and public companies. Reid has been instrumental in the
development and growth of NES Financial’s leading EB-5 Escrow
Administration Solution for Regional Centers. Reid has worked
with numerous Regional Centers and Immigration Attorney’s, and
brings first hand knowledge of the importance of the security
and transparency benefits that the escrow solution provides to
the EB-5 process.
Kevin Wright, President
Wright Johnson LLC
Mr.
Wright is considered one of the foremost experts on the EB-5
Immigration Visa program. As an accomplished researcher,
analyst and professional author, he has assisted many
entrepreneurs in receiving Regional Center designation and
subsequent approval of the specific projects that are developed
and put into operation through the Regional Center mechanism.
As an IMPLAN software specialist, Mr. Wright has authored
numerous econometric analyses in many divergent industries that
demonstrate the employment and economic impacts of these various
projects to USCIS. The Regional Center application process
requires expertise in business plan writing, econometric
analysis, and the complexities of government reporting
requirements coupled with the “hands-on” experience necessary to
successfully work within this highly specialized industry.
Wright Johnson maintains a 100 percent success rate in clients
receiving Regional Center designations. Mr. Wright was named
“EB-5 Service Provider of the Year” in 2010 and 2011 by Artisan
Business Group, an international business consulting firm that
hosts a widely read EB-5 blog.
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