JOB OPENING IN MIAMI: Fluent Written and Spoken Mandarin Required F-1 with EAD okay, will sponsor H-1B for the right person. Qualifications:Must be TRULY fluent in business Chinese, as in native-level fluencyPrefer AA or BS in business, English, or IT but open to all educational BGsMust be fully competent in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and possess the ability to write, edit, and publish basic HTMLSEO experience would be very relevantCandidates already in South Florida are preferred, position is available immediatelyPlease send your c.v. and cover letter to jlatour@latourlaw.com.…
Art Lexing About to Rock Art Basel UPDATE: Art Lexing will be at Booth A5 of Art Asia…come see us!!The extraordinarily talented Lexing Zhang is back in Miami as part of her ever-churning cycle of life as an art troubadour. Lexing, my client and good friend, is a Chinese contemporary art broker based in Shanghai and Paris, and she's back for next week's Art Asia (during Art Basel) at Midtown Miami, right around the corner from our Biscayne office.With half as many featured Chinese artists in four times the booth space she had last year, this year's collection by Art Lexing offers three very different contemporary Chinese artists using different media and creating a compelling contrast with each other, mirroring the traditional elements of today's uber-urbanized China. Take a look at th… Continue Reading →
The China Real Estate Market and Its Effect on EB-5 Investment I’ve been trying for a few months now to explain to my Regional Center and EB-5 Project clients the nature of “hot money” in China, and why I believe we in America have a unique opportunity right now to drive EB-5 capital to our shores. In the past three weeks with Sharon, traipsing through a half dozen Chinese cities, presenting dozens of seminars for Lake Point EcoVentures, and speaking with hundreds of investors, I’ve been able to go a little deeper into this subject. This blog entry will attempt to convey what I have learned but I will begin by warning you: this will only be of interest to those of you contemplating EB-5 financing for your project. “Hot money” isn’t bad like it sounds. The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) has a great article on &qu… Continue Reading →
Green Cards for Green Acres? Not So Fast, Folks [Fraud Warning: in the preceding days, I have learned of at least one California real estate broker as well as of several unscrupulous Chinese brokers who are marketing the “buy real estate, get a green card” concept despite it NOT being law. Please be careful out there!. Sharon will soon be joining me on Immigration Insider with her Chinese language blog and she’ll be covering this issue but in the meantime, I ask our Chinese-American readers to convey this warning to folks back home: buying real estate will NOT get you a green card under current U.S. law!] When the third breathless realtor friend called on the same day, I just had to laugh: here I was a day away from leaving for my long Asia trip and was again explaining the difference between the introduction of a bill to Congress… Continue Reading →
Thoughtful Editorial on Proposed Bill to Give RE Investors Green Cards First Objective Critique of "Homes for Visa" Legislation… Continue Reading →
Chinese Capital: Changing the World Given the typically "unglobal" American world perspective, many U.S. ventures seeking EB-5 capital approach guys like me with the mistaken presumption that “it’s all about America”, that is, that U.S. permanent residency is so coveted that even the most fiscally-flaccid EB-5 offering well nonetheless be well-received abroad. Let me clarify that error: it’s all about opportunity.While Canada and countless other nations are working with China to channel their giant cash reserves toward their borders, the U.S. — both the USG via its slo-mo fulfillment of promised Premium Processing for EB-5 and, even more so, the private EB-5 purveyors flooding the Chinese market with questionable ventures — squanders this staggering opportunity to recover economically. The com… Continue Reading →
Shanghaied: It’s a Wrap Day 3 in Shanghai, off to Saigon tomorrow. Another set of incredible meetings with incredible people cherry-picked by Sharon Shi. China is happening and the notion of a straight-shooting EB-5 program is a breath of fresh air to a hungry market. My expectations have been blown out of the water on all counts. Expect LatourLaw’s Shanghai office opening early next year. I may not know a damn thing about Chinese law but my partner and her good friend Stella sure do…(-; Feeling quite exotic these days, so we are heading to what sounds like the perfect place to wrap up business on the Bund: Craft… Continue Reading →