Debbie Klis is a securities and corporate attorney. She is a Partner at the global law firm of Rimon P.C. and is based in Washington, D.C. She has experience working with investment management companies, including forming and operating EB-5 regional centers and immigration investment funds, private equity funds, hedge funds, SPACs, real estate funds, and international master-feeder structures.
Klis has particular expertise representing private companies, public companies, and real estate developers who are seeking EB-5 capital to fund their projects. She works with developers and principals to form regional centers, or to rent existing approved EB-5 regional centers. In the preparation and filing of regional center designation and amendment applications, Klis handles all legal aspects of the process. This ranges from project business plans, to securities offering documents, to redeployments in compliance with EB-5 requirements. She also advises clients on EB-5 as an alternative source of funding.
In addition to her EB-5 work, Klis has experience with financial products, such as derivatives and global equity offerings that represent broker-dealers, SPACs and their IPOs and de-SPAC-ing transactions, investment banks, issuers, funds, placement agents, investment advisers, and others. She also advises clients on matters related to the Commodity Futures Act, the Investment Adviser Act, the Securities Act of 1933, and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. She is experienced in private securities offerings and investment-grade debt offerings.
Klis is admitted to the District of Columbia and state bars of California and Maryland. She received her B.S. from Santa Clara University, her Juris Doctor from the Golden Gate University School of Law, and her LL.M. in taxation from Georgetown University Law Center.
Answers to EB-5 38 Questions Answered
- How can I access EB-5 project documents before investing?
- Would regional centers be interested in tech startups as EB-5 investments?
- How would the Trump immigration ban impact a pending I-829 application?
- Is escrow for the investment a USCIS requirement for EB-5?
- Why am I receiving schedule K-1 but no actual payment?
- How are EB-5 loans usually positioned in a capital stack?
- Can I get my investment money back if I withdraw my EB-5 application?
- What should EB-5 investors be wary about when it comes to a redemption agreement?
- What should a business owner be responsible for when using EB-5 funds?
- How can I receive dividends and maintain compliance with EB-5?
- What is the difference between the L-1 and EB-5 programs?
- How would one investor dropping out of a project affect my EB-5 application?
- Why is the EB-5 regional center program not set in place permanently?
- What documents and other materials do regional centers/project developers need to compile to be competitive in the investment market?
- For an EB-5 project, how should I go about setting up a new commercial enterprise as a subsidiary of an already existing enterprise?
- What happens to the EB-5 investors if the USCIS terminates the regional center they have chosen to work with?
- How can I set up an EB-5 project where the escrow and LLC accounts are one in the same?
- What if the EB-5 project is done before I file an I-829?
- How can a company also hire its EB-5 investors?
- What changes should EB-5 regional centers be aware of in the new policy manual?
- What happens if an investor bypasses the EB-5 regional center?
- Which way is better to attract EB-5 investors – direct or regional center?
- What personnel review the business plan portion of an EB-5 application?
- What kind of projects can receive EB-5 funding?
- How many regional centers can sponsor one EB-5 project?
- Who do we hire if want to start an EB-5 regional center?
- How much of the business must the EB-5 investor own?
- How can my brother qualify for EB-5 through my company?
- Why did I-526 denials increase in 2016?
- How does a direct EB-5 investor get a TEA certified?
- How do I evaluate an individual EB-5 project?
- How long must an EB-5 investment be at risk for?
- What guarantees can a regional center give EB-5 investors?
- What are some reasons people apply to the EB-5 program?
- How can I tell if an existing business qualifies for the lower EB-5 investment?
- What are the EB-5 rules on equity versus a loan?
- When is an EB-5 regional center required?
- What happens if an EB-5 business does not make a profit?
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EB5 Investors Magazine and EB5investors.com Articles
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EB-5 approval rate of I-526 and I-829 petitions increases, Q1 report shows
It is clear from USCIS' Q1 FY2021 periodic performance report is that the EB-5 approval rate continues to increase.
Debbie Klis
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U.S. Securities Law and Due Diligence Can Protect Foreign Investors
How the regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and proper investment research can help minimize risk and protect foreign investors in the United States. Debbie Klis