EB-5 fund management
Overview
Oleet & Co. has developed a streamlined process that predictably delivers EB-5 capital to companies and projects while providing EB-5 investors with compelling EB-5 investment opportunities. Drawing upon the collective experience of a best-in-class team of immigration counsel, securities counsel, and economists, the experienced EB-5 investment bankers in Oleet & Co.’s EB-5 practice group work diligently to ensure that the firm's EB-5 transactions serve the needs of the EB-5 investor as well as the companies and projects benefitting from EB-5 capital. Fundamental to this group’s work is a rigorous due diligence process, a transparent marketing process for both the project and the investor, and an approach that is intended to comply with both United States immigration laws and United States securities laws. Oleet & Co. believes this is the only approach that properly serves both the EB-5 investor and the companies and projects that receive EB-5 capital.
An institutional approach
To provide a high degree of investment integrity for its EB-5 offerings, the investment bankers at Oleet & Co. start with the premise that EB-5 capital should rightly be viewed as a structured investment product – one that meets the primary objectives held by EB-5 investors: obtaining permanent residency in the US (obtaining the permanent green card) and obtaining a return of invested capital. To achieve these goals, Oleet & Co. has crafted a set of criteria to guide its investment bankers in establishing whether a prospective project is an appropriate opportunity for EB-5 investment.
The importance of securities law compliance
An EB-5 transaction features the purchase and sale of a security, where the purchaser of the security gains the opportunity—under certain circumstances—to obtain a green card. An offering that runs afoul from US securities laws could create significant liability for all the professionals associated with an EB-5 offering. For an EB-5 investor, this lack of securities law compliance is problematic because it could compromise the immigration benefits anticipated to be associated with an EB-5 investment.
The Oleet & Co. difference
- Oleet Securities, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Oleet & Co., is a broker-deal registered with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and is a member of both the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC)
- Accordingly, Oleet & Co. works to ensure that each of its EB-5 investment is offered and made in compliance with US securities laws, something often overlooked by other EB-5 projects
- Oleet & Co.’s investment bankers complete extensive project due diligence to provide additional protection for EB-5 investors
- An affiliate of Oleet & Co. acts as general partner and manager of each special purpose EB-5 investment entity — an independent fiduciary providing investment oversight on behalf of EB-5 investors