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Rohit Kapuria
Klasko Immigration Law Partners
LLP
Rohit Kapuria is the resident attorney
in Klasko Immigration Law Partners’
Chicago office where he serves as a
member of the firm’s comprehensive
EB-5 practice.
Kapuria has worked on over 200
EB-5 transactions around the country. He regularly represents EB-5 lenders,
EB-5 borrowers, banks, Regional Centers,
Christian Triantaphyllis
Foster LLP
Christian Triantaphyllis is an Associate
Attorney with Foster LLP, a full-service
immigration law firm headquartered
in Houston, Texas. His experience
includes providing a wide range of
investment-based, employment-based and
family-based immigration law services to
corporate and individual clients.
The focus of Triantaphyllis’
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real estate developers, investors working
on direct EB-5 projects, and migration
brokers. In this capacity, Kapuria works
collaboratively with economists, business
plan writers, securities attorneys, investment managers, and other professionals
in preparing I-924 and I-526 petitions for
filing with USCIS. Kapuria is often called
upon to structure highly complex and
compliant EB-5 transactions and usually
serves the role of the EB-5 professional
team’s quarterback.
Over the last few years, he has been
actively working to develop the Indian
and Gulf countries’ EB-5 markets. He
regularly travels to India, United Arab
Emirates, and Qatar to further develop
his growing network of broker dealers
and to speak on EB-5 transactions. He is
bullish on the growth prospects of those
markets and is working hard to expand
the market opportunities for U.S. developers seeking foreign capital. Kapuria also
regularly speaks on EB-5 topics around
the country and has been vigorously
developing new relationships with real
estate developers and senior lenders.
Kapuria has a graduate degree in
mathematical economics and prior to
entering the legal profession, he worked
as an economist and fund manager where,
with a team of analysts, he created and
analyzed predictive fund models for an
NGO’sportfolio. Given his unique skill set
as a former economist, Kapuria is able to
further delve into the intricacies of an EB-5
transaction’s job creation model.
Kapuria earned his J.D. from Lewis
and Clark Law School in Portland,
Oregon; his M.A. from University of San
Francisco in San Francisco, California;
and his B.A. from Calvin College in
Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is a member
of the Illinois State Bar, Invest in the
USA’s Investor Market’s Committee
and the American Immigration Lawyers
Association. Kapuria is fluent in Hindu,
Urdu, Punjabi and Hausa.
practice is on business immigration
matters, particularly those related to
EB-5 investments. He represents foreign
nationals in the preparation and filing
of immigrant investor petitions relating
to investments in the United States and
advises foreign national clients regarding
their lawful source of investment funds.
He also advises project developers in
connection with establishing EB-5
projects throughout the United States,
advises on prospective EB-5 funding
structures, and provides analysis to clients
from an immigration law perspective on
EB-5 business plans, offering documents
and economic reports.
Triantaphyllis also represents clients
to acquire legal status for professional
employees, investors under U.S. treaties,
and individuals seeking assistance due to
human rights abuses. He consults with
clients regarding compliance with USCIS,
Customs and Border Protection, and U.S.
Department of State laws and regulations
and has consulted with U.S. government
officials regarding proposed changes to draft
legislation relating to the EB-5 program.
Triantaphyllis started working in the
EB-5 industry in 2011 by assisting foreign
nationals from around the world navigate
the EB-5 program. He has since become a
lead attorney with Foster LLP’s active EB-5
practice group specializing in establishing
regional centers and advising on EB-5
projects.
Triantaphyllis is a member of
the American Immigration Lawyers’
Association, has authored a number of
articles on a variety of EB-5 topics, and is
a frequent speaker on EB-5 immigration
issues. He earned his J.D. in 2011 from
New York Law School where he received
the Public Interest Fellowship Award. He
received his B.A. in Political Science from
Southern Methodist University in Dallas,
Texas in 2003 and served in the United
States Peace Corps in Malawi, Africa
from 2004 to 2006. In his spare time,
Triantaphyllis enjoys traveling and spending
time outdoors.
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