[ CORPORATE & SECURITIES ATTORNEYS ]
Attorney John Tishler, partner at Sheppard Mullin Richter
& Hampton, LLP, has been practicing corporate and securities law for more than 20 years. In his time as a corporate
attorney, John has studied, practiced and employed several
types of uncommon distinctions and strategies, equipping
himself with a variety of different perspectives that he brings
to every case that comes across his desk.
John has experience representing clients in various areas,
but specializes in representing sophisticated developers and
intermediaries in EB-5 project finance. John works with
each of his clients to design and negotiate the best possible
economic business strategies in order to achieve all of their
goals with singular effectiveness.
As a securities attorney, John enjoys the ability to develop
practical solutions for his clients, enabling them to maximize
the odds of success in their EB-5 projects while minimizing
legal risk. His colleagues also turn to him when they need
assistance tackling a problem. John is a quick learner—he
was first presented with an EB-5 case as recently as 2012.
Within just the last two years, he has established himself as a
leader in the field, and has been making a material difference
in the structuring and handling of EB-5 cases.
John acknowledges that the current uncertainty in the
application of laws that affect developer expectations in
EB-5 remains a challenge, along with a still-lingering view
Osvaldo F. Torres is a corporate and securities attorney with
over 25 years of sophisticated transactional law experience.
For the last four-plus years, Ozzie has been immersed in
EB-5 work, representing regional centers and projects in
their structuring and offering needs. Ozzie’s practice, Torres
Law, P.A. is based in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
Years of corporate and securities law experience allows
Ozzie to consult on a wide variety of EB-5 issues. Ozzie is
currently working on numerous EB-5 offerings, including
those involving hotel development, multi-family residential
construction, senior independent living complexes,
healthcare companies, restaurants, and others. In the past,
Ozzie worked as a corporate and securities attorney with
Schulte Roth & Zabel in New York City and with Greenberg
Traurig in Miami. He is currently a member of the Weston Bar
Association and a member of the American Bar Association
Corporate Governance Committee.
When he first started examining EB-5 deals, Ozzie
immediately noticed the deal documents were not always of
the best quality and often seemed short on compliance. He
knew right then that the level of sophistication was bound
to increase, and has been in the industry long enough to see
that prediction realized. He forecasts that this progression in
sophistication will continue as regional centers and developers
grapple with increased SEC and industry scrutiny.
John Tishler
that EB-5 financing
is less complicated
and risky than other
traditional forms of real
estate project finance. He
points out that, generally,
the opposite is true, whether
stakeholders like it or not.
John’s analysis of the EB-5 investment program, along
with his unique interpretations and approaches to transactional lawyering, capital market transactions and emerging
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