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Mariza McKee
Kutak Rock LLP
Mariza McKee is a securities and
corporate attorney and partner in the
Chicago office of Kutak Rock LLP, a
national law firm with more than 500
attorneys. McKee represents the firm’s
Chicago office in corporate matters and
serves the firm’s clients nation-wide in
EB-5 finance transactions. She counsels
regional centers, new commercial
Jennifer Moseley
Morris, Manning & Martin LLP
Jennifer Mercier Moseley is a corporate
and securities partner at Morris,
Manning & Martin LLP in Atlanta,
Georgia, and has advised clients ranging
from large, public companies to small
start-ups in a wide array of transactions
and capital raising activities. After
working with only institutional clients
at the beginning of her career in New
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enterprises, job creating enterprises, and
other EB-5 stakeholders that are involved
with domestic and international private
offerings seeking EB-5 investments.
McKee, an Mergers and Aquisitions
a nd securities attorney with an entrepreneurial inclination, was introduced to
EB-5 when a private placement crossed
her desk in 2010. Intrigued, she led her
firm’s evaluation of the industry, and was
instrumental in structuring Kutak’s EB-5
Finance Practice, an interdisciplinary team
of securities, tax, corporate, and real estate
lawyers.
Kutak Rock, a pioneer in the area
of municipal finance, is also leading the
charge in EB-5 finance, which McKee
notes is an ideal fit for her firm as another
form of government incentive-based
financing. McKee says of her firm’s
extensive financing experience – thousands
of financings aggregating in the tens of
billions and spanning all 50 states – “More
deals translate to more insight, innovation
and efficiency for our clients.” McKee
approaches EB-5 transactions with a risk
manager’s vantage, working to ensure
clients are well-armed to balance business
objectives and risk, and that transactions
are sound and stand the test of time.
McKee’s clients consider her a
business partner because of her genuine
interest in entrepreneurial innovation
in finance. She employs a tailored,
systematic approach of staffing and
documenting her client’s EB-5 transactions and is charged by empowering her
clients with a better understanding of the
legal considerations of their ventures.
A frequently speaker and writer on
EB-5 and securities law considerations,
McKee, an international-focused MBA,
is an active member of the EB-5 community and she is dedicated to elevating
EB-5 industry practices and standards to
that of other capital market transactions.
York, Moseley discovered that working
with start-up and developmental stage
companies offers a far more fulfilling
role as counselor and problem-solver.
Moseley enjoys understanding the goals
of clients and assisting them to navigate
the intricacies of securities laws with
practical solutions. The opportunity
for this role is certainly wide for EB-5
offerings and projects.
Moseley was first introduced to
EB-5 in early 2008 when she was
asked by a hospital to assist them with
a loan from Korean investors. When
she discovered that her law school
professor was a well-known EB-5 expert
and practitioner, Moseley called upon
Stephen Yale-Loehr again for a lesson
in immigration law. Thanks to her
fortune in knowing Steve, Moseley was
introduced to the larger EB-5 community and was asked to write articles
addressing securities law implications
in EB-5, as well as to speak on these
issues at conferences, during the “early
years” when securities law was not at the
forefront of EB-5 related discussions.
Moseley believes that the EB-5
community has come a long way in
awareness of securities laws, but importantly, in the willingness to address
securities laws at the outset. Though
the recent SEC actions have increased
negative views of EB-5, Moseley urges
people to recognize that the activities
began years ago before most people
prioritized securities compliance.
Her view has always been that, while
securities laws can feel overwhelming,
if you analyze these implications during
the initial structure of a project and
securities offering plan, you can find
solutions that make business sense
and still comply with the law. Moseley
continues to help regional centers and
project developers with solutions to
meet their goals.
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