EB5 Investors Magazine Volume 4 Issue 1 | Page 55

TOP 15 Clem Turner Homeier & Law P.C. Clem Turner is the Senior Shareholder in the New York office of Homeier & Law, P.C., where he handles corporate and business law matters. Continuing a 20-year career of securities work, Turner first connected with the firm in 2010 as it was looking to expand. Upon meeting Michael Homeier and Jor Law, he saw the same commitment to quality and Gregory White Seyfarth Shaw LLP Gregory White is a Corporate partner at Seyfarth Shaw LLP, where he serves as co-chair of the firm’s EB-5 Immigrant Investment Specialty Team and is a steering committee member of its Capital Markets practice group. White has been involved in the structuring of various EB-5 financing transactions and is a frequent lecturer on EB-5 CORPOR ATE AT TORNE YS client service in them that he strives to meet. Since then, Turner and his partners have drawn on their mutual dedication to serving their clients, researching their cases, and getting their work done the right way. At Homeier & Law, Turner works as part of an eight-member team to tackle EB-5 and other securities-related transactions. He and his team help their clients navigate applicable securities regulations as they raise money for projects and business. The attorneys at Homeier & Law are not just EB-5 lawyers, but are corporate and securities attorneys in the broader sense of the term. Accordingly, they understand a variety of industries and best practices for operating within them. With this understanding, Turner can counsel EB-5 issuers no matter their geographic location or industry. In addition, as corporate attorneys, the attorneys at the firm are equipped to handle most of their clients’ contractual needs, includ- ing preparing marketing agreements, sponsorship agreements, term sheets and equity investment agreements. Before he entered the EB-5 space, Turner worked on deals that helped corporations finance themselves. While he still undertakes such work, there is an added personal element in his EB-5 cases. Turner finds satisfaction in knowing that he played a part in creating jobs and helping people get back to work. Turner recognizes the integrated nature of EB-5 and understands that when something unfortunate happens to a project, it impacts the entire industry. Because of this, Turner and his colleagues work hard to educate others in the industry about the need for securities compliance, so that regional centers and developers can run their projects responsibly and successfully. securities, finance and compliance issues. He also represents corporations, private equity funds, and venture capital firms in financing, technology and mergers and acquisitions transactions. A large part of White’s practice includes equity and debt financings for both issuers and investors across a number of industries, including hospitality and resorts, alternative energy, real estate and infrastructure development, telecommunications, mobile technology, healthcare and healthcare technology, and e-commerce.  In addition to representing such companies in fundraising transactions, White’s work for these clients includes representation in connection with corporate partnering, joint ventures and strategic alliances, as well as licensing, marketing, distribution, service, support, outsourcing, and other agreements. White also has an extensive practice assisting venture capital and private equity funds in the capital formation and investment process and in connection with mergers and acquisitions transactions. He is experienced with start-up, growth funding and public company work and has broad knowledge in the area of securities law practice and compliance. White is a member of Invest in the USA’s Banking Committee, which provides an industry-leading voice for the growing banking constituency in the industry by developing educational materials and best practices for banking services that intersect with EB-5 related transactions, and has been a presenter at many EB-5 industry events. He has also authored articles on EB-5 issues for publications including EB5 Investors Magazine, Regional Center Business Journal, and The EB-5 Book. He earned his undergraduate degree from Hamilton College and his J.D. from the Boston University School of Law. White has been recognized by MartindaleHubbell as AV Preeminent rated. Continued to page 54 WWW.EB5INVESTORS.COM 53