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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
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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.
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