[ IMMIGRATION ATTORNEYS ]
Larry Behar has been an attorney since 1979, long before
the establishment of the EB-5, and he has been following
the program since its inception. He filed his first EB-5 case
in 1995 for an individual applicant from China. He now
runs Behar Law Group in Florida, which has established
multiple regional centers since 2007. In addition to
representing regional centers, Larry counsels individual
investors and feels particularly capable of doing so due to
his own immigrant background.
For the past decade, Larry’s practice has focused nearly
entirely on EB-5 and he has organized two EB-5 teams—an
in-house legal team and an outside “EB-5 dream team,”
made up of other service providers. The multicultural and
multilingual nature of his practice is a point of pride for
Larry; he speaks three languages and his office boasts a total
of seven languages spoken in-house.
Working within the EB-5 program rewards Larry in many
ways. Most notably, he cites the personal stories of investors
that he has worked with. Recently, he was able to secure
permanent residence for a learning disabled woman who
emigrated from Canada through the EB-5 program, and
is now thriving in Florida. Additionally, he speaks of past
clients that have come from security-challenged nations, such
as Venezuela, and is proud that the EB-5 program can offer
them a safe solution.
Edward Beshara, managing partner of Beshara Professional
Association in Orlando, Florida, has over 33 years of
experience in business and family immigration law. He first
achieved notable success on a high volume of E-2 and L-1
cases, and with the advent of the Immigrant Investor Program,
Ed brought his expertise to the EB-5 arena. As such, Ed has
been involved with EB-5 from the very beginning, helping
international investors to immigrate to the United States on
a permanent basis for more than 25 years.
Having practiced law long enough to see the field
evolve, Ed has become well-versed in the program’s various
transformations, from initially only handlin