Business

Through the EB-5 immigrant investor program, a foreign national can invest at least $500,000 into a qualified project, and if that investment leads to the creation of at least 10 jobs in the U.S., the investor becomes eligible for permanent U.S. residency. The EB-5 Program has expanded dramatically over the last decade, typically with USCIS-qualified “regional centers” pooling investments to provide inexpensive liquidity to real estate developments and other businesses. This panel will discuss recent developments and issues involved in EB-5 restructurings and chapter 11s.

This panel will provide an evidence overview and primer to cover the surface issues and underlying basic evidence considerations practitioners should contemplate for their practices.

This panel will address best practices and evidentiary issues regarding the testimony of experts. The issues will be presented in a mock-examination format with audience participation.

This panel will take an in-depth look at chapter 15, focusing on the Judicial Insolvency Network's cross-border guidelines, as well as guidelines for communication and cooperation between courts in cross-border insolvency matters, and modalities of court-to-court communication.

This panel will discuss growers, processors, retailers and restaurants, especially fast casual (e.g., Chipotle), and the distress occurring along the entire “food chain.” How are changing consumer preferences driving this distress, including those of the Millennial generation?