Business Immigration through Investment
Start or grow your business in the United States with EB-5 capital.
EB-5 capital for entrepreneurs, U.S. businesses and developers; EB-5 project design and structuring; and regional center projects for foreign investors through our regional center partners, in coordination with immigration counsel.
Start or grow your business in the United States
Fund your U.S. business or project with EB-5 capital.
We help entrepreneurs start a business in the United States and help U.S. companies and developers grow, by raising capital from EB-5 investors, a source of funding that is often far less expensive than conventional financing.
Start a business
For entrepreneurs establishing a new U.S. company, we help shape the business plan, structure and capital stack around EB-5 requirements.
Grow an existing business
For U.S. companies and developers, EB-5 capital can fund expansion, new facilities and real estate projects that create jobs.
Lower-cost capital
EB-5 capital is often priced well below conventional mezzanine debt or outside equity, because investors are motivated by immigration as well as return. Terms vary by project.
From plan to funding
Feasibility, job-creation analysis, regional center or direct structure, documents with counsel, and investor outreach through Oberon Securities LLC.
Built with EB-5 capital
Some of the best-known projects in the United States raised part of their financing through the EB-5 program.
Hudson Yards
Manhattan, New York
One of the largest real estate developments in U.S. history, financed in part with EB-5 capital.
Photo: dconvertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Pacific Park
Brooklyn, New York
A mixed-use neighborhood of residential towers beside Barclays Center, financed in part with EB-5 capital.
Photo: Kidfly182, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Panorama Tower
Brickell, Miami
One of Florida’s tallest towers, combining residences, a hotel and offices, financed in part with EB-5 capital.
Photo: Phillip Pessar, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
SLS Las Vegas (now SAHARA)
Las Vegas, Nevada
The redevelopment of a historic Strip resort, financed in part with EB-5 capital.
Photo: Jeff Hitchcock, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Shown as examples of completed projects that used EB-5 financing. Rothswell was not involved in these projects, and their inclusion does not imply any affiliation or endorsement. Past projects do not indicate the outcome of any future investment or immigration petition.
The investor journey
How a foreign investor moves from choosing a project to permanent residence. Your immigration attorney leads every filing.
Regional center partners
For investors, we work with sponsors of USCIS-designated regional centers and introduce projects that fit each investor’s goals. Before a project is presented, we look at:
Job creation
A credible plan to create at least ten full-time jobs per investor, supported by an economic report.
Targeted employment area
Whether the project qualifies for the reduced investment amount in a rural or high-unemployment area.
Sponsor track record
The developer and regional center history with completed projects, I-526E approvals and capital repayment.
Capital stack
Where EB-5 money sits relative to senior debt and developer equity, and the protections around it.
Exit and repayment
A realistic path to repaying investors after the sustainment period.
Documentation
Clear offering documents reviewed with the investor's own immigration and securities counsel.
Rothswell may work with several regional center sponsors. Any EB-5 investment is offered only by the sponsor through its own offering documents to eligible investors. Nothing on this page is an offer of any security, and EB-5 investments carry risk, including loss of capital and immigration risk.
- Project design
- Assessing whether a project suits EB-5 capital and how much it can responsibly raise.
- Structuring
- Choosing between a direct investment and a regional center structure, and designing the capital stack.
- Job creation and location
- Coordinating the economic analysis and targeted employment area considerations with qualified experts.
- Business plan and documents
- Working with economists, counsel and the developer on the business plan and offering documents.
- Investor outreach
- Presenting the project to prospective investors; the sale of securities is offered through Oberon Securities LLC.
- Finding qualifying projects
- Identifying projects that may meet the program's investment and job creation requirements.
- Diligence
- Explaining the project, its structure, its risks and how capital is protected and returned.
- Coordination
- Working alongside the investor's immigration attorney through each stage of the process.
Sale of securities is offered through Oberon Securities LLC, a registered broker-dealer, member FINRA and SIPC. Rothswell is not a registered broker-dealer. Information about Oberon Securities LLC and its registered representatives is available on FINRA BrokerCheck. Rothswell does not provide legal or immigration advice. An EB-5 investment is at risk, may lose value and does not assure approval of any immigration petition. Investors should consult their own immigration, legal and tax advisers.
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