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JMBM Announces Formation of the Chinese Investment Group™
Hotels, Real Estate, EB-5 Immigrant Investor Visas



By Jim Butler and the Global Hospitality Group®, 
Author of www.HotelLawBlog.com
July 11, 2011

Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP (JMBM) has announced the formation of the JMBM Chinese Investment Group™ to provide legal and business advice for the specialized needs of Chinese investors and Chinese investment in the United States for hotel, real estate, EB-5 and other U.S. investments. We have a dedicated team with great experience for this kind of work.

Here is more information about how this development might help you. Click here to download a PDF of this announcement about the Chinese Ivestment Group™.


The Chinese Investment Group™ is a dedicated team of hotel and real estate lawyers in JMBM's Global Hospitality Group® that provides a gateway for Chinese investment in the United States. Using experience gained from more than $60 billion in hotel transactions, involving more than 1,300 properties worldwide, together with substantial experience in general real estate transactions, the Group provides Chinese investors with legal and business advice to make prudent and economically successful hotel and real estate investments in the United States.

The Group and its network of reliable professional resources help Chinese investors identify, analyze, evaluate, validate, acquire, finance and manage hotel and real estate opportunities. The Group does not receive any finder's fees, incentive fees, commissions or payments from any promoters, and provides independent advice to Chinese investors regarding all hotel and real estate opportunities. The Group also represents selected hotel, restaurant and other real property owners and developers in structuring investments for foreign investors -- particularly Chinese investors -- using the EB 5 immigrant investor visa program.

Representative Clients and Hotels

JMBM has a long history of representing such notable clients as Regent Hospitality Group, Disney Vacation Club, Hillwood Development (Ross Perot, Jr.), MGM Mirage, The Trump Organization and The City of Dallas. JMBM's bank clients include HSBC, East West Bank, Far East National Bank, HSH Nordbank, Swedbank, Union Bank of California and Wells Fargo. JMBM has also represented many hotel developers and owners throughout the world, including the largest developers and owners of W Hotels and Ritz-Carlton mixed-use projects in the United States.

For more than 20 years, the JMBM Global Hospitality Group® has focused on serving hotel owners, investors, developers and lenders. We regularly work with all the major hotel brands and sub-brands ranging from Four Points and Holiday Inn to Marriott, Hilton and Sheraton - more than 60 brands in all - including high-end brands such as Fairmont, Ritz-Carlton, Regent, Renaissance, InterContinental, Four Seasons, and Mandarin Oriental.

Experience with Chinese investment and EB-5 Immigrant Investor Visa Program

Over the past two years, the lawyers at JMBM have worked on a rapidly growing number of projects with Chinese investment in U.S. hotels, real estate projects, and EB-5 immigrant investor visa projects, including the following:

  • The June 2010 purchase of Regent Hotels, including worldwide rights to the brand and hotel management agreements in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the Caribbean, by Formosa International Hotels Corporation, a Taiwan-based public company.
  • The sale of the Sheraton Universal Hotel to Shenzhen New World Group, which closed in January 2011.
  • The $20 million investment by Chinese investors in the W Hotel and Residences Hollywood (for Drai's Vegas-style night club and the Delphine fine dining restaurant), which closed in July 2011.
  • Several Regional Center EB-5 Chinese investments we are currently working on, as well as other significant non-EB-5 projects relating to Chinese investment.

What we do for Chinese investors in the United States

We help our Chinese investor clients seeking to purchase or invest in hotels and real estate in the U.S. with:

  • Identifying and evaluating hotel and real estate opportunities
  • Due diligence investigation of properties
  • Negotiating purchase and sale transactions
  • Debt and equity financings
  • Obtaining government approvals and permits
  • Tax planning

After properties are acquired, we assist hotel and real estate owners with:

  • Business contracts and leases
  • Employment and labor matters
  • Litigation and tax issues

For hotel investments, we also provide:

  • Contacts with the top hotel brands (Marriott, Hilton, Starwood, InterContinental Hotel Group, Hyatt, Regent, Peninsula, Four Seasons and others)
  • Negotiation of the best available contract terms in the market for hotel franchise and management agreements
  • A network of financing sources, construction managers, operators, brands, and specialized consultants

What we do for Clients Seeking EB-5 Financing

For our hotel, restaurant and other commercial real estate clients seeking financing through the EB-5 program, we advise on:

  • EB-5 project viability and due diligence
  • Qualifying for governmental incentives such as New Markets Tax Credits, redevelopment agency funding, and other tax credits
  • EB-5 Regional Centers
  • Determining targeted employment area (TEA) designation
  • Job creation requirements
  • Securing state and local governmental support for a project
  • Federal securities laws with respect to the sale of limited partnership interests to EB-5 investors
  • Structuring and documenting EB-5 investment programs
  • Negotiating marketing contracts for EB-5 investment programs
  • Negotiating loan and inter-creditor agreements between EB-5 lenders and other lenders

Chinese Investment Group™ Attorneys

Key members of the Group speak Mandarin Chinese, including Eudeen Chang, Victor Shum and Amy Tsai-Shen. JMBM's Chinese Investment Group™ attorneys and their contact information are below:

Name

Email

Direct Dial

Mark S. Adams

[email protected]

+1 (949) 623-7230

Robert E. Braun

[email protected]

+1 (310) 785-5331

Jim Butler

[email protected]

+1 (310) 201-3526

Eudeen Y. Chang

[email protected]

+1 (949) 623-7232

Catherine DeBono Holmes

[email protected]

+1 (310) 201-3553

Guy Maisnik

[email protected]

+1 (310) 201-3588

Ben Reznik

[email protected]

+1 (310) 201-3572

Victor T. Shum

[email protected]

+1 (415) 984-9611

David A. Sudeck

[email protected]

+1 (310) 201-3518

Amy Tsai-Shen

[email protected]

+1 (310) 712-6810

Monica Q. Vu

[email protected]

+1 (949) 623-7233

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This is Jim Butler, author of www.HotelLawBlog.com and hotel lawyer, signing off. We've done more than $60 billion of hotel transactions and have developed innovative solutions to unlock value from troubled hotel transactions. Who's your hotel lawyer?
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Our Perspective. We represent hotel lenders, owners and investors. We have helped our clients find business and legal solutions for more than $60 billion of hotel transactions, involving more than 1,300 properties all over the world. For more information, please contact Jim Butler at [email protected] or +1 (310) 201-3526.

Jim Butler is a founding partner of JMBM, and Chairman of its Global Hospitality Group® and Chinese Investment Group™. Jim is one of the top hospitality attorneys in the world. GOOGLE "hotel lawyer" and you will see why.

Jim and his team are more than "just" great hotel lawyers. They are also hospitality consultants and business advisors. They are deal makers. They can help find the right operator or capital provider. They know who to call and how to reach them.



JMBM’s Global Hospitality Group®
The hotel lawyers in the Global Hospitality Group® of Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell (JMBM) comprise the premier hospitality practice in a full-service law firm and are the authors of the Hotel Law Blog. We represent hotel owners, developers, investors and lenders and have helped our clients find business and legal solutions for more than $60 billion of hotel transactions, involving more than 1,000 properties worldwide. For more information about the Global Hospitality Group®, go to www.HotelLawBlog.com. For more information about full range of legal services provided by JMBM, go to www.JMBM.com.
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Jim Butler
[email protected]
310.201.3526

 

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