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EB-5 AND PRESIDENT TRUMP'S JUNE 22ND EXECUTIVE ORDER SUSPENDING OTHER IMMIGRATION VISAS UNTIL THE END OF 2020

6/26/2020

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The President has taken unprecedented action to block issuance of new business visas, long relied upon by foreign corporations and individuals doing business in the United States. The ban includes employment-based immigrant visas, L-1 transfers for managers and executives and H-1Bs, among other categories. The details are many and complex.

However, one thing is crystal clear. This Administration will not block and will actually favor visas for foreign investors who create jobs for Americans. The EB-5 Green Card Program does that. To learn more about how you can apply and how the EB-5 can help you and your family emigrate to the United States by making an investment in a qualifying real estate or other development project, please watch our One Minute Briefing on EB-5 Basics. For many, the EB-5 is now the best choice for an investor, his or her spouse, and their children to permanently reside in the United States.

Thank you.

Eliot Norman, Esq.
eliotnorman@enormanlaw.com

Juline Kaleyias
EB5 Capital
jkaleyias@eb5capital.com
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PRESIDENT TRUMP'S NEW L-1/H-1B VISA BAN MEANS FOREIGN INVESTORS NEED TO PIVOT AND ADOPT NEW STRATEGIES

6/26/2020

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Corporate New Office & Greenfield Projects carry risks if they are too dependent on L-1 transfers and H-1B immigration of key foreign personnel to the USA. Foreign companies hoping to catch the rebound of business in the United States in 4Q 2020 and 1Q 2021 should focus again on using Cross-Border M&A Deals and Joint Ventures to acquire market share and grow their U.S. business. Why? When you "Americanize" your business. you have less risks of disruption to foreign supply chains, which include goods, services, technologies and human capital. For more information see our research and analysis of U.S. M&A opportunities in solar energy and other industry sectors at transatlanticpartners.org. Thank you. #mergersandacquisitions
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FULL WEBINAR ON TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDER SUSPENDING IMMIGRATION

6/23/2020

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YESTERDAY President Trump did it again. He Extended and Broadened His 60-day Suspension of "Entry of Alien Workers Presenting a Risk to the U.S. Labor Market" from June 24, 2020 to December 31, 2020. 

The highlights: The previous Ban on most Businesses and Family Immigrants will continue without change. Notable Exceptions: EB-5 Investment Visas that are intended to create 10 Jobs per Investor. See Analysis below in our Video featuring J. Kaleyias from EB-5 Capital and Eliot Norman, Esq. 

What's new? President Trump extends his Ban for the first time to nonimmigrant or temporary business and work visas. These include new visas for L-1s for International Corporate Transfers, the H-1B for professionals, the H-2B for seasonal workers and J-1 interns and trainees. Principal exceptions: existing visa holders, workers needed to fight Covid-19, or who are essential to the food supply chain. U.S. investment visas (E-2 and EB-5 Green Cards) remain exempt. 

​Conclusion: The Suspension's unprecedented "assault" on business visas means that companies who want to grow sales and profits in the United States should invest here. See transatlanticpartners.org for our research and analysis of Cross-Border M&A Deals and their importance to capturing market share in the U.S.A. 
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Rapid Expansion of U.S. Market for Horticulture Lighting

6/1/2020

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Rapid Expansion of U.S. Market for Horticulture Lighting
Philip James, Partner, TRANSATLANTIC Partners LLC
philip.james@transatlanticpartners.org

The overall horticulture lighting market is expected to grow from $2.43 billion in 2018 to $6.21 billion in 2023, a CAGR of 20.61%. Here are some key highlights: 
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  • Europe is the largest consumer of horticulture lights, followed by North America (dominated by the US). 

  • The European Union’s initiatives to boost the adoption of LED grow lights are expected to create more opportunities for the manufacturers of LED modules and lamps in that region. Philips Lighting (Netherlands) and Gavita (Netherlands) are the most prominent Europe-based lighting companies. 

  • The key restraining factor impacting horticulture lighting market growth is the high cost of energy-efficient LED grow lights. In the future, the impact is expected to subside as the prices of LEDs are decreasing day by day. 

  • Major companies in the horticulture lighting market: Signify by Philips Lighting (Netherlands), Gavita (Netherlands), GE Lighting (US), Osram (Germany), Agrolux (Netherlands), Heliospectra (Sweden), Hortilux Schreder (Netherlands), Lumileds (Netherlands), PARsource (US), Illumitex (US), Hubbell (US), Maxigrow (UK), Bridgelux (US), Eye Hortilux (US), and Lumigrow (US). 
 
The target key customers for this business are:

  • GREENHOUSES accounted for the largest segment share of the horticulture lighting market in 2018. Greenhouses allow horticulture to be practiced in a protected environment (from natural elements, insects & pests) in a more cost-efficient way than indoor farming (such as warehouses), while ensuring optimum yield. Greenhouses are designed to trap natural sunlight and humidity, making it conducive for growing various types of plants either by using soil as a base or by adopting the hydroponic technique.
     
  • VERTICAL FARMING is changing the outlook of food production. Inter-lighting LED systems are encouraging cultivators to adopt vertical farming on a large scale. In vertical farming, plants are stacked in layers one above the other, utilizing the available space in the best possible way. With vertical farming, space and time are less of constraints on growth. 

  • INDOOR FARMING requires horticulture light systems to act as the primary light source with the partial or complete absence of natural light. Indoor farming has benefited from the adaptive re- use of warehouses and industrial buildings. Signify by Philips Lighting has established GrowWise Center in the Netherlands, a city farm facility powered by LED lights to cultivate a variety of crops, such as strawberries, potatoes, herbs, and leafy vegetables. 

  • CANNABIS.  This is a subset of indoor farming and is rapidly growing in the United States and other countries where marijuana has been legalized or decriminalized. In the United States California and Colorado are two of the most important regional markets. Advanced LED lighting now commands the largest share of lighting for this use. The U.S. legalized cannabis market reached $13.6 billion in 2019, a 32% increase over 2018, with expectations that sales could top $75 billion by 2027. It is of anecdotal interest that during the COVID-19 pandemic, California declared that cannabis shops were “essential businesses” and could remain open.
     
Conclusion.  This rapid review suggests that there is plenty room for healthy growth in lighting for horticulture use in the United States. European companies with advanced technologies or an interest in technologies developed by U.S. companies may wish to consider expanding into the U.S through joint ventures or an M&A transaction with an existing LED lighting manufacturer.  TRANSATLANTIC Partners LLC currently has one LED lighting manufacturer for growing cannabis and horticulture for sale and can assist in structuring cross-border deals for European and other foreign companies looking at entering the U.S. market. 
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