TOP IMMIGRATION ATTORNEYS
VIVIAN ZHU
the filings of over 3,000 investor petitions
that represent $1.5 billion in investments
in U.S. companies. She also practices in
the areas of the E-2 investor visa, L-1 intra-
company transferee visa, and EB-1 petition
for alien worker with an extraordinary
ability. Her clients include Fortune 500
companies, high net worth individuals,
investors, executives and highly-skilled
professionals. Zhu has several years’
experience in corporate and securities
laws primarily working with Chinese
companies. Her experience includes
reverse mergers, PIPEs, initial public
offerings, follow-on public offerings and
exchange act filings.
Partner
Wolfsdorf Rosenthal LLP
V
ivian Zhu is a partner at Wolfsdorf Rosenthal
LLP and is the supervising attorney of the
firm’s EB-5 department. She specializes in EB-5
cases, including representation of investors,
regional centers and projects, distressed
projects, complex age-out cases, mandamus
litigation, consular inadmissibility, response to
request for evidence, notice of intent to deny
and notice of intent to revoke. Zhu supervises
WHAT DO YOU THINK
THE FUTURE OF THE EB-5
INDUSTRY LOOKS LIKE?
EB-5 law practice will shift its focus from
I-526 filings to I-829s and troubled projects.
The EB-5 regional centers and projects will
face new challenges such as site visits,
redeployment and material changes. The
costs of developing a project and operating
a regional center under EB-5 program will
increase significantly. Reforms I’d like to see
include: enhancing EB-5 integrity and protect
good faith investors, relief for aged-out
children, bringing the EB-5 program back to
its original congressional intent by counting
10,000 petitions and not 10,000 applicants,
removing the 7 percent per country limit,
relief for Chinese investors such as parole for
I-526 approved investors.
WHY DID YOU GET INVOLVED IN
THE EB-5 INDUSTRY?
Before joining Wolfsdorf Rosenthal, I had
several years’ experience in corporate
and securities laws primarily representing
Chinese companies in mergers, private
offerings and IPOs. I am glad that I can
take advantage of my securities law
experience in my EB-5 immigration
law practice. As our office represents
thousands of EB-5 investors, as well as
regional centers and projects, I strive
to solve their problems, handhold them
through difficult visa backlog situations
and help them become a U.S. permanent
resid e n t . B e in g an E B - 5 law ye r is
challenging, yet rewarding.
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