is responsible for business development for NES Financial by providing trust and escrow administration technology and services for banks, other financial institutions and Fortune 500 companies to assist in driving revenue, reduce costs, reduce risk and improve operational efficiency. NES Financial's sub-accounting technology includes specific capabilities for organizing subscriptions, merger and acquisition holdbacks, earnest money, settlements, tenant security deposits, EB-5 Visa escrow programs and more. Coleen works with a wide range of industries including banks, real estate, EB-5, and oil and gas.
Charles Foster is Co-Chairman of FosterQuan, LLP, one of the largest global immigration law firms. He is also the honorary Consul General of the Kingdom of Thailand. A native of Galveston, Texas, Mr. Foster received his Bachelors Degree from the University of Texas and his Juris Doctorate from the University of Texas School of Law. Mr. Foster serves as the founding Chairman of the State Bar of Texas Immigration and Nationality Law Section and a Board member and is past national President of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, Chairman of the American Bar Association Coordinating Committee on Immigration law and Vice Chairman of the Houston Bar Foundation. During the 2000 Presidential Campaign, Mr. Foster served as the principal advisor to President Bush on U.S. immigration policy and was an advisor on immigration policy issues to President Bush in the 2004 campaign and President Barack Obama in the 2008 campaign. He is Chairman of Americans for Immigration Reform, a 501(c)(3) affiliate of the Greater Houston Partnership and the GHP's Immigration Task Force. He is Chairman of the Asia Society-Texas Center and past Chairman of the Houston International Festival and past President of the Houston Forum and the Houston Club. He is a Director of and serves on the Executive Committee of the Greater Houston Partnership and past Chairman of its Economic Development and World Trade Divisions. He is a recipient of 4 Royal decorations from His Majesty the King of Thailand; he received the 2000 Distinguished Friends of China Award; the 1996 International Service Award of the Houston Junior Chamber of Commerce; was the 1998 Honoree of the American Immigration Law Foundation for Excellence in the Practice of Immigration Law; and the recipient of the 2007 American Jewish Committee Institute of Human Relations Award. He was designated a "Texas Super Lawyer" by Texas Monthly magazine, the "Top Notch Lawyer in Immigration" in the Texas Lawyer "Go To Lawyers Guide" each year published, and the #1 Ranked Immigration Lawyer in Texas by Chambers USA.
Matt Gordon is the Managing Director of Hussar & Co. Mr. Gordon's experience and vision is to help his clients realize extraordinary value through the flawless planning and execution of strategy, financings, liquidity/exit events and the acquisition of strategically complementary businesses and assets that foster aggressive sustainable growth. Mr. Gordon began his career as a mergers and acquisitions attorney on Wall Street with Sullivan & Cromwell and Fried Frank. There he represented some of the world's largest companies and financial institutions in a variety of corporate and M&A transactions. Following his legal career, led the M&A group, and eventually the US division of Red Cube, a Swiss VOIP-telecom company. During his tenure, Mr. Gordon led the acquisition and divestiture of several assets and the raising of $200 million in equity capital. Mr. Gordon is a licensed attorney and member of the New York State Bar and holds SEC securities licenses. Mr. Gordon graduated from Cornell University with a Bachelor's degree in Policy Analysis / Economics and from the University of Pennsylvania School of Law, from which he received a J.D. with honors
Jaime Martinez joined the San Antonio Small Business Development Center in 2007. He now is a Senior International Business Consultant for the International Trade Center heading up the Texas International Business Accelerator. Jaime's role as a Senior International Business Consultant is to provide specialized business advice to foreign investors to Texas in the areas of business plans, financial projections, EB-5 projects. He was recently named City / State Partner for the U.S. Export-Import Bank to promote their export loan services. He began his professional career with Frost National Bank working in the Customer Service, Telephone Banking, and International Private Banking departments. Jaime continued his banking career with Wachovia Bank as a Financial Specialist. He assisted his clientele with consumer/business lending, financial advice, and money management. He also advised small business owners on sales, marketing, and customer service strategies. As an International Banker he assisted many Mexican National business owners with establishing their businesses in San Antonio. Jaime holds a BBA in International Business from UTSA and an MBA in Management from Our Lady of The Lake University.
Jennifer Mercier Moseley represents clients in a number of industries, both public and private, with respect to securities, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and other general corporate matters. She also represents public companies in connection with their Exchange Act reporting requirements and stock exchange matters. She has extensive experience representing financial institutions and corporate trust departments of financial institutions in debt and equity financing transactions, distressed-debt trade transactions, indenture work and agency arrangements such as rights agent for poison pills. In addition, Jennifer represents regional centers with their corporate and securities offering matters, as well as companies seeking investment, in connection with the EB-5 visa regional center program under the USCIS rules and regulations. Jennifer is a member of the Alabama State Bar, the New York State Bar, the Birmingham Bar Association and the American Bar Association. She is admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. She serves as a member of the firm's Recruiting Committee.
Jennifer received her B.A., cum laude, from New York University, and her J.D. from Cornell Law School. Jennifer speaks Korean.
Gordon Quan is Co-Chairman at FosterQuan, LLP. Graduating from the South Texas College of Law in 1977, Mr. Quan has received many honors during his practice including being listed in Best Lawyers in America, Who's Who in American Law, Texas Super Lawyers, and the Martindale-Hubbell's "AV Rating". Mr. Quan is also Chair of the Texas Chapter of AILA and and is on the Advisory board of the Center for Immigration Research of the University of Houston. Additionally, he is the former President of the Asian Pacific American Municipal Officials for the National League of Cities.
Christian Triantaphyllis is an attorney in FosterQuan LLP's Houston office. He concentrates his practice on business immigration matters and is a member of the firm's EB-5 immigrant investor legal team. Mr. Triantaphyllis represents clients in the preparation and filing of immigrant investor petitions pertaining to proprietary investments and to investments through Regional Centers. Prior to joining FosterQuan, Mr. Triantaphyllis clerked at an international law firm in New York, NY where he worked on a wide variety of global immigration issues. He also interned for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague. For two years Mr. Triantaphyllis served as a United States Peace Corps Volunteer in Malawi. He is the News Editor for the American Bar Association's Immigration Litigation Committee and is the author of several articles concerning international legal issues.
Sam Udani is publisher of ILW.COM.
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MATERIALS
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CLE Credits:
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