On Thursday, June 29, 2017, in the closely-watched EB-5 case SEC v. Feng, No. 2:15-cv-09420 (C.D. CA, filed December 7, 2015), a U.S. district court in California affirmed the authority of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to oversee EB-5 investment offerings. New York attorney Hui Feng was one…
Recently retired as a partner in the Silicon Valley office of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, William Hinman was named Director of Corp Fin as expected. With his venture background and practical capital markets experience, Bill brings important insight to Corp Fin! For the SEC press release, read: https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2017-97
Crowdfunding is a popular internet funding mechanism that small businesses use to secure capital investment for various kinds of business opportunities. Until the Jumpstart Our Jobs Act (JOBS Act) in 2012 created an exemption to the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) rules on registering securities, however, crowdfunding had not…
Homeier Law PC’s co-founders, Michael Homeier and Jor Law, participate in the Day 2 roundtable discussion at CrowdFundBeat‘s 5th Annual Silicon Valley Fintech & Crowdfunding Conference.
Homeier Law PC’s co-founders, Michael Homeier and Jor Law, talk about the interplay between Silicon Valley angel/venture financing, EB-5, and crowdfunding at CrowdFundBeat‘s 5th Annual Silicon Valley Fintech & Crowdfunding Conference.
Navigating through the different “crowdfunding” exemptions that the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (JOBS Act) creates can be tedious. To help, we’ve created this handy Crowdfunding Matrix. To download a printable PDF, please click here.