PHILADELPHIA – Nov. 1, 2022 – For the ninth consecutive year, global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP Immigration and Compliance Shareholder Jennifer Hermansky is recognized in EB5 Investors Magazine’s “Top 25 Attorneys” issue. The publication highlights the industry’s leading professionals working in support of the Employment-Based Immigrant Investor Visa Program (EB-5), which provides foreign nationals U.S. visas, contingent upon designated investments in commercial enterprises.
“I am humbled to be featured yet again alongside my colleagues doing important work in the EB-5 field,” Hermansky said. “I am thankful to our clients, who continue to show their faith in my capabilities, and the firm for its support. I will proudly continue pursuing my passion of enhancing business immigration strategies that provide opportunities for investors in the United States.”
Enacted as part of the 1990 federal Immigration Act, the EB-5 program offers a means for eligible immigrant investors to gain permeant U.S. residency. The requisite investment by applicants as required under the law both aims to stimulate the economy and create jobs in communities. Hermansky, based in the firm’s Philadelphia office, regularly engages in EB-5 transactions of considerable significance and impact across the United States. Since 2009, she has assisted in numerous regional center projects and handled thousands of investor petitions.
Hermansky currently serves on the American Immigration Lawyers Association’s EB-5 Committee and is an active contributor to the Greenberg Traurig’s EB-5 Insights and Inside Business Immigration blogs.
Hermansky focuses her practice on employment-based immigration and regularly supports professionals and scientists with a variety of permanent residence and temporary visa options in the health care, pharmaceutical, and real estate industries, among others. She is a key member of the firm’s New York/New Jersey/Philadelphia Immigration and Compliance Practice, which is celebrating 10 years of operations in the region. Nearly 20 attorneys strong, the group has processed more than 7,000 petitions and represented clients with close to $12 billion in deal structuring.