Womble Bond Dickinson Partner Wilka Toppins served as the keynote speaker at EB5 Investment Conference in Toluca, Mexico. The event took place Monday, Sept. 11.
During her presentation, Toppins spoke about the U.S. Immigrant Investor Program (EB5) to prominent business leaders in Toluca. Toluca is known as an economic hub in Mexico.
The conference was co-sponsored by Dezhu US Group, an Atlanta-based real estate development firm based in Atlanta with a real estate portfolio of more than 1,000 properties.
Additional sponsors were Consejo de Coordinacion Empresaria of Mexico and MQ Consulting, an immigration consulting firm.
Toppins helps clients understand the often-complex processes involved with US immigration. Her immigration practice includes advising on investor visas, such as EB-5 and E-2; family-based immigration; naturalization; employment-based visas, such as EB-2/EB-3 labor certification and aliens of extraordinary abilities and outstanding professors and researchers; L-1A executive transfers; visas for professional athletes, artists, and performers; and visas for health care professionals.