Vivian Zhu

BIO

Overview

Vivian 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. Vivian supervises 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.

Vivian has several years’ experience in corporate and securities laws primarily representing companies in reverse mergers, PIPEs, initial public offerings, follow-on public offerings and Exchange Act filings.

Ms. Zhu received her Master of Laws from USC School of Law (2007 – 2008) where she worked as a research assistant in U.S.-China International Transactions. She received her Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from Beijing Foreign Studies University (2003 – 2007).

Ms. Zhu is licensed in the state of New York and practices exclusively in immigration law. She is fluent in English and Mandarin Chinese.

Awards & Recognition

• Top 25 EB-5 Immigration Attorneys (2017), EB-5 Investors Magazine

Articles, Publications, & Speaking Engagements

• AILA EB-5 Investors Summit, Las Vegas 2017 – Panelist, “Advanced Source of Funds and Path of Funds Issues”
• ILW EB-5 Summit, New Orleans 2017 – Panelist “Source of Funds and Consular Processing; Two Pressure Points in the EB-5 Process”
• Invest in America Summit, Guangzhou 2017 – “Strategic Planning in An Era of Increasing Backlogs”

Memberships

• American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)
• New York Bar