Mariza E McKee

Ms. McKee, a partner, concentrates her practice on the representation of private and public companies in securities and corporate matters, including structured finance, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance. Her practice is focused on structuring, negotiating and documenting complex structured EB-5 financings. Ms. McKee counsels regional centers, private equity funds, developers, lenders, community development agencies and public agencies that manage or are otherwise involved with domestic and international private equity offerings seeking EB-5 investments.

Attorney McKee’s expertise is devoted to registration and exemptions for investment advisers, broker-dealers, and investment companies. She is equally skilled in handling matters related to federal and state securities exemptions and compliance, along with the formation of U.S. private investment funds and the capital raise for these entities. Attorney McKee has directly overseen varying EB-5 project documentation, such as subscription agreements, private placement memoranda, escrow agreements, operating agreements, brokerage agreements, foreign placement agreements, regional center services agreements, and affiliation agreements. Her EB-5 securities experience further includes loan documentation, due diligence, I-924 exemplar and transactional records, and more.

Upon graduating with honors from the University of Kansas with her bachelor’s degree, Attorney McKee earned her M.B.A. with an international business concentration from the University of Kansas – School of Business. She then attained her Juris Doctorate from the School of Law at the University of Kansas. She is co-chair of Invest in the USA (IIUSA)’s Compliance Committee, and an active member of the Missouri and Illinois State Bars.

Attorney McKee has participated in numerous important presentations on the EB-5 program, such as at the Fourth Annual Market Exchange, the Council of Development Finance Agencies (CDFA) Summer School, and the National Development Finance Summit. Furthermore, she frequently contributes her EB-5 securities expertise to industry literature, with her publication credits including co-authoring the article, “Website Guidelines for Concurrent Rule 506(c) and Reg S EB-5 Offerings,” for EB5 Investors Magazine (Vol. 2, Issue 3).