Professionals – KLD LLP

Our Mission

At KLD LLP, we utilize our experience counseling corporations, athletes/entertainers, regional centers, families, agents, and projects to develop immigration strategies to accomplish every objective.

With a focus on business and investment immigration, our clients include financial addition to investment funds and startup companies, who entrust our attorneys to support and grow their brands.

KLD LLP’s global EB-5 practice group has extensive experience representing parties on all sides of the EB-5 process, including Regional Centers, project developers, agents, and investors. Our firm has also advised on well over $2 billion in EB-5 financing deals for businesses and projects, including mixed-use real estate developments in Los Angeles and New York, sports stadiums, multifamily projects, charter schools, and publicly-traded franchise restaurants.

Eric M. Domínguez

Partner

Eric has over a decade of experience assisting companies and individuals with their immigration matters. Prior to founding KLD, LLP, Eric led the non-EB-5 practice group of a boutique immigration law firm and before that, gained considerable experience with complex employment immigration matters at a large business immigration firm where he represented multinational clients in the entertainment, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, and technology
industries.

Phuong Le

Partner

Phuong has over 15 years of experience and leads a global EB-5 practice group with an emphasis on projects and EB-5 financing. He draws upon an extensive background advising parties on all sides of EB-5 transactions, including Regional Centers, project developers, agents, and investors.

Niral Patel

Partner

Niral represents both U.S. and global corporate clients in the process of preparing and filing both EB-5 and non-EB-5 immigration visas. Niral has also successfully filed writ of mandamuses, and represented foreign nationals in federal courts in lawsuits to correct USCIS errors and improve USCIS efficiency. Niral has spoken internationally to investors and migration agents on the process of employment-based visas and regularly advises businesses on EB-5 corporate structuring, financing, and regulatory compliance. Prior to joining KLD, LLP, Niral served as managing partner at a boutique immigration law firm where he led the firm's Indian and Middle Eastern practice groups.

Nima Korpivaara

Partner

With over a decade of experience, Nima's practice focuses on EB-5 financing, for institutional grade development projects. Nima draws upon his experience to advise parties on all sides of the EB-5 transaction, including Regional Centers, project developers, advisors, and investors. Prior to joining the firm, Nima was a managing partner at a boutique immigration firm, where he was responsible for building and growing the most successful EB-5 law practice in the US, representing over 5,000 EB-5 investors.