{"id":5421,"date":"2022-10-24T21:34:57","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T21:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iconic-caribbean.com\/?page_id=5421"},"modified":"2022-10-24T21:35:34","modified_gmt":"2022-10-24T21:35:34","slug":"joey-fuentes-2-2-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iconic-caribbean.com\/es\/matthew-virkstis","title":{"rendered":"Joseph A. Fuentes"},"content":{"rendered":"[mk_page_section bg_color=&#8221;#f2f2f2&#8243; sidebar=&#8221;sidebar-1&#8243; first_page=&#8221;true&#8221; last_page=&#8221;true&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;5407&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][mk_fancy_title color=&#8221;#393836&#8243; size=&#8221;30&#8243; font_weight=&#8221;bold&#8221; margin_bottom=&#8221;18&#8243; font_family=&#8221;none&#8221;]Matthew\u00a0Virkstis[\/mk_fancy_title][vc_column_text]Prior to joining Iconic, Matt was General Counsel to another EB-5 firm where he was instrumental in assisting the firm with successful EB-5 capital raises for the the Four Seasons at the Surf Club Hotel ($98M) and the Hall Arts Hotel and Residences ($76M). Matt previously served as Director of Government Affairs for Pine State Regional Center, a subsidiary of the Arkansas Capital Corporation. Matt also previously worked for the law firm of Greenberg Traurig, advising clients on EB-5 and immigration policy issues.<\/p>\n<p>From 2005 to 2014, Matt served as Senior Counsel to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee for former Committee Chairman Senator Patrick Leahy, where he handled a broad portfolio of policy and oversight issues, including immigration policy and the EB-5 program. During his tenure with the Senate Judiciary Committee, Matt played a key role in the enactment into law of several significant pieces of legislation championed by Senator Leahy, including all reauthorizations of the EB-5 program between 2006 and 2012. Matt\u2019s government service gives him a keen perspective on the political and policy issues that are central to the EB-5 program.<\/p>\n<p>Matt attended the University of Vermont, where he earned a BA with honors.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>He received his JD, <i>cum laude<\/i><i> <\/i>from Vermont Law School. Matt is based in Washington D.C., where he lives with his family.<\/p>\n<p>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][vc_row][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1436241594261{background-color: #f2f2f2 !important;}&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[mk_page_section bg_color=&#8221;#f2f2f2&#8243; sidebar=&#8221;sidebar-1&#8243; first_page=&#8221;true&#8221; last_page=&#8221;true&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;5407&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][mk_fancy_title color=&#8221;#393836&#8243; size=&#8221;30&#8243; font_weight=&#8221;bold&#8221; margin_bottom=&#8221;18&#8243; font_family=&#8221;none&#8221;]Matthew\u00a0Virkstis[\/mk_fancy_title][vc_column_text]Prior to joining Iconic, Matt was General Counsel to another EB-5 firm where he was instrumental in assisting the firm with successful EB-5 capital raises for the the Four Seasons at the Surf Club Hotel ($98M) and the Hall Arts Hotel [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5421","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"2.10.7","language":"es","enabled_languages":["en","es"],"languages":{"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"es":{"title":true,"content":false,"excerpt":false}}},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iconic-caribbean.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iconic-caribbean.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iconic-caribbean.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iconic-caribbean.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iconic-caribbean.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5421"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/iconic-caribbean.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5423,"href":"https:\/\/iconic-caribbean.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5421\/revisions\/5423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iconic-caribbean.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}