Ronald R. Fieldstone

Partner

Ronald R. Fieldstone is a partner in the Miami office of Arnstein & Lehr LLP, specializing in corporate/securities and taxation law.

Mr. Fieldstone is a member of the Real Property, Probate and Trust and the Tax Law Sections of The Florida Bar. He served as a panel member of the American Arbitration Association for 17 years and is a title agent of several title insurance companies. Mr. Fieldstone has published numerous articles and has been a lecturer in the fields of real estate, corporate, tax law and franchise law for the past 37 years. He currently practices primarily in the areas of corporate/securities and taxation law.

Since 2009 Mr. Fieldstone has actively been involved in serving as corporate/securities counsel for multifaceted industries involving real estate funds and specializing more recently on EB-5 immigrant visa investor offerings (“EB-5”).  The EB-5 visa is a United States visa created by the Immigration Act of 1992. This visa provides a method of obtaining a green card for foreign nationals who invest money in the United States.  Mr. Fieldstone represents a vast number of Regional Centers in EB-5 offerings, involving in excess of 60 matters.  Mr. Fieldstone’s corporate/securities work includes the preparation of private placement memorandas and related documents. Mr. Fieldstone actively lectures and publishes in the EB-5 corporate/securities fields.

Mr. Fieldstone was a principal in a Blockbuster Video franchise that operated 25 stores in eight states from 1987 until October, 1995, when the business was sold to the franchisor. He is a principal of a multi-state lithotripsy company and a Miami-based medical diagnostic company. He was also a principal of Barnie’s Coffee and Tea, Inc., the owner of the Barnie’s operating system with approximately 80 corporate units and 20 franchised units.

Mr. Fieldstone has extensive real estate holdings in the state of Florida and serves as a managing partner of Landmark Residential, which has served as the sponsor and manager of approximately 20,000 multi-family units in the states of Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Texas and North Carolina.

Professional Activities and Achievements

Mr. Fieldstone has been active in numerous civic and charitable organizations, including currently serving as vice president, director and chairman of the Institutional Review Board of the Miami Jewish Home and Hospital for the Aged, general counsel and a trustee of the Society of Laproendoscopic and Endoscopic Surgeons, and special counsel and an advisor to the Board of Trustees of Actors Playhouse at Miracle Theatre. In addition, Mr. Fieldstone has recently become a member of the Shanghai Association of International Economic & Technological Cooperation Committee.

Publications and Speaking Engagements

• Speaker, 2nd Annual IIUSA EB-5 Investment & Economic Development Forum, Laguna Beach (April 2012)
• Speaker, The 2012 EB-5 Investment Summit – Dealmakers Conference, New York (April 2012)
• Speaker, The 2nd Annual National EB-5 Finance & Investment Forum, Miami (March 2012)
• Speaker, The Invest in America 2012 Summit & Exhibition, Shanghai, China (February 2012)
• Author, “Prospects for Development of EB-5 Regional Centre to Sponsor Foreign Investment in the US Immigration Program,” Financier Worldwide Magazine (December 2011)
• Author, “EB-5 Program and Real Estate Opportunities,” Marcus & Millichamp (December 2011)
• Author, “Securities Law Issues, Including Broker-Dealer/Finder Fees,” The Association to Invest in the USA (IIUSA), (September 2011)
• Speaker, Various organizations on EB-5 Securities/Corporate matters, Miami, Ft. Lauderdale and Orlando (2011)
• Speaker, “Structure and Underwriting of Commercial Real Estate Loans,” Miami (December 2004)
• Speaker, “Essentials of Section 1031 Exchanged in Florida,” Miami (December 2004)
• Speaker, “Buying and Selling a Business in Florida,” Miami (December 2001, 2000)
• Author, “Franchise Encroachment Law,” Franchise Law Journal (1998)
• Speaker, “Selected Issues in Franchising Today,” The Florida Bar, Business Law Section (December 1997)
• Speaker, “Practical Aspects of Franchisee Representation,” The Florida Bar, Business Law Section (December 1996)
• Speaker, “International Franchising,” The Florida Bar, Business Law Section, Miami (December 1995)
• Speaker, “Franchise Law, Structures and Strategies,” The Florida Bar, Business Law Section, Fort Lauderdale (December 1994)
• Speaker, “Emerging Issues and Franchise Negotiations,” The Florida Bar, Business Law Section, Miami (December 1993)
• Speaker, “Representing Franchises: Purchase, Sale and Transfer/Franchise Disputes,” The Florida Bar, Business Law Section, Miami (December 1992)
• Speaker, “Advanced Real Estate Seminar,” National Business Institute , Miami (June 1992)
• Speaker, “Basic Real Estate Seminar,” National Business Institute, Miami (February 1992)

Awards

• Listed in the 2011 and 2012 issues of South Florida Legal Guide’s Top Real Estate, Corporate/Commercial Transactions and Taxation Lawyers
• Listed in the 2004-2011 issues of Florida Trend as one of a select group of attorneys and has been listed in the South Florida Business Journal in its Commercial Transactions section.

Education

University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D., 1974)
Wharton School (MBA 1974)
University of Pennsylvania (B.S., 1971, Magna Cum Laude)

Bar Admissions

The Florida Bar
United States District Court
United States Tax Court