Profile

Elizabeth Gibbes concentrates her practice on corporate and business law, with a principal focus on business immigration and commercial law. In addition, she has experience with handling mergers and acquisitions and general corporate matters as well as representing foreign-owned companies.

Experience Highlights

Ms. Gibbes regularly advises clients on a broad range of corporate and immigration matters, including the following:

• Business-related immigration and visa law, including non-immigrant and immigrant matters with extensive experience working with the relevant government agencies such as Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Customs and Border Protection (USCBP) and the Department of Labor (DOL) at the regional and local levels
• General corporate and commercial representation, including corporate formation and dissolution, corporate maintenance, shareholder agreements and employment agreements
• Negotiated transactions, including stock and asset acquisitions and dispositions, mergers and other corporate restructuring transactions
• Commercial transactions, involving the purchase, sale and financing of equipment, inventory and other commercial goods
• Other general corporate representation and commercial matters

News

• Start Preparing H-1B Cap Subject Cases Now
  Immigration News
  February 3, 2010
• 2011 Diversity Immigration Visa Lottery Program Registration Period Opens
  Immigration News
  October 1, 2009
• The U.S. Department of State has Suspended All Nonimmigrant Visa Appointments in Mexico Due to Swine Flu Outbreak
  Immigration News
  April 28, 2009
• Immigration Alert
  Immigration News
  January 15, 2008
• Diversity Lottery Alert
  Immigration News
  October 5, 2007
• USCIS Announces Revised Processing Procedures for Adjustment of Status Applications
  Immigration News
  July 19, 2007
• Revised July Visa Bulletin
  Immigration News
  July 2, 2007
• USCIS Fee Increases
  Immigration News
  June 20, 2007
• Scheduling of Nonimmigrant Visa Appointments at the U.S. Consulates and Embassies
  Immigration News
  June 20, 2007
• The U.S. Department of Labor Announces Several Major Changes to the Permanent Labor Certification Regulations
  Immigration News
  June 20, 2007
• FY2008 H-1B Cap Reached
  Immigration News
  April 3, 2007
• H-1B Visa Reminder
  Immigration News
  March 6, 2007
• CIS Change of Address: Form AR-11
  Immigration News
  March 6, 2007
• H-1B Visa Alert
  Immigration News
  January 16, 2007
• Parker Poe Names New Partners
  January 11, 2007
• Passport Requirements for Air Travel to the U.S. as of January 23, 2007
  Immigration News
  December 5, 2006
• 2008 Diversity Visa Lottery Application Period Opens
  Immigration News
  October 10, 2006
• Premium Processing Service Now Available for Certain I-140 Immigrant Petitions
  Immigration News
  October 10, 2006
• Clarification of Need for Employment Authorization Documents for Spouses of E and L Nonimmigrants
  Immigration News
  October 10, 2006
• Electronic Signature and Storage of Form I-9 Now Allowed, Offers Improvements to Employment Eligibility Verification
  Immigration News
  October 10, 2006
• Travel for German Citizens using Temporary or Emergency Passports
  Immigration News
  March 21, 2006
• USCIS Reaches H-1B Cap for Fiscal Year 2005
  Immigration News
  August 12, 2005
• H1-B Visa Reform Act of 2004 -- Update
  Immigration News
  May 5, 2005
• New Requirements, Risks & Strategies for Hospitality Industry Employers
  March 14, 2005
• H-1B Action Alert
  Immigration News
  March 9, 2005
• New Regulations Affecting the H and L Visa Categories
  Immigration News
  February 5, 2005
• USCIS Reaches H-1B Cap for Fiscal Year 2005
  Immigration News
  October 4, 2004
• H-1B Specialty Worker Emergency Client Alert
  Immigration News
  September 16, 2004
• H-1B Specialty Worker
  Immigration News
  August 23, 2004
• Visa Interview Scheduling Shut Down in China
  Immigration News
  May 17, 2004
• H-1B Petitions Subject to Cap
  Immigration News
  April 20, 2004
• H-1B Cap Update
  Immigration News
  February 18, 2004
• Urgent Client Alert -- H-1B Cap imminent
  Immigration News
  February 10, 2004
• H-1B Specialty Workers: -- Alert -- H-1B Cap Approaching
  Immigration News
  February 2, 2004

Memberships

• Leadership Spartanburg
  Class of 2005