NEW YORK – Oct. 24, 2022 – Kate Kalmykov, co-chair of the Immigration & Compliance Practice of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP, was appointed as a Ukrainian Habitat Fund (UHF) board member.
New York-based Ukrainian Habitat Fund (UHF) helps secure housing and provides vital assistance to support Ukrainian refugees who were forced to leave their homes because of the Russian invasion. UHF is a 501(c) 3 charitable organization founded by sisters Lidiya and Gabriella Oros, who were born and raised in Ukraine and have lived in New York City since 2000. Working with a volunteer board of directors and executive team, UHF collaborates with New York City landlords to provide apartments to Ukrainian refugees for at least one year at a significant discount, with rent support provided as needed. UHF also connects displaced Ukrainians with health care and mental health services, as well as educational, recreational, and work opportunities to ensure they resettle successfully.
As part of its ongoing commitment to providing pro bono immigration assistance to people displaced by the war in Ukraine, Greenberg Traurig has assisted more than 100 Ukrainian refugees in the United States file for either Temporary Protective Status, employment authorization, and/or advanced parole.
Kalmykov focuses her practice on business immigration and compliance. She represents clients in a wide-range of employment based immigrant and non-immigrant visa matters including students, trainees, professionals, managers and executives, artists and entertainers, treaty investors and traders, persons of extraordinary ability, and immigrant investors. Kalmykov has deep experience working on EB-5 immigrant investor matters. She regularly works with developers across a variety of industries, as well as private equity funds on developing new projects that qualify for EB-5 investments.