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Helping Guernsey holding companies navigate the HM Land Registry

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If you're selling UK property owned by a Guernsey company, HM Land Registry will likely require a legal opinion, commonly known as a TR1 legal opinion, from Guernsey lawyers before registering the conveyance. This briefing...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Nutter Securities Enforcement Update: July 1, 2025

The Nutter Securities Enforcement Update is a periodic update of noteworthy recent securities enforcement activity, settlements, decisions, and charges. We provide brief summaries that highlight recent enforcement action...more

Goodwin

Shareholder Activism in the REIT Sector: An Evolving Landscape

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Shareholder activism in the public REIT sector has evolved from a marginal tactic employed by a small number of high-profile hedge funds into a persistent, structural feature of corporate life. The public REIT model, long...more

Winstead PC

Texas Supreme Court To Review Whether A Corporate Trust’s Shareholder Has Standing To Sue On Behalf Of The Trust

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The Supreme Court granted oral argument in In re UMTH Gen. Servs., L.P., 2023 WL 8291829 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2023), wherein a real estate investment trust entered into an advisory agreement with an entity and gave it authority...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Frequently Asked Questions about UPREITs and OP Unit Transactions

A common structure for equity REITs, the UPREIT model allows a REIT to hold and operate its assets through a single operating partnership. This structure provides tax advantages and liquidity opportunities for property...more

Goodwin

Operational Real Estate: OpCo Ownership Considerations

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The growth of the operational real estate (OpRE) sector is one of the most significant recent trends in global real estate markets. OpRE is relevant to a wide range of real estate asset classes and subsectors, but all OpRE...more

International Lawyers Network

Establishing a Business Entity in the United States (Updated)

1. Choosing the Right Legal Structure - 1.1 Introduction - Establishing a business entity in the United States can be an important strategic step for any international company that wants to avail itself of the...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

The Mandatory Federal Reporting Requirement on Foreign Ownership of U.S. Businesses Few Know About

Many U.S. enterprises and U.S. real estate holdings have some degree of foreign ownership. Federal law requires the filing of detailed reports on foreign ownership every five years by U.S. enterprises “in which a foreign...more

Hogan Lovells

ESG: What are the global issues for cross-border managers of real estate funds?

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With ESG requirements varying across different jurisdictions, managers who market their funds in multiple jurisdictions are faced with the potential of having to comply with various regimes.  Different jurisdictions can take...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Do Companies Need a Metaverse Voting Policy?

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The past year has seen many companies entering into the metaverse, including by buying land. For some metaverses, particularly ones that have a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO), the ownership of land, assets and...more

International Lawyers Network

Establishing A Business Entity In The United States (Updated)

1. Choosing the Right Legal Structure - 1.1 Introduction - Establishing a business entity in the United States can be an important strategic step for any international company that wants to avail itself of the world’s...more

Conyers

Private Client Bulletin - Summer 2021

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Welcome to the fifth edition of our Private Client Bulletin, bringing you the latest private client and trust news and insights from Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, BVI and Asia. In this issue, we have several notable...more

International Lawyers Network

Establishing A Business Entity In The United States

1. Choosing the Right Legal Structure - 1.1 Introduction - Establishing a business entity in the United States can be an important strategic step for any international company that wants to avail itself of the world’s...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

[Webinar] 100 Tage Offenlegung: Erste Erfahrungen, Praxistipps Und Ausblick Auf Die ESG-regulierung Im (Immobilien-)Fondsbereich -...

Wir setzen unsere erfolgreiche Online-Seminarreihe fort und widmen uns erneut dem wichtigen Thema ESG. Am 10.06.21 ist die Offenlegungsverordnung seit drei Monaten in Kraft. Das (teilweise) Inkrafttreten der...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

[Webinar] 100 Days Of Disclosure – First Experiences, Practical Tips And An Outlook On ESG Regulation In The (Real Estate) Fund...

We are continuing our successful online seminar series and are once again devoting ourselves to the important topic of ESG. On June 10th, the Disclosure Ordinance has been in force for three months. The (partial) entry into...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Registration and Compliance Obligations are Reality for Private Funds in the Cayman Islands

New law imposes registration and compliance obligations on private funds that carry on business in or from the Cayman Islands. Absent an exemption, all private funds that carry on business in or from the Cayman Islands will...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

ESG-Strategien für Immobilien Asset Manager

Die Themen Nachhaltigkeit und ESG stehen weit oben auf der politischen Agenda. Damit einher geht eine umfassende europäische Regulierung, von der insbesondere regulierte Finanzmarktteilnehmer wie Versicherungen und...more

King & Spalding

SEC Proposes Amendments to Financial Disclosures for Acquisitions and Dispositions

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On May 3, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) proposed amendments to the financial disclosure requirements in Rules 3-05, 3-14 and Article 11 of Regulation S-X governing acquisitions and dispositions of...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Ontario Corporations, Have You Got Your Real Property Register in Place?

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The Ontario Business Corporations Act now requires all Ontario corporations holding ownership interests in land in Ontario to maintain a register of their ownership interests at their registered offices. Ontario corporations...more

Jones Day

Japan Legal Update - Volume 29 | September 2017

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Corporate Governance - Tokyo Stock Exchange Introduces Disclosure System for Information about Advisors and Counselors - On August 2, 2017, the Tokyo Stock Exchange announced new amendments to the Guidelines for...more

Bilzin Sumberg

Homebuilder Series Webinar: Joint Ventures Solutions, Steve Lear

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This is the second in a series of in-depth webinar discussions that cover a range of legal and business issues affecting the homebuilder industry. Homebuilders frequently use joint ventures as a means to finance...more

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