AdvisorEsq Podcast Series - Episode 10 - Planning Ahead: The Valuation Equation
Private Equity VS Real Estate Transactions | #4 Optimizing Total Asset Value
Private Equity VS Real Estate Transactions | #2 EBITDA Valuations Explained
Podcast: Questions & Concerns About Documentation: A Conversation with Colin Adams, M-III Partners
This bulletin follows our previous update on evolving U.S. tax reform, which highlighted the competing House and Senate proposals, particularly the introduction and scope of proposed Section 899 targeting "unfair foreign...more
On July 4, 2025, President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) into law, following the approval of Congress. OBBBA contains the following compelling updates from a real estate investment trust (REIT)...more
On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), which both extends many soon-to-expire provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) and makes several additional changes to the...more
On July 4, 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB) was signed into law. The OBBB extends various expiring tax provisions from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) and introduces a variety of other substantial tax law changes....more
Key Points - - The Senate Finance Committee’s version of the tax-related proposals aim to deliver on Senate Republicans’ promise to make many of the TCJA’s individual and corporate tax measures permanent. - The bill...more
On May 22, 2025, the House passed the legislation entitled “The One Big Beautiful Bill” (the “BBB”). The BBB makes permanent, extends and, in certain cases, modifies, a number of provisions from the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act...more
The U.S. House of Representatives, by a one-vote margin, passed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (the “House Bill”) early in the morning on May 22, 2025. The House Bill has yet to be considered by the U.S. Senate and will...more
On May 12, 2025, the Republicans on the House Committee on Ways and Means released a draft bill showing their tax plan for the budget reconciliation legislation. The legislation will likely undergo significant changes as it...more
It was a muted start to the year for the acquisition and leveraged finance market due to a challenging macroeconomic climate. Interest rate hikes at one of the fastest paces on record, surging inflation (particularly in...more
The Spanish interest limitation rule establishes that net financial expenses are deductible for Spanish Corporate Income Tax ("CIT”) purposes with the annual limit of the higher of (i) 30% of the Tax EBITDA (as defined in the...more
In this final blog post on the House Ways and Means Tax Bill, we address the international tax proposals in the Bill, JCX-43-21. The international tax proposals are fewer in number than the domestic and transfer tax...more
On 8 January 2021, the Luxembourg Tax Authorities published a Circular clarifying the interest limitation rules introduced in Luxembourg legislation in 2018, which implemented the European Union Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive...more
On 8 January, 2021, the Luxembourg tax authorities published Circular L.I.R. 168bis/1 on interest limitation rules (the “Circular”). The Circular provides much needed clarity to the interest limitation rules which have...more
Despite political and economic uncertainties, markets and deal activity were resilient in 2019, and strong fundamentals remain in place heading into 2020. Companies continue to face a challenging litigation and enforcement...more
In 2019, a number of common themes emerged from cross-border transactions that have continued to demonstrate the impact of the 2014 Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) actions. These themes, which we anticipate will gain...more
Since December 22, 2017, corporate tax practitioners in the United States have been predominantly focused on the impact of legislation commonly known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Act”), which was signed into law on that...more
A synthetic lease is a financing technique structured to be an operating lease for the lessee’s financial accounting purposes and a financing for U.S. federal tax purposes. Synthetic leases are most often used in acquisition...more
Background on the Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive - On January 1, 2019, the EU Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive (“ATAD”) went into effect for all 28 Member States. ATAD is the European Commission’s response to the relevant Action...more
The French Finance Act for 2019 was enacted on December 28, 2018 (the “Act”). The Act introduces significant changes to the interest deduction rules and to the favorable tax regime applicable to Industrial Property (“IP”)...more
We set out below a recap of some of the key European and international tax developments to note at the start of 2019. This alert provides a brief summary of the following...more
On November 26, 2018, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service issued highly-anticipated regulations regarding the new section 163(j) limitation on business interest deductions. Section 163(j) was modified as...more
Private equity firms entered 2018 amid a confusing mix of record inflows and elevated prices. At the same time, new regulation was expected to raise the cost of capital while also reducing taxes, rolling back limits on...more
The French government presented the draft Finance Bill for 2019 on September 24, 2018. This draft is currently being discussed by the Parliament and is subject to potential changes....more
The Situation: The first draft of the French government's finance bill for 2019 contains several significant amendments likely to affect key French tax regimes, as well as past and current transactions. The Development:...more
Until recently, the high US corporate tax rate and regime governing interest deductibility had provided a clear incentive for multinationals (particularly, non-US multinationals) to push interest expense into the United...more