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New Jersey Modifies Mansion Tax on Sales of Real Property

Bressler, Amery & Ross, P.C. on 7/3/2025

The New Jersey state legislature has passed new legislation, as part of the State’s 2026 fiscal year budget, that directly and significantly impacts sellers and buyers of real property in New Jersey. Previously, a 1% fee...more

Rising tides: Asia-Pacific PE market grows in the face of global uncertainty

White & Case LLP on 6/23/2025

APAC private equity markets have entered a holding pattern as firms face global trade and tariff uncertainty, but sophisticated managers are uncovering opportunities for investing in high-quality assets at attractive...more

Blacklisted Condos: A Growing Crisis for Owners and Buyers

DarrowEverett LLP on 3/25/2025

The blacklisting of condominium/condo associations by financial institutions and insurance providers has emerged as a pressing issue in the real estate finance and housing sector. This practice, which involves lenders or...more

Buyer Beware: The Importance of Conducting Environmental Due Diligence

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 10/29/2024

In the context of commercial real estate transactions, due diligence is conducted to obtain and verify available information regarding a property’s attributes and characteristics, physical and environmental condition,...more

FTC Finalizes Major Overhaul and Expansion of HSR Act Reporting Requirements

Vinson & Elkins LLP on 10/17/2024

On October 10, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”), with the Department of Justice Antitrust Division’s concurrence, released a Final Rule containing long-anticipated revisions to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act...more

What's Market: No Undisclosed Liabilities Representations

Goulston & Storrs PC on 9/16/2024

In M&A transactions, unknown target liabilities are typically addressed in different ways throughout the M&A purchase agreement. A no undisclosed liabilities representation is one of the principal representations in an M&A...more

What's Market: Use of Knowledge Qualifiers

Goulston & Storrs PC on 9/10/2024

In merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions, the definitive purchase agreement typically contains representations and warranties made by the seller with respect to the target company. The scope and detail of these...more

What's Market: Compliance With Laws Representations

Goulston & Storrs PC on 9/9/2024

In M&A transactions, the definitive purchase agreement (whether asset purchase agreement, stock purchase agreement, or merger agreement) typically contains representations, warranties, and covenants, along with related...more

When Florida's Transfer Tax Applies to Real Estate Deals: Handy Scenarios

DarrowEverett LLP on 6/25/2024

Buyers and sellers of real property anticipate some tax consequences from a real estate transaction, but typically these concerns are limited to federal income tax implications. The reality is that most states impose various...more

[Webinar] Corporate Transparency Act's Impact on Real Estate: Reporting Companies; Exemptions; Beneficial Ownership Reporting -...

Strafford on 5/31/2024

This CLE webinar will examine the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), effective Jan. 1, 2024, and its impact on real estate entities and transactions, including who is considered a "reporting company" subject to new beneficial...more

Heard at the 2024 Antitrust Law Section Spring Meeting: Part I

McDermott Will & Schulte on 4/12/2024

The American Bar Association Antitrust Law Section’s annual Spring Meeting is underway in Washington, DC. The annual Spring Meeting features updates from federal, state and international antitrust enforcers and extensive...more

Allocating Risk in Real Estate Sales: Representations and Warranties

DarrowEverett LLP on 3/28/2024

Although a majority of buyers in real estate transactions rely on their own inspections of property, most real estate purchase and sale agreements contain some seller representations and warranties regarding key factual...more

How DOJ's Safe Harbor Policy Rewards Honesty Within M&A Deals

DarrowEverett LLP on 1/23/2024

Be you a merger and acquisition attorney, corporate compliance officer, or counsel to an acquiring entity or target entity, you should review the Department of Justice’s new Merger and Acquisition Safe Harbor Policy...more

Amid Corporate Transparency Act, You Gotta Represent In Transactions

DarrowEverett LLP on 11/21/2023

By now, many of you may have heard of the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) and how it may increase compliance costs for many of your businesses in 2024. In brief, beginning January 1, 2024, the CTA will require foreign...more

International bidders bolster German M&A

White & Case LLP on 9/27/2023

Amid a challenging economic climate, international buyers prompted by the energy transition target mainstay sectors including industrials & chemicals and automotive - German M&A has been negatively impacted by an array of...more

Reverberations from the falling dominos of SVB, Signature and Silvergate are felt on European shores

White & Case LLP on 9/20/2023

UK & European Financial Services M&A: Sector trends H2 2022 | H1 2023 — Banks - Top 3 drivers of UK and European bank M&A in the past 12 months: - Regional & domestic consolidation across Europe: >50 domestic bank...more

Spanish M&A resists market pressures in H1

White & Case LLP on 8/17/2023

Dealmakers across Europe were hampered by elevated core inflation rates and a darkening economic outlook in the first half of 2023. The constrained financing environment has put a check on dealmaking activity across the...more

Client Alert: Ripple, and Terra, and Coinbase, Oh My!

Jenner & Block on 8/14/2023

Three federal judges in the Southern District of New York sit at the center of the long-running battle between the SEC and the crypto industry, overseeing cases that may eventually bring clarity to the industry. After two...more

The Ripple Effect: SEC’s Battle Vs. Crypto Gains Some Clarity

DarrowEverett LLP on 7/19/2023

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) is paying considerable attention to the world of cryptocurrency (“crypto”). According to the SEC website, the SEC has brought more than 50 enforcement actions against crypto...more

HPE Miami 2023 | Getting Tactical: What Healthcare Investment Bankers Think

McDermott Will & Schulte on 4/10/2023

During this session, Partner David Ivill moderated a panel featuring investment bankers at leading financial institutions that discussed the big economic themes they predict for the year ahead, particularly as they impact...more

HPE Miami 2023 | Current Issues and Trends in Purchase Agreement Negotiations and Rep & Warranty Insurance

McDermott Will & Schulte on 3/24/2023

During this session, Gregory Metz, partner and co-head of McDermott’s Private Equity Practice Group, and Partner Michael McStay moderated a panel that discussed current issues and trends in purchase agreement negotiations and...more

New Technologies in the Consumer & Retail Industry – Key Legal Issues and Risks

White & Case LLP on 3/21/2023

The consumer and retail industry has experienced a rapid growth in the use of new technologies, as both online businesses and brick-and-mortar sellers converge into multi-channel players and compete for customers and for...more

NFT Insider Trading Compliance Policies – What They Cover and Why You Need One

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 6/17/2022

It is well known that insider trading—the practice of buying and selling stocks, bonds, or other securities based on material, non-public information—is unlawful. For that reason, many companies have compliance programs and...more

Renewables push drives M&A in Japan’s energy sector

White & Case LLP on 5/6/2022

Ambitious decarbonization targets and high investment returns are drawing interest from both local and international buyers - M&A in Japan’s energy and utilities sectors has reached a new peak in recent years, with 24 deals...more

The Second U.S. NFT Property Is Ready To be Auctioned

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 4/12/2022

Propy has announced that the second U.S. NFT-backed property (see our blog about the first NFT sale here in which we discussed blockchain technology, and specifically how the sale works) is set to be auctioned, with a...more

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