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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

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

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

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

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

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 | 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

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

Blockchain Technology Is Changing The Real Estate Industry

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 2/24/2022

On February 10, 2022, the first NFT-based property was bought through an auction on Propy, a blockchain-focused real estate company. The Florida home was sold for $653,163 worth of Ether, and the home’s property rights were...more

SEC Proposed Amendments Could Significantly Impact DeFi Companies

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 2/18/2022

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently issued proposed amendments to the Securities Exchange Act (the “Exchange Act”) that would significantly broaden the definition of “exchange” for purposes of...more

Buying and Selling Real Estate in Costa Rica (Updated)

International Lawyers Network on 12/20/2021

KEY FACTS OF REAL ESTATE ACQUISITIONS UNDER COSTA RICAN LAW - General - Real estate law in Costa Rica is governed by the principles established in the Costa Rican Civil Code for acquiring, selling and in any way disposing...more

Buying and Selling Real Estate in Argentina (Updated)

International Lawyers Network on 12/3/2021

KEY FACTS OF REAL ESTATE ACQUISITIONS UNDER ARGENTINIAN LAW - I. INTRODUCTION. Below you will find a brief outline of the legal regulation of the acquisition of real estate property in Argentina, which is mainly governed...more

Including a Love Letter with a Real Estate Bid May Expose Brokers to Discrimination Lawsuits

Chartwell Law on 7/29/2021

As the real estate market continues its strong showing, many frustrated buyers are turning to “love letters” in an attempt to sway sellers into taking their offer over other competing bids. While pulling at the heartstrings...more

Selling the Family Business: Dispute Resolution Mechanisms

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 5/5/2021

Unlike in litigation, most parties to an M&A transaction are actively working towards a shared, overarching goal. Namely, they both want to get the deal done expeditiously. However, it would be a mistake to assume that the...more

WEX Win Interpreting COVID-19 Material Adverse Effect Shows M&A Drafting Traps

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 10/17/2020

On October 12, 2020, in Travelport Ltd & Ors v WEX Inc [2020] EWHC 2670, Justice Cockerill of the English High Court held that WEX had in large part correctly interpreted the terms of the material adverse effect (MAE) clause...more

Southern District of New York Reaffirms That Syndicated Bank Loans Are Not Securities

White and Williams LLP on 6/2/2020

On May 22, 2020, Judge Paul G. Gardephe of the Southern District of New York, in Kirschner v. JPMorgan Chase, reaffirmed that syndicated bank loans are not securities. In Kirschner, the plaintiff alleged that a $1.77 billion...more

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