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Joint Ventures for Public REITs: Opportunities and Challenges

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Joint venture structures continue to be an important tool for public real estate investment trusts (REITs), particularly in market environments where traditional capital-raising strategies may be challenging from a funds from...more

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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

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

Latham & Watkins LLP

Saudi CMA Permits Foreign Investment in Listed Companies Owning Real Estate in Makkah and Madinah

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Foreign investors can now directly invest in public companies that own real estate in Makkah and Madinah, thereby boosting market appeal and liquidity....more

King & Spalding

The Saudi Arabian Capital Market Authority Allows Foreign Investment in Real Estate in Makkah and Madinah Through Listed Companies

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On 27 January 2025, the Saudi Capital Market Authority (“CMA”) approved the ‘Controls for the Exclusion of Companies Listed in the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) from the Meaning of the Phrase (Non-Saudi) in accordance with...more

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Fixing a Hole: IRS to Use AI and IRA Funds to Bolster Tax Enforcement

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The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), enacted in August 2022, appropriated billions of dollars in additional funding to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The IRS has begun allocating funds, including investing in artificial...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Expropriation of Residential Property Investors in Berlin - A Realistic Scenario?

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While the German capital continues its political efforts to tackle the housing crisis, a commission has validated the feasibility of expropriating housing providers. On June 28, 2023, a legal expert commission appointed...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

IRS Takes View That FIRPTA Exemption for Publicly Traded Stock Must Be Tested at Partnership Level

Key Points Internal IRS correspondence in the form of a recent Chief Counsel Memorandum concludes that funds structured as partnerships (e.g., master funds in a standard master-feeder structure) must determine the...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Financial Disclosures in the COVID-19 Era for REITs and other Public Companies Relating to Real Estate Assets and Liabilities

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The stock markets’ volatility in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic is one of the virus’ largest impacts. With that in mind, the SEC recently made clear that timely disclosure of significant financial and non-financial issues...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

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 12.18.2019 | Top Story: Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot Boards Agree to $50 Billion Merger

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Fiat Chrysler and rival Peugeot have agreed to binding merger terms that, if approved by US and European regulators, would create a “$50 billion auto giant that would rank among the world’s largest car companies by sales”....more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Treasury Proposes REIT Solar Regulations but Excludes Most Common Transactions

On the same day as President Obama’s speech championing solar, the Department of the Treasury proposed regulations defining “real estate assets” for purposes of the definition of a real estate investment trust (REIT). The...more

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