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Clark Hill 2025 Commercial Real Estate Outlook: The Number One Cybersecurity Threat Facing the Real Estate Sector

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When we talk to clients about cybersecurity, it tends to conjure up images of ransomware, systems that are encrypted and inaccessible, and stolen data. For the real estate sector, ransomware isn’t the largest cybersecurity...more

Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP

Using Private Funds For CRE Development Capital

In our last legal alert, we discussed developers using private placements to raise private equity capital as a proactive response to the Commercial Real Estate (CRE) market....more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

FinCEN Issues Final Rule Designed to Combat Money-Laundering in Residential Real Estate Transactions: Money It’s a Gas, Grab That...

As part of an effort to combat money laundering in United States residential real estate transactions, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network bureau of the United States Department of the Treasury (“FinCEN”) issued a final...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Considerations for REITs, their Subsidiaries, and Other Real Estate Companies under the Corporate Transparency Act

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The Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”), a new federal law, went into effect on January 1, 2024. The CTA requires that certain entities file Beneficial Ownership Information Reports (“BOI Reports”) with the Financial...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

FinCEN Proposes AML Compliance Obligations for Non-Financed Real Estate Transactions

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Following consideration of comments received from an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, on February 16, 2024, FinCEN issued a proposed rule (the “Proposed Rule”) that for the first time would require non-financed...more

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New York Targets Real Estate Owners in New LLC Transparency Law

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Riding a wave of ownership disclosure laws began with the passage of the federal Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), on December 22, 2023, Governor Hochul signed New York’s own “LLC Transparency Act” (the NY-LLCTA), passed by...more

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Changes to the Register of Overseas Entities Regime - the Impact of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 on Real...

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The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA) received Royal Assent on 26 October 2023, with the provisions of ECCTA to be brought in by secondary legislation in stages throughout 2024 and 2025....more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

Reporte Real Estate De FinCEN

El 7 de febrero de 2024, FinCEN emitió un Aviso de Reglamentación Propuesta (NPRM) para combatir y disuadir el lavado de dinero en el sector inmobiliario residencial de EE. UU. mediante el aumento de la transparencia. FinCEN...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

Real Estate Report From FinCEN

On February 07, 2024, FinCEN issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to combat and deter money laundering in the U.S. residential real estate sector by increasing transparency. FinCEN is seeking to require certain...more

Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP

FinCEN’s Anti-Money Laundering Regulations for Residential Real Estate Transfers

To crack down on money-laundering in the U.S. residential real estate market, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) has proposed new reporting requirements for certain real estate transactions. Specifically, the...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

FinCEN Proposes BSA Reporting Requirements for Residential Real Estate

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On February 16, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Center (“FinCEN”) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) regarding residential real estate. The final version of the NPRM published in the Federal Register is 47...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Who Owns and Controls Your Real Estate Entity? FinCEN Wants to Know, and its Final Rule is now in Effect

This client alert is an update to an earlier MoFo client alert issued on December 8, 2022. In a final rule implementing the Corporate Transparency Act (the “Final Rule”), the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”)...more

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The Real Estate Impact of FinCEN's Beneficial Ownership Reporting: Are You Prepared?

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In a move heralded as a significant step toward transparency, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has adopted its final Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) Reporting Rule pursuant to the Corporate...more

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The Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022: New Rules for Overseas Entities Owning Land in the UK

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The Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (“Act”) introduces new measures to tackle illicit wealth in the UK property market. The Act is comprised of three parts and Part 1 of the Act (“Part 1”), which became...more

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What to Know: New Register for Overseas Entities Owning UK Property Launched

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​​​​​​​As anticipated in our previous article on 7 March 2022, Companies House launched the new register of overseas entities (the “ROE”) pursuant to the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (the “Act”), so...more

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Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 - Obligation to Register at Companies House from 1 August 2022

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The Government has now announced that it intends to launch the Register of Overseas Entities at Companies House (“ROE”) on 1 August 2022. We await formal confirmation (in the form of a commencement order) but we anticipate...more

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New Disclosure Requirements Imposed on Overseas Entities Holding UK Property

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A new Register of Overseas Entities, expected this summer, requires disclosure of beneficial owners. The UK government has introduced legislation1 in Parliament to pave the way for the launch of the new Register of...more

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United Kingdom Legislates Against Opaque Overseas Ownership of Property

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With sanction regimes taking centre-stage in the global response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, transparency of property ownership has accelerated to become a priority of the United Kingdom’s government. On 15 March...more

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Foreign Ownership of UK Real Estate Under Scrutiny

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The UK Government has recently introduced the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Bill 2022 (the Bill). Amongst other objectives, the Bill proposes the setting up of a register of overseas entities and their...more

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Corporate Transparency Act: New Federal Reporting Requirements Affecting Legal Entities Frequently Used in the Business Community

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The National Defense Authorization Act for 2021 was enacted on January 1, 2021. While this Bill appears to apply only to the Defense Department, Division F deals with money laundering and contains Title LXI, the Corporate...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

The U.S.A Continues to be AML/BSA “Vulnerable”

The U.S. Department of the Treasury 2020 Strategy (National Strategy for Combating Terrorist and Other Illicit Financing released on February 6, 2020) describes ongoing significant AML/CFT threats. ...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

What is Next after BSA turns 50?

On 2/6/2020, the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the 2020 National Strategy for Combating Terrorist and Other Illicit Financing (2020 Strategy).  The purpose of the 2020 Strategy is to...more

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8 Charged With Highly Sophisticated $1.2 Billion International Money Laundering Conspiracy

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On July 24, 2018, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida unsealed a criminal complaint (the “Complaint”) charging eight individuals with conspiracy to commit money laundering under 18 U.S.C....more

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DOJ Nabs Two More in Real Estate Bid Rigging Conspiracy

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Two real estate investors pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Georgia. The guilty pleas, entered on Monday, January 4, are the 11th...more

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