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Increasing Federal Focus on Foreign Ownership of American Farms

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The Trump Administration is moving aggressively to prevent foreign adversaries’ ownership of US agricultural land....more

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

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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

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CFIUS Compliance Tips for 2024

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The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) is an interagency committee that reviews foreign investments in U.S. businesses and real estate assets. The primary purpose of a CFIUS review is to examine any...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

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

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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

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Florida Real Estate Commission Finalizes Buyer’s Affidavits for Conveyances to Foreign Entities

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The Florida Real Estate Commission’s form buyer’s affidavits for conveyances to foreign entities are finally available and go into effect on January 17, 2024. This should provide some relief for practitioners and title...more

A&O Shearman

The Register of Overseas Entities – what the real estate industry needs to know

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The Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (the Act) requires overseas entities that own, or wish to acquire, certain real estate in the UK (a Qualifying Estate) to register with Companies House and to provide...more

DarrowEverett LLP

What Florida’s SB 264 Means for Foreign Ownership of Real Property

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This past July, Florida became the latest state to adopt legislation with the goal of restricting foreign governments and individuals from real property ownership. Florida’s controversial new bill, SB 264, Interests of...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Proposed Rules Interpret Florida Law Limiting Foreign Persons from Acquiring Real Property

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The Florida Department of Commerce (Department) on Sept. 20, 2023, published proposed rules interpreting Florida's law limiting "foreign principals" from "foreign countries of concern" – China, Russia, Iran, North Korea,...more

K&L Gates LLP

UK Real Estate Ownership and the Implications of the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act

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On 2 August 2023, the Register of Overseas Entities (ROE) update process went live. UK Companies House issued guidance on the requirements overseas entities will have to adhere to in their annual update of the ROE. Our...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Florida Passes Law Restricting Foreign Ownership of Real Estate

The Florida Legislature recently passed Senate Bill 264 (SB 264), which Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law on May 8, 2023. SB 264 notably presents several new restrictions on persons or entities from certain foreign...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

Real Estate Conveyances in Cuyahoga County: Proposed New Standards Could Impact Costs, "Drop and Swaps"

Ohio Revised Code 319.203 allows each county in Ohio to adopt standards regarding governing conveyances of real property in Ohio. While most Ohio counties have very similar standards and rules, there are sometimes subtle...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

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

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Action Required August 2022: Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 – Register of Entities

The Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (the “ECA”) came into force on 1 August 2022 and places new obligations on overseas entities holding real estate in the United Kingdom. Pursuant to the ECA, all...more

K&L Gates LLP

Overriding Interest Summer 2022

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Welcome to the latest edition of Overriding Interest. Inside this issue: - New Joiners - Articles of Interest & Firm News - Events - Pro Bono Update - Case Reports ...more

Goodwin

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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UK register of beneficial owners goes live

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After some years in the making, the UK register for overseas entities finally opened at Companies House on Monday 1 August 2022. Overseas entities that own registered land in the UK are now required to register at Companies...more

A&O Shearman

The Register of Overseas Entities – what the real estate industry needs to know.

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The Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (the Act) requires overseas entities that own, or wish to acquire, certain real estate in the UK (a Qualifying Estate) to register with Companies House and to provide...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

Latham & Watkins LLP

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

Morrison & Foerster LLP

MoFoREAL Q2 2022

Welcome to the latest edition of MoFoReal, our newsletter highlighting recent activities of and other developments in MoFo’s European Real Estate team. In this edition, we consider the impact of the war in Ukraine on the...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Register of Overseas Entities Owning UK Property – Key Requirements

Executive Summary: the 30-second brief- The enactment of the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 means that clients will need to review their property portfolio. Where overseas entities are the...more

A&O Shearman

Economic Crime Act – what the real estate industry needs to know

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The Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 requires overseas entities which own, or wish to acquire, certain real estate in the UK to register with Companies House and to provide, and keep up-to-date,...more

White & Case LLP

European Real Estate Finance: Recent developments - December 2019

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As part of our periodic updates, here is an overview of recent developments of relevance to participants in the real estate finance market across certain key jurisdictions in Europe....more

Hogan Lovells

Government select committee considers beneficial ownership register

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We blogged on 26 July 2018 about the government’s plans to publish a register of beneficial ownership of UK registered land. ...more

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