As in most other market sectors, REIT M&A activity came to a screeching halt in March 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in the United States and globally. In the face of significant uncertainty surrounding the ability...more
In 2018, we released our advisory alert “Trends in Public REIT M&A: 2012–2017” chronicling select metrics across the 50+ REIT M&A transactions announced during the 2012–2017 period. We updated the sample set and findings in...more
In our February 4, 2015 REIT Alert, “Barbarians at the (REIT) Gates: REITs Should Be Prepared for a New World Order of Shareholder Activists, Hostile Overtures and Proxy Fights,” we addressed the increased risk faced by...more
Publicly traded REITs today face an increased risk of potential shareholder activism, proxy fights and otherwise hostile overtures. In response to this growing trend, public REITs should examine their corporate governance...more
In This Issue:
Bringing Non-U.S. Capital Into (and Back Out of) U.S. Real Estate; A Wider Play of Shale: A Hydraulic Fracturing Primer; California Clears Way for Pollution Clean-Up with AB 440; and Which Way is the...more