Commercial Law & Contracts, International Law & Trade, Commercial Real Estate

The Shadow Banking Market: The Shadow Knows

by Rick Jones | Dechert LLP on 5/21/2013

There’s a lot of talk these days about the growth of a shadow banking market. Shadow is right! The growth of the commercial lending market outside of the universe of insured depository institutions and life insurance...more

Hong Kong – Applying Securities Laws to Sales of Hotel Units

by Jeffrey Horwitz, Jeremy Leifer, Yuval Tal | Proskauer Rose LLP on 5/20/2013

In a move that represents a first in Hong Kong, one of the territory's largest listed property developers, Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited and certain of its subsidiaries have entered into an agreement with the Securities and...more

How Much Due Diligence Is Enough?

by Thomas Fox on 5/3/2013

Do you really know who you are doing business with in your supply chain? How much due diligence is enough? Should you update your due diligence on a regular basis? How about on a continuous basis? What ethical considerations...more

Buying Real Estate in Spain - FAQs

by Antonio Viñal on 2/18/2013

Prices in the Spanish real estate market have been cut down by around 30% in the last 5 years, which means a wealth of opportunities for real estate funds, savvy individual investors and anything in between. But there are...more

Florida Has Highest U.S. Foreclosure Rate in 2012: Great News for Foreign Investors Interested in Buying Florida Real Estate...

by Rosa Eckstein Schechter on 1/18/2013

There isn't far to look when investigating reasons why real estate investors all over the world are looking at buying property here in Florida. Some foreign investors, as we pointed out on Tuesday, are doing this via the web,...more

Demand Outpacing Supply in Downtown Miami as Foreign Investment and Urban Living Trends Continue

by Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP on 11/30/2012

Demand for condo sales and rentals slated to exceed supply We have been tracking condo sales and rental activity in downtown Miami since the market bottomed out three years ago, and what we are seeing is a clear trend...more

Real World - An Update from Dechert's London Finance & Real Estate Group - October 2012

by Dechert LLP on 10/25/2012

Welcome to the Autumn edition of Real World from Dechert’s London Finance and Real Estate Group, keeping you up to date with recent developments in real estate law and practice. In this issue: - How to get...more

The Dos and Don’ts of a Foreign Trade Zone

by Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. on 8/28/2012

Originally published in Law 360 on August 24, 2012. Imagine a corporation in the business of building and leasing warehouses to manufacturers, in particular, manufacturers that import raw materials to be manufactured...more

Property Tax Reassessment Season Heats Up In PA

by McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 8/24/2012

On June 15 Lebanon County began to issue thousands of notices of reassessment to all property taxpayers in the county informing them of changes in their properties’ assessments for 2013. Property taxpayers will have forty...more

Understanding the “Dos and Don’ts” of a Foreign Trade Zone

by Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. on 8/16/2012

Imagine a corporation in the business of building and leasing warehouses to manufacturers, in particular, manufacturers that import raw materials to be manufactured here in Arizona. The hypothetical corporation owns a large...more

Baker & McKenzie: Are you looking to co-invest in Australian property?

by Baker & McKenzie Australia on 8/1/2012

In This Issue: Introductory Comments; The Legal Basis of Co-ownership; Part 1 – Commercial aspects of co-ownership; Part 2 – Legal Drafting and Key Touch-Points; Co-ownership Laws in New South Wales; Co-ownership...more

TRANSACTIONAL: Transactions: Mitigating Expropriation Risk of Natural Gas Projects by Philip R. Weems and Matt Salo

by King & Spalding on 7/3/2012

The International energy companies often find the most attractive oil and gas prospects to be located in countries where the risk of expropriation, whether full or partial, looms on the horizon. Although the epicenter of...more

2012 March Edition of China Senior Housing and Care Newsletter

by Qin Qu on 5/20/2012

Following are the contents of this edition: News Update Two Different Types of Senior Community Emerge Respectively in Shanghai and Beijing Senior Nursing –- a Rising and Promising Career Indemnificatory Housing is...more

Iraq Perspectives - May 2012

by Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 5/4/2012

In This Issue: - Introduction to Iraq Perspectives - Project Finance in Iraq, Part 1: Project Ownership - Iraq’s National Investment Commission Excerpt from Project Finance in Iraq, Part 1... Iraq is...more

Ten things to know when acquiring a serviced apartment hotel portfolio in Australia

by Baker & McKenzie Australia on 5/2/2012

In this newsletter, we highlight 10 issues relevant to the potential acquisition of a portfolio of serviced apartment management businesses in Australia. We have concentrated on issues that will have relatively universal...more

End of Operating Leases? Watch for Lease Accounting Changes

by Thompson Coburn LLP on 3/23/2012

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) and the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”) are proposing dramatic changes to lease accounting rules that would virtually eliminate operating lease accounting...more

"Construction in Saudi Arabia: the next big thing?" (as published in Asian Counsel magazine)

by Ben Cowling on 3/21/2012

With the decline in the economies of the developed world, many construction and infrastructure companies are broadening their horizons. In particular, there has been huge interest in construction in the Kingdom of Saudi...more

Argentina's Parliament Approves A Measure Limiting Amount Of Land That Can Be Purchased By Foreigners

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 2/14/2012

Fluctuating commodity prices, particularly with respect to the price of food and basic staples, have created a significant demand for arable land. The demand for arable land has, in turn, boosted the price Argentina's...more

Coverage for the Thailand Floods: Learning Lessons From Earlier Catastrophes

by Reed Smith on 11/1/2011

As the flooding news from Thailand drags on, businesses must look to the lessons that past disasters can teach us - the Sendai earthquake and tsunami last March (the "Sendai Event"), Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and even...more

Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan – Global Impact

by Proskauer Rose LLP on 3/15/2011

The extraordinary images and reports of the devastation from the Japan earthquake and tsunami are staggering. While the focus has understandably and appropriately been on the human toll and concern for the well-being of...more

Disaster and Business Interruption Coverages in the Wake of the Earthquake and Tsunami

by Reed Smith on 3/15/2011

The human toll from the catastrophes caused by earthquake and tsunami devastating the east coast of Japan has numbed the world. Obviously, the immediate collective focus must be on aiding the survivors and controlling the...more

Doing Business in Colombia

by Apogee Advisory Services, LLC on 12/1/2010

In the 2010 report from the World Bank, Colombia consolidates as leader in the region and one of the top ten reformers worldwide for its improvement in the efficiency of business regulations. This further places Colombia as...more

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