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News & Analysis as of May 21, 2013

Personal Use Of Corporate Property In A USRPI Holding Company Structure

by Charles (Chuck) Rubin on 4/1/2013

To insulate the ultimate individual owners from U.S. estate taxes, nonresident aliens often hold U.S. real property in a U.S. corporation, which corporation is owned by a foreign corporation. The foreign corporation is owned...more

Draft bill for combating RETT blocker structures

by K&L Gates LLP on 10/23/2012

As from 2013: Real Estate Transfer tax on (in)direct economic accumulation of shares? Draft bill aiming at combating so-called RETT blocker structures - So far, all shares in a company holding German real estate can...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

Centro Properties Group Reorganizes: One Small Step for Man, One Giant Leap for Australian Restructurings

by Bracewell & Giuliani LLP on 12/15/2011

After four long years, Australia-based Centro Properties Group (“CNP”) has consummated a global restructuring that combines a debt-for-equity swap with an aggregation of its assets into a new real estate investment trust,...more

Measures to Cool Chinese Property Market Target Both Foreign and Local Purchasers

by Morrison & Foerster LLP on 1/7/2011

The last several weeks have seen efforts by regulators in China to cool the Chinese property market by restricting purchases by both foreigners and PRC nationals. These efforts follow other recent policy efforts aimed at...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