Seth Eaton Discusses Modifications and Workouts of Commercial Real Estate Loans during the COVID-19 Pandemic
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
In our 2022 alert “REIT M&A Trends Through the Pandemic,” we cataloged a total of 42 new REIT transactions announced between August 2020 and May 2022, a pace that rivaled or exceeded pre-pandemic levels. From May 2022 through...more
Using a Delaware Statutory Trust Investment to Defer Tax In a Like Kind Exchange - The headwinds in the domestic real estate market have raised the profile of a relatively unknown but powerful investment strategy: exchanging...more
BCLP has analysed all of the completed and ongoing public takeover transactions in the UK real estate sector since the beginning of 2019. Deal activity during that period has been consistently strong, with 15 completed...more
REITs are increasingly reliant on technologies across the spectrum of information technology and operating technology that range from cloud-based systems and the Internet of Things (IoT) to automated building management...more
As more real estate funds look to reorganise UK assets into REIT holding structures, we share our experience on what makes a smooth transition. The UK real estate investment trust (REIT) is experiencing a revival. Recent...more
Following a year of unprecedented M&A deal activity, 2022 saw the global M&A market settle back into a more familiar pace. The year finished 38.8% lower than 2021’s record level, but only 9.3% lower than 2015-2019 averages,...more
In the first part of our series on Energy Efficiency, we looked at the backdrop and the various factors at play in relation to the target of achieving net-zero by 2050. In this article, we will explore how that backdrop is...more
The North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA), a non-governmental organization that recommends securities regulations for state adoption, has published proposed rules that would limit the ability of...more
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
2021 M&A smashed U.S. and global records. The year saw the arrival of a new U.S. administration, the release of COVID-19 vaccines, as well as continued questions regarding the impact of the pandemic, including the year-end...more
It was a relatively light Budget for the real estate sector. Highlights included the long-awaited announcement of the rate of the residential property developer tax and some reform of business rates....more
What is a REIT? “REIT” stands for Real Estate Investment Trust. Typically, a REIT is a corporation that has elected to be taxed as a REIT (which provides several tax advantages, including the ability to deduct dividends from...more
Watch Real Estate Finance Shareholder Seth Eaton discuss loan modifications and how they have evolved throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Seth outlines several different phases of loan modifications and highlights key points...more
On May 4, 2020, the IRS issued Revenue Procedure 2020-19, which temporarily allows a publicly-offered REIT or RIC to pay as much as 90% of a distribution in its own stock (rather than cash or other property) and still have...more
BlackRock Inc. will sell out of all companies “that get more than 25% of sales from thermal coal.” This threshold, however, won’t affect larger, diversified miners—which includes some of the biggest coal shippers....more
On December 2, 2019, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) issued final and proposed regulations (the “Final Regulations” and the “2019 Proposed Regulations,” respectively) regarding the base...more
What is a REIT? - A REIT refers to a “real estate investment trust,” which is an entity entitled to beneficial federal income tax treatment if it satisfies various requirements relating to its organization, its ownership,...more
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
Focus - Los Angeles homelessness rises sharply as housing crisis deepens - Reuters – June 4 - Los Angeles County’s homeless population has swelled by 12 percent during the past year as a shortage of affordable housing...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently published interpretive guidance on public company cybersecurity disclosures, including publicly traded real estate investment trusts. While the new guidance confirms the...more
On December 22, the President signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”) into law. TCJA changes the taxation of individuals and businesses in many ways. While there are still many open questions to be addressed by technical...more
In the early hours of Saturday morning, the U.S. Senate passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (H.R. 1) (the “Senate bill”), just over two weeks after the U.S. House of Representatives passed its own version of the same legislation...more
Yesterday afternoon, the House of Representatives passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (H.R. 1) (the “House bill”). The House bill is identical to the draft bill approved by the House Ways and Means Committee on November 10. Late...more
On September 27, the Trump administration and the Republican leadership in the House and Senate released a document called the “Unified Framework for Fixing Our Broken Tax Code” (the “Framework”), which lays out the core...more