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Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Your Next Real Estate Deal Could Require CFIUS Approval

CFIUS Review Might Apply to Your Real Estate Deal - Most real estate professionals do not expect to seek approval from the president of the United States before closing a real estate deal. However, the U.S. Treasury...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Final ‘Domestically Controlled REIT’ Regulations Retain Corporate Look-Through With Some Modifications

On April 24, 2024, the Treasury Department released final regulations that alter key rules affecting many real estate funds and foreign investors in U.S. real estate....more

International Lawyers Network

Buying and Selling Real Estate in Portugal (Updated)

KEY FACTS OF REAL ESTATE ACQUISITIONS UNDER PORTUGUESE LAW - I. INTRODUCTION - Portugal is an Iberian Peninsula country, bordered by the Atlantic to the west and south and Spain to the north and east. In addition to...more

BCLP

Insight Report 4 - Benchmarking and Best Practice

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Our study helped us to identify three key dimensions of sustainability-focused real estate investment that enable us to compare different regions and their progress towards greener portfolios....more

K&L Gates LLP

BTR Series Part 10: BTR and Investment Structuring—What Do Investors Need to Know Now?

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In this final Part 10 of our build-to-rent (BTR) series, we identify some key investment structuring challenges for investors in new BTR assets in Australia, and consider how investors may be able to overcome some of them...more

Torres Trade Law, PLLC

CFIUS Updates: New FAQs Clarify Positions; Possible Expansion of Scope of Real Estate Review

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In our recent article Amid TikTok Tensions, CFIUS Signals Increased Enforcement and Other Updates, we discussed updates from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS” or “the Committee”) primarily with...more

International Lawyers Network

Buying and Selling Real Estate in Portugal (Updated)

KEY FACTS OF REAL ESTATE ACQUISITIONS UNDER PORTUGUESE LAW - I. INTRODUCTION - Portugal is an Iberian Peninsula country, bordered by the Atlantic to the west and south and Spain to the north and east. In addition to...more

Bilzin Sumberg

Proposed Regulations May Affect Taxation of Foreign Investors in REITs

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On December 29, 2022 the IRS and the Treasury Department issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (REG-100442-22) (the “Proposed Regulations”) that, among other things, affects the determination when Real Estate Investment...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

K&L Gates LLP

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

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The invasion of Ukraine by Russia has pushed forward a wider government agenda to encourage transparency in relation to how overseas entities own UK real estate. We first reported many years ago on the details of the...more

International Lawyers Network

Buying and Selling Real Estate in Portugal (Updated)

KEY FACTS OF REAL ESTATE ACQUISITIONS UNDER PORTUGUESE LAW - I.INTRODUCTION - Portugal is an Iberian Peninsula country, bordered by the Atlantic to the west and south and Spain to the north and east. In addition to...more

International Lawyers Network

Buying and Selling Real Estate in Latvia (Updated)

KEY FACTS OF REAL ESTATE ACQUISITIONS UNDER LATVIAN LAW - I. STANDARD FORMS OF AGREEMENT - A. Offer to Purchase sets forth Buyer’s offer of price and date for closing. Seller may accept or reject. B. The purchase...more

Hogan Lovells

What can the real estate industry expect from the next German government?

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The new coalition government is to take office today. It has published its “coalition agreement” setting out the basis for its actions in the next four years and in its “Building and Living” section, it describes its agenda...more

Allen Matkins

Q4 2021 Western Region Investment Sales Markets Predictions and Updates

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Allen Matkins recently held the 14th Annual View from the Top alongside several industry experts. One of the discussions, moderated by Allen Matkins partner Crystal Lofing, covered predictions and updates in the Western...more

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BVerwG setzt Ausübung des gemeindlichen Vorkaufsrechts engere Grenzen

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Das BVerwG hat am 9. November 2021 über die Ausübung eines gemeindlichen Vorkaufsrechts im Geltungsbereich einer Erhaltungssatzung bzw. -verordnung in Berlin-Kreuzberg (Milieuschutzsatzung) entschieden (4 C 1.20). Dabei...more

Morgan Lewis

Japan Introduces Real Estate Legislation for National Security Purposes

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The National Diet of Japan recently passed the Real Estate Investigation and Regulation Act, which is in line with tightening global trends in real estate regulations in order to prevent threats to national security. The...more

International Lawyers Network

Buying and Selling Real Estate in Portugal (Updated)

KEY FACTS OF REAL ESTATE ACQUISITIONS UNDER PORTUGUESE LAW - I. INTRODUCTION - Portugal is an Iberian Peninsula country, bordered by the Atlantic to the west and south and Spain to the north and east. In addition to...more

International Lawyers Network

Buying and Selling Real Estate in Latvia (Updated)

KEY FACTS OF REAL ESTATE ACQUISITIONS UNDER LATVIAN LAW - 1. Types of real estate - 1.1. Land estate - Consists of one or several land plots. 1.2. Land and building estate - Consists of one or several land...more

K2 Integrity

FAQs on CFIUS and FIRRMA

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What is CFIUS? The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) is an interagency committee charged with reviewing transactions involving foreign investment in the U.S. and certain real estate transactions for...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Treasury Report Targets Money Laundering Risks in Real Estate and Gatekeeper Professions

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In its 2020 National Strategy for Combating Terrorist and Other Illicit Financing (“2020 Strategy”), the U.S. Department of Treasury (“Treasury”) has laid out its AML and money laundering enforcement priorities. Last week, we...more

Goulston & Storrs PC

Final Regulations Go Into Effect for CFIUS Jurisdiction Expansion

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The U.S. Department of Treasury has issued final regulations, which became effective February 13, 2020, implementing the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (FIRRMA)....more

Jones Day

Securitization in Italy: Recent Reform Opens New Investment Opportunities in Real Estate Market and Boosts NPLs/UTPs Dismissal

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The Situation: In the last years the Italian legislature reformed the Italian securitization law to foster investments in NPLs/UTPs by Italian and foreign professional investors. A recently approved law decree provides for...more

Hogan Lovells

Non-UK resident SDLT surcharge: adding 1% and more complexity: Part II

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In February we discussed the government’s intention to increase stamp duty land tax for non-UK residents. The proposal is to add 1% to the SDLT charge for non-UK resident buyers of UK residential property. ...more

International Lawyers Network

Buying and Selling Real Estate in Latvia

KEY FACTS OF REAL ESTATE ACQUISITIONS UNDER LATVIAN LAW - 1. Types of real estate - 1.1. Land estate - Consists of one or several land plots. 1.2. Land and building estate - Consists of one or several land...more

Hogan Lovells

Dancing To The Wrong Tune? Theresa May’s Additional SDLT Levy On Foreign Buyers

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Theresa May’s announcement at the Conservative Party conference that foreign investors into the UK property market were going to be targeted with an additional SDLT levy has caused further consternation within the industry....more

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