09 Jul, 2024 The Future is Suite: The “Hotelisation” of Real Estate By William Kellett Eleanor Turner Lydia Kent-Smith As keen observers of the real estate market, a key theme that we have seen emerging in the post-pandemic landscape is the “hotelisation”...
02 May, 2024 High Yield and Leveraged Finance in Europe By Haden Henderson Simone Bono Michael Josenhans Marvin Knapp Lindsay Hingston +2 more... Show less On 25 April, Freshfields hosted AFME’s European High Yield and Leveraged Finance Frankfurt Seminar in our Frankfurt office. Lead by...
23 Nov, 2023 Capital Solutions for Real Estate By Tom Wallis Roger Schofield Real Estate sponsors looking to refinance or exit their investments are doing so in a significantly changed environment from when their...
24 Oct, 2023 The changing demand for real estate – embracing demographic shifts By Victoria Hills Lydia Kent-Smith Our global population is ageing. Fertility rates are declining. Society is adapting to new ways of living and working. Changing...
28 Sep, 2023 New tax ruling brings positive news for the taxation of carried interest in Spain By Javier Sánchez Ballesteros Since our previous post Spanish taxation of carried interest: what’s new for the private equity sector?, the Spanish General Tax...
25 Sep, 2023 Times they are a-changin’ – how cities are evolving and the role of the hospitality industry By Victoria Hills Lydia Kent-Smith We are living through an extraordinary period. With significant geopolitical, social and climate changes. As actors in the real estate...
21 Aug, 2023 Private M&A: Equity consideration transactions - Enhanced due diligence, more extensive warranties and alternative risk allocation By Gaia Pattyn The past eighteen months have seen a steady increase in sellers accepting consideration other than cash in private M&A transactions....
20 Jul, 2023 What you need to know now about the impact of the OECD's global minimum tax on M&A transactions By Peter Clements Bob van Kasteren Katharina Kubik Joe Soltis Alison Dickie +2 more... Show less Following international agreement on the key components of the OECD’s Pillar 2 proposal to introduce a global minimum tax, attention has...
24 Apr, 2023 EU merger control simplification package: cutting or increasing the red tape? By Felix Roscam Abbing Jan Jeram Paul van den Berg Joanna Goyder +1 more... Show less In brief On 20 April, the European Commission (Commission) adopted a merger control simplification package including a revised...
18 Jan, 2023 What rising inflation means for commercial rent indexation in the Netherlands By Emelde Rubaij Bouman Following the Covid-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine and subsequent rising energy costs, soaring inflation is the latest thing to...
05 Dec, 2022 Spanish taxation of carried interest: what’s next for the private equity sector? By Javier Sánchez Ballesteros Private equity managers generally co-invest in the managed fund alongside fund investors. They also hold carried interest, which gives...
12 Oct, 2022 More Red Tape for Bank M&A in Europe - ECB publish draft guide on qualifying holding procedures By Alexander Glos Daniel Klingenbrunn Nicholas Lütgerath Jan Struckmann +1 more... Show less Acquiring 10% or more in European credit institutions requires an in-depth ex-ante assessment by national competent authorities (NCA) and...