12/5/2024 12:00:20 PM European and UK banks: growth and consolidation By Sundeep Kapila Nick Jones Bethan Rodden Laura Hibbert +1 more... Show less Financial sector commentators have long-awaited consolidation amongst the fragmented European and UK banking sector, potentially creating...
7/9/2024 10:35:35 AM 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”...
2/8/2024 11:57:50 AM Road to CRD 6 – Even more red tape for FIG M&A? By Jan Struckmann Daniel Klingenbrunn Cesario Bosco Initially proposed by the EU Commission in 2021, the EU Banking Package is now taking its final shape. The co-legislators have reached a...
1/26/2024 9:20:14 AM German taxation of business relationships with Russia – recent developments and outlook for 2024 By Christian Sistermann Moritz Lehmann As expected, Russia has now officially become a “non-cooperative jurisdiction” for the purposes of the German Tax Haven Defence Act...
1/22/2024 10:28:18 AM Sponsor activity in real assets in 2024 By Richard Johnson Jenny McIvor Alon Gordon Richard Thexton Patrick Ko Alexander Watt Victoria Hills Roger Schofield +5 more... Show less 2023 was generally a challenging year for M&A globally as dealmakers battled inflation, rising interest rates and political uncertainty...
11/24/2023 7:50:00 AM German Federal Parliament approved transitional rule to allow for continued applicability of RETT exemption rules relevant for partnerships By Dr. Tanja Walter-Yadegardjam Martin Schiessl Alina Paschke On 17 November 2023, the German Federal Parliament (Bundestag) approved the Growth Opportunities Act (Wachstumschancengesetz) which...
10/24/2023 11:39:20 AM 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...
9/25/2023 9:48:59 AM 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...
8/21/2023 11:41:33 AM 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....
7/20/2023 10:08:08 AM 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...
4/24/2023 1:55:14 PM 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...
1/18/2023 10:27:19 AM 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...