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”...
08 Feb, 2024 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...
26 Jan, 2024 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...
22 Jan, 2024 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...
24 Nov, 2023 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...
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...
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...
10 Nov, 2022 Environmental liability insurance in a private M&A context By Gaia Pattyn Sascha Arnold Introduction Dealmakers in Europe have grown increasingly accustomed to the use of warranty and indemnity (‘W&I’) insurance in M&A...