29 Feb, 2024 Building a greener tomorrow: strategies for decarbonising the built environment in the UK By Hannah Etim-Gorst Tom Wallis Shiyao Zhu Lydia Kent-Smith Jake Reynolds Holly Housden +3 more... Show less With approximately 40 per cent of carbon emissions arising from the built environment, countries across the world are coming together in...
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 Tanja Walter-Yadegardjam Martin Schiessl Alina Paschke On 17 November 2023, the German Federal Parliament (Bundestag) approved the Growth Opportunities Act (Wachstumschancengesetz) which...
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...
07 Nov, 2023 German Real Estate Transfer Tax – the uncertainty arising from new guidance on the attribution of real estate assets in shareholding structures By Martin Schiessl Tanja Walter-Yadegardjam Sebastian Jung Christian Schmidt Alina Paschke +2 more... Show less The Finance Ministries of the Federal States have recently released harmonised decrees (dated 16 October 2023) providing guidance on the...
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...
01 Aug, 2023 Get ready to update – when to submit information for the Register of Overseas Entities By Ryan Thorne Lydia Kent-Smith Victoria Hills Lizzy Matthams +1 more... Show less It has been a year to the day since Companies House launched the Register of Overseas Entities (ROE) pursuant to the Economic Crime...
06 Jul, 2023 German Real Estate Transfer Tax and Investment Funds By Martin Schiessl Sebastian Röger Discussion Draft for a German RETT Reform: contractual investment funds, their managers and fund investors need to watch out Discussion...
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...
10 Aug, 2022 What’s the impact of the proposed restrictions to the UK sovereign immunity tax exemption? By Alison Dickie May Smith The UK government recently published an unexpected consultation setting out proposals to both legislate and reform the existing UK...