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Skadden’s real estate attorneys work with an interdisciplinary team of tax, M&A and capital markets attorneys throughout the firm that advises REIT clients and their sponsors, underwriters, managers, boards of directors and special committees in some of their most important and innovative transactions, including a number of “first-of-their-kind” matters.
Skadden has represented every type of REIT, including equity, hybrid, special-purpose, and public and private, as well as funds that invest in REITs, on a broad range of legal matters and transactions affecting REITs, including UPREITs, DownREITs, roll-ups and multiple REIT structures.
Skadden’s REIT clients span the entire industry, including apartments, office buildings, shopping centers, cell phone towers, health care facilities, medical office buildings, hotels, industrial properties, data centers, manufactured home communities, prisons, storage, timber and warehouses, as well as REITs that specialize in mortgages, mortgage-backed securities, mezzanine loans and financing structures.
Our attorneys have led numerous international REIT transactions, including complex joint ventures between U.S. REITs and non-U.S.-based real estate investors, major investments by U.S. REITs abroad, complicated formations of private U.S. REITs to facilitate real estate investments by institutions based outside the United States, and the structuring and establishment of European REITs.
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Skadden has a highly regarded REITs group with wide-ranging experience of forming uniquely structured companies as well as enormous capital raisings and M&A. The firm is one of the chief names in tax-free spin-out REIT conversions. iIt advises REITs of every kind, including special purpose, hybrid and mortgage REITs, and commands a strong international corporate real estate practice.
Skadden advised GO Residential REIT in its $410 million IPO of trust units and listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
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Skadden are creative and solution-oriented. They are not our counsel only, they are our partners. They are essential to our ability to smoothly get deals done.
Skadden's depth and breadth of knowledge and experience are top-class. They are a large organisation and they draw on all their experience and the broader firm very well.
Skadden provides very valuable advice to help clients navigate complex rules.
Skadden's breadth of practice is exceptional.
The rules relating to tax and structuring for REITS are very complicated, and they're very thoughtful and creative in resolving any type of issue.
Skadden are creative and solution-oriented. They are not our counsel only, they are our partners. They are essential to our ability to smoothly get deals done.
Skadden's depth and breadth of knowledge and experience are top-class. They are a large organisation and they draw on all their experience and the broader firm very well.
Skadden provides very valuable advice to help clients navigate complex rules.
Skadden's breadth of practice is exceptional.
The rules relating to tax and structuring for REITS are very complicated, and they're very thoughtful and creative in resolving any type of issue.
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David is an excellent REIT tax attorney; he's brilliant.
David is methodical and very good at what he does.
Nick is able to apply tax law in a commercial, practical manner.
Sarah Beth is one of the best tax attorneys with whom I have ever worked.
Sarah Beth has lots of experience.
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