When clients need counsel for complex REIT matters, they turn to lawyers at S&C. We assemble multidisciplinary teams attuned to the unique commercial needs of REITs and those doing business with REITs, bringing the appropriate range of resources to bear on each situation, whether it should involve:
- REIT formation
- raising capital
- an acquisition, disposition or financing
- evaluating the advantages and limitations of various structuring options
- exploring relevant tax implications
- organizing a due diligence review or any other matter involving or related to a REIT
In every matter, we help clients understand the issues and concerns raised in transactions by and with REITs.
On your team
As our clients face the challenges inherent in today’s competitive and fast-moving REIT arena, we work together with them and tap the vast resources of S&C’s other preeminent practice areas to offer market-leading expertise tailored to the needs and objectives of each individual client situation.
Experience you can rely on
Clients turn to us for the depth of our real estate and transactional experience and our ability to advise on relevant financing, restructuring, tax and other areas of expertise as needed.
Areas in which we provide guidance include:
- REIT M&A, both public and private
- asset acquisitions and dispositions for cash, OP units, debt and combinations thereof
- REIT financings, including credit facilities and portfolio- and asset-level borrowings
- REIT restructurings, including reorganizations in anticipation of a sale or other disposition, spinoffs and the evaluation of whether to elect and implement (or discontinue) REIT status
- securities offerings
- the formation and use of private REITs
- corporate governance
- assisting clients to anticipate, prepare for and respond to shareholder activism
- and more