Expert Guides - Real Estate

CMBS lending in the new era of credit risk retention

Between now and 2018, over $200 billion of commercial conduit loans of the nearly $400 billion commercial mortgage loans that mature will need to be refinanced or extended to avoid default

19/01/2017 Joseph Philip Forte, Sullivan & Worcester, US

What’s new and different in real estate finance and what isn’t

Looking back over the last two decades, commercial real estate finance has gotten more complex, but also smarter

19/01/2017 Joshua Stein, Joshua Stein PLLC, US Richard S Fries, Sidley Austin, US

Challenge of controlled rents at the expiry of the cantonal administrative control: new hope for the Landlords?

The Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland rendered on 20 August 2016 an interesting decision (Case 4A_559/2015) concerning the possibility to challenge the rent of residential premises furthered and controlled by a public authority when the concerned property is going out of such administrative...

19/01/2017 Yves Jeanrenaud, Schellenberg Wittmer, Switzerland

Real estate development in Romania. Some legal challenges and perspectives

The Romanian real estate sector has started to recover from the effects of the global economic crisis and the real estate market has been on an ascending trend in all real estate sectors

19/01/2017 Cristian Guia, Eversheds Sutherland, Romania Luiza Petrescu, Eversheds Sutherland, Romania

Road to legal certainty over land acquisition

The Agrarian Law of 1960, as a fundamental land law in Indonesia, has regulated land registration, including registration of right to land and the issuance of certificates of right to land, which are considered strong evidence of ownership

19/01/2017 Eddy Leks, Leks&Co, Indonesia

Mediation and real estate contracts in France

French people like to fight in court. Indeed French Code of Civil Procedure allows anyone to initiate a proceeding in front of French court. The article 31 of this Code specified that “the right of action is available to all those who have a legitimate interest in the success or dismissal of a...

19/01/2017 Edouard Vitry, K&L Gates, France

Real estate investment in Canada

In Canada, the savvy real estate investor has a myriad of opportunities across the spectrum of real estate asset classes

19/01/2017 Savvas Kotsopoulos, Miller Thomson, Canada Rosa L Mauro, Miller Thomson, Canada

The new Belgian specialized real estate investment fund: a flexible platform for European real estate

One of the recent measures taken by the Belgian federal government to attract foreign investors to the Belgian real estate market is the creation of a new type of real estate investment fund, the Specialized Real Estate Investment Fund (or FIIS/GVBF – “fonds d’investissement immobilier...

19/01/2017 Lieven Peeters, Altius, Belgium

Real estate trends and foreign investments in Austria

Vienna, Austria’s capital, is not only one of the most liveable cities in the world, but it is also a very stable real estate market for investors in Europe

19/01/2017 Stefan Artner, DORDA, Austria

Changes in real estate investment in Australia

The Australian real estate market has continued to show resilience. There has been strong demand for residential and commercial property assets from domestic and foreign investors

19/01/2017 Sally Tuckfield, Dentons, Australia

Update on foreign investment in US real property

Investment in US real property by non US investors has been significant for several decades, and is expanding dramatically in dollar value and the countries of the major investors. Investors from new venues, such as China and Russia, have joined investors from traditional venues, such as Europe and...

29/05/2015 Andrew J Weiner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, US

Real estate investment in Portugal: back to the busy days of 2007

In the last two years, real estate investment in Portugal has changed in a very significant way, affecting both commercial and residential real estate investment.

After an abrupt fall, in which commercial investment came from a high of around €1.4 billion in 2007 to a minimum of around €100 million...

13/05/2015 Miguel Marques dos Santos, Garrigues, Portugal

French commercial leases: a new and unwelcome complexity

On June 18 2014, a new statute called the "Pinel Law", changing part of the provisions relative to commercial leases, was finally entered into force.

Its main objective is to improve tenants' rights and increase protection against landlords in order to have a better balance in economic relations.

The...

13/05/2015 Edouard Vitry, K&L Gates, France

The increase in popularity of build-to-suit facilities in Singapore

Over the last decade in Singapore, with changes to the global markets and the evolution of new financial structures and business models in its midst, the build-to-suit model has become significant to many businesses; and in tandem, spawned a growth in the area for some developers as well as real...

13/05/2015 Dorothy Marie Ng, WongPartnership, Singapore Bonnie Wong, WongPartnership, Singapore

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