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Seward & Kissel’s attorneys advise sponsors and managers regarding fund formation and structuring across all real estate investment strategies including core, core plus, value-add, opportunistic, and niche strategies. We have extensive experience forming real estate investment vehicles, including various types of open and closed-end structures, club deals and joint ventures. The depth of our understanding of the real estate industry and our ability to render expert legal advice in such a way as to advance the business goals of our clients allows them to complete transactions in a timely and efficient manner.
Our team includes a broad range of attorneys who have experience working with real estate funds and institutional investors regarding:
- Capital Raising and Marketing
- Co-Investments
- Compensation & Incentive Structuring
- Compliance & Regulation
- ERISA
- Fund Formation
- Investor Negotiations
- Management Company and GP structuring
- Subscription Financing
- Tax Structuring
The Firm also advises real estate investment trusts (both public and private), developers, owners and operators on all aspects of the real estate business and transactions including:
- Lease negotiations
- Acquisition and disposition of investments
- Development
- Financing
- Operation of properties
- Tax structuring
- Compliance and regulation
With respect to Real Estate transactions, attorneys in our Real Estate Group have significant experience across a wide array of real estate transactions, including:
- Acquisition & Dispositions
- Construction
- Financings
- Investment Due Diligence
- Joint Ventures
- Leasing
- Management and Development
- Private REITs
- Tax Structuring
- Workouts, Restructurings and Foreclosures