Expert Analysis

How Tenants Can Guard Against Unpaid Build-Out Allowances

As market pressures on landlords intensify liquidity problems and reimbursement disputes, commercial tenants nego... (more story)

Lessons For Banks From Recent FCA Enforcement Trends

While government relief programs rely on financial institutions in times of economic uncertainty, recent enforceme... (more story)

NY's Tax On 2nd Homes Compounds Residency Tax Risks

New York’s recently enacted surcharge on high-value second homes reflects a nationwide legislative trend of using ... (more story)

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Snell & Wilmer Adds Ex-Banker To Seattle Finance Team

A former commercial banker has joined Snell & Wilmer LLP as a partner in the firm's commercial finance practice group, where she will focus on real estate-secured financing and loan workouts.

Florida Appeals Court Revives Asset Probe Of Law Firm

A Florida appeals court said Wednesday that real estate investment firm Sasha Investments LLC should not have been blocked from seeking discovery from a law firm to collect on a $2.1 million default judgment.

Steven Reingold (from left), a partner at Saul Ewing; Andrew Diroll-Black, of American Lending Center; and Ronald Klasko, of Klasko Immigration Law Partners, participate in a panel on litigation at the JTC and Saul Ewing Advanced EB-5 Conference in Miami. (Nathan Hale | Law360)
EB-5 Leaders Talk Sunset Deadlines, Green Card Turmoil

Organizers of an annual conference focused on the EB-5 investment visa program stressed a theme of optimism at the event last week in Miami, but even as the program appears to have overcome many of its own pas... (more story)

Law Firms Fuel Demand For Prime Office Space, Report Says

Law firm office leasing has started 2026 strong, with firms expanding their footprints and accelerating investments in artificial intelligence as other industries continue to reassess their workplace needs, ac... (more story)

Perkins Coie Atty Talks Tax Law 'Tension' In Data Center REITs

A real estate investment trust can be an attractive business model for data centers, but complying with federal REIT rules is tricky for properties with digital infrastructure, given their unique needs, accord... (more story)

Gibson Dunn Leads Data Center Power Provider's $600M IPO

Houston, Texas-based ERock, which supplies natural gas power systems to data centers, began trading Wednesday after raising $600 million at the midpoint of its range with Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP and Davis P... (more story)

3 Firms Advise ESRT's $275M Manhattan Office Sale

Empire State Realty Trust, the New York City real estate investment trust whose flagship properties include the Empire State Building, sold a Manhattan office building for $275 million to Igal Namdar's Namdar ... (more story)

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3 Firms Guide $100M Fla. Luxury Condo Construction Loan

Real estate private equity company Benmark Capital provided a $100 million construction loan to a joint venture that's building a Florida luxury mixed-use condominium development project in a loan deal guided ... (more story)

Mass. Town Sues Over Affordable Housing Plan

A Boston suburb is challenging the state's designation of 45 acres of land on a college campus as surplus to make way for a 180-unit housing development, saying the 2-year-old law allowing the plan is being misapplied.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani billed the city’s "Block by Block" plan as one that would guide the creation of 200,000 new affordable housing units over the next decade. (Michael Brochstein/Sipa USA via AP Images)
Akerman Partner Unpacks NYC's Affordable Housing Blueprint

A plan released last week offers the most complete vision yet for how Mayor Zohran Mamdani plans to confront New York City’s housing affordability crisis. Nora Martins, a New York land use and zoning partner a... (more story)

Zillow-Redfin Noncompete Deal Sank Stock, Investor Claims

A proposed class of Zillow Group Inc. shareholders accused the property listings company of making an anticompetitive noncompete agreement with rival Redfin Corp., which caused the federal government to file a... (more story)

Figure, Sixth Street Team Up On $717M Kiavi Mortgage Deal

Figure Technology Solutions said Wednesday it is acquiring residential real estate lender Kiavi in a $717 million deal that pairs a blockchain-native capital markets platform with an AI-driven mortgage origina... (more story)

XAI, SpaceX Sued Over Data Center Plant's 'Intrusive' Noises

Residents of a Mississippi suburb have accused Elon Musk's xAI and SpaceX companies of upending their community's "small-town charm" by operating a noisy power plant to power massive artificial intelligence da... (more story)

Deal Attys Talk Firsts, Copycats And Constant Reinvention

Much of the work of deal attorneys is outside public view, yet their triumphs and innovations set precedent for the market as it evolves.