A comprehensive and practical guide covering all the key topics relating to the financing of and investing in real estate for lawyers advising originators, arrangers, issuers, banks, lenders, investors and financial service providers. It covers the practical details needed by lawyers to ensure they provide clients with the best advice both on strategy and the 'nuts and bolts' of a real estate finance deal. This new title is a real practitioner's work with comprehensive coverage of legal and structuring issues, including interesting new developments and technology as well as considering the legal and regulatory environment currently facing the global real estate structured finance and investment market.

* Provides practitioners with the expert guidance that they need to deal with complex legal and tax issues requiring innovative solutions to meet client needs
* A comprehensive account of the key structural and legal issues in real estate finance and investment
* Guides practitioners in the setting up of new transactions and administration of existing transactions
* Provides advice on how to maximise the value of transactions -- for example by helping to choose the ideal vehicle for the transaction, or identifying the best way to structure the deal to make the most of the tax advantages
* Includes tools such as key agreements and a glossary of terms to help practitioners put theory into practice
* Includes key practical content such as precedents and bank security documents
* Written by experts at a leading international and City of London law firm, as well as servicers, industry specialists, rating agencies, investment banks, consultants and members of the major trade organisations to provide real insight into current law and practice

Key areas covered include:

CDOs/CLOs; CMBS; ABS/MBS; REITS; Off-shore Unit Trusts/Funds; Private Equity Real Estate Funds; Islamic Finance; Sale Leasebacks -- OPCO PROPCO Structures; Commercial Property Derivatives; High Yield Investments; The Ratings Process; Title Insurance; Tax Planning; The Regulatory Regime; Insolvency and the Enforcement of Security; Further Developments and Emerging Markets; Precedents.

SOURCE CURRENCY
10/2014

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