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A Court-Side Seat: Coal-Fired Limitations, the Search for a Venue Climate Change and New Agency Rules that May or May Not Stick Around

February 4, 2021

By Anthony B. Cavender This is a brief review of recent significant environmental and administrative law rulings and developments. With the change in presidential administrations, the fate of at least some of the newly promulgated rules is uncertain. Continue reading →…

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2021 Real Estate Trends: New Year, New Reality—A Day of Reckoning for Borrowers and Tenants

By Robert J. Grados & Adam Weaver

February 1, 2021

By Robert J. Grados and Adam Weaver On the one-year anniversary of China’s Wuhan lockdown, COVID-19 has become a part of everyday life and as we enter the new year, real estate borrowers and lenders alike will need to understand this new normal and face the reality that is fast approaching. In 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the United States, many state and local governments instituted eviction moratoria and other protections for real…

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EU Green Deal: the European Commission releases a strategy to strengthen the EU’s financial market infrastructure

By Matthew Oresman & Henrietta Worthington

January 26, 2021

By Matthew Oresman and Henrietta Worthington On 19 January, the EC published a strategy setting out wide-ranging ideas for the development of its financial market infrastructure. The strategy includes plans for driving the green transition in line with the European Green Deal through turning the EU financial markets into a “global green finance hub.” Continue reading →…

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Environmental Law – The Year in Review

By Pillsbury's Construction And Real Estate Law Team

January 26, 2021

By Pillsbury’s Construction & Real Estate Law Team Anyone who follows Anthony Cavender‘s Court-Side Seat column on Gravel2Gavel throughout the year knows he leaves nary a judicial, legislative or agency-related environmental law stone unturned. We’ve gathered all the stones from 2020 into one place, Environmental Law –The Year in Review. …

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Join Us 02.04 for an Energy Transition Virtual Fireside Chat with Jigar Shah

By Pillsbury's Construction And Real Estate Law Team

January 21, 2021

By Pillsbury’s Construction & Real Estate Law Team Pillsbury partner and Global Co-Head of the Energy & Infrastructure Projects team Mona Dajani discusses energy transition with Jigar Shah, President and Co-Founder of Generate. Join us on February 4, 2021 where Jigar and Mona chat about entrepreneurship, sustainable sectors including hydrogen, food waste and EVs and the role of government in the energy transition. To attend this fireside chat, register here. …

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Congress Establishes the 4% Floor to Support Affordable Housing

By Kimberly C. Moore

January 21, 2021

By Kimberly C. Moore Legislation signed into law on December 27, 2020, fixed the rate for the 30% present value low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC), which had dropped to a historic low of 3.07 in 2020, at 4% (the 4% Floor). Congress hopes that the 4% Floor will increase the supply of affordable rental housing in 2021 and beyond by reducing the need for other types of financing and subsidies for qualified LIHTC projects. Continue …

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Swimming Lessons–Surviving and Navigating the Choppy Waters of Distressed Real Estate

By Pillsbury's Construction And Real Estate Law Team

January 20, 2021

By Pillsbury’s Construction & Real Estate Law Team Real Estate partner Andrew Weiner and Tax partner Craig Becker discuss the intersection of transfer tax with enforcement in distressed real estate in New York and California in the latest Swimming Lessons Series presentation.…

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A Court-Side Seat: “Inholdings” Upheld, a Pecos Bill Come Due and Agency Actions Abound

By Anthony B. Cavender

January 13, 2021

By Anthony B. Cavender Here are some significant environmental and regulatory rulings and administrative actions from December 2020. Continue reading →…

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Extended Rent Holiday for Retail Debtors Not Permitted Under Bankruptcy Code

By Pillsbury's Construction And Real Estate Law Team

January 13, 2021

By Pillsbury’s Construction & Real Estate Law Team A recent Chuck E. Cheese decision denies the debtor’s/tenant’s request to defer paying rent after the 60-day “rent holiday.” The Bankruptcy Court applied the “plain language” rule to hold that section 365(d)(3)’s rent holiday cannot be extended. In “Bankruptcy Court Rules Bankruptcy Code Does Not Permit Extended Rent Holiday for Retail Debtors” colleagues, Patrick J. Potter, Patrick E. Fitzmaurice, and Kwame O. Akuffo discuss…

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New Compliance Obligations for Real Estate Developers, Investors, Fund Sponsors

By Pillsbury's Construction And Real Estate Law Team

January 12, 2021

By Pillsbury’s Construction & Real Estate Law Team The Corporate Transparency Act creates a federal beneficial ownership registry for corporations, LLCs and “other similar entities.” The act creates new and unprecedented reporting obligations relating to entity structures commonly used in private real estate development. Colleagues Christian A. Buerger, David L. Miller, Andrew J. Weiner and Aaron R. Hutman discuss the recently enacted the Corporate Transparency Act (Act) in The Corporate Transparency Act and …

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A Court-Side Seat: Coal-Fired Limitations, the Search for a Venue Climate Change and New Agency Rules that May or May Not Stick Around

2021 Real Estate Trends: New Year, New Reality—A Day of Reckoning for Borrowers and Tenants

EU Green Deal: the European Commission releases a strategy to strengthen the EU’s financial market infrastructure

Environmental Law – The Year in Review

Join Us 02.04 for an Energy Transition Virtual Fireside Chat with Jigar Shah

Congress Establishes the 4% Floor to Support Affordable Housing

Swimming Lessons–Surviving and Navigating the Choppy Waters of Distressed Real Estate

A Court-Side Seat: “Inholdings” Upheld, a Pecos Bill Come Due and Agency Actions Abound

Extended Rent Holiday for Retail Debtors Not Permitted Under Bankruptcy Code

New Compliance Obligations for Real Estate Developers, Investors, Fund Sponsors

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