Understanding REITs and Their Structures
Next year marks the 60th anniversary of the law that established real estate investment trusts (REITs), allowing investors looking to pool their resources to reap the rewards of income-producing properties. REITs are designed to allow individual...
Capitalizing on Regulation A’s Flexibility
Regulation A (“Reg A”) is intended to help smaller issuers to attract investment from a much wider variety of investors without forcing them to bear the cost of a public registered offering. Expansion of Reg A by the JOBS Act of 2012 and subsequent...
State “Blue Sky” Compliance Strategies
When it comes to securities, regulatory exposure doesn’t begin and end with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. In fact, every state in the union has its own set of securities laws — and failing to adhere to their requirements can cause...
Why All Employers Should Have an Employee Handbook
Like any other organization or entity in today’s world, a workplace cannot function properly without rules. An efficient and productive company should have guidelines for how employees are expected to perform, how employees should treat customers...
A Seller’s Market In Multi-Family Housing
As lawyers who counsel buyers and sellers of multi-family buildings from Hawaii to Massachusetts, we are very sensitive to whatever captures our clients’ attention most urgently. While there’s a lot of talk in the market right now about interest...
Corporate Fundraising, Growth, and the Jobs ACT
When it comes to raising capital for your company, every stage of a company’s development calls out for a different level and type of capital raise, and the differences are crucial. Many assume that the JOBS Act obliterated divisions between what...