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Shareholder Activism In The Public REIT Sector: A Lookback At 2025 And What To Expect For 2026

Shareholder activism in the public real estate investment trust (REIT) sector has accelerated in recent years, with over 100 public campaigns and related engagements launched since 2020.

United States Commercial

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Goodwin Procter LLP

New Proxy Advisor Developments

With each passing day, the 2026 proxy season gets more interesting (and not in a positive way for proxy advisory firms).

United States Commercial

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Mayer Brown

Understanding The Spectrum Of Permanent Capital Vehicles

Asset management vehicles, especially those regulated under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the 1940 Act), are frequently painted with a broad brush and described as having the same or virtually indistinguishable characteristics.

United States Finance

MB

Mayer Brown

CFTC Issues No‑Action Relief Easing Registration Requirements For Private Fund Managers

On December 19, 2025, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the "CFTC") issued a no‑action letter (the "No‑Action Letter") that permits many private fund managers...

United States Finance

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Proskauer Rose LLP

Back To The Futures: CFTC's No-Action Letter Largely Reinstates 2003's Regulation 4.13(a)(4) On An Interim Basis

United States Finance

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Pryor Cashman LLP

CFTC Staff Extends Relief To Certain RIAs Operating Private Commodity Pools

United States Finance

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Dechert

CFTC Staff Partially Reinstate CPO Exemption For RIAs

United States Finance

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Mayer Brown

An Exciting New Chapter For Cadwalader And Our Real Estate Clients

United States Real Estate

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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

AIFMD 2.0 Digest: What's Next For Non-EU Managers? (Podcast)

United States Finance

PR

Proskauer Rose LLP

Alternative Investment Funds - The Legal 500

United States Finance

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Dechert

SEC Watch: Monthly Takeaways For Asset Managers - December 2025

United States Commercial

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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Emerging Manager Minute (Video)

United States Finance

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

2026 Global Data Center Market Outlook: Key Takeaways For The Middle East

United States Strategy

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AlixPartners

AIFMD II Implementation: The Final Countdown

United States Finance

JD

Jones Day

Italy's Rising Tax Evasion Vs The United States' Is Higher, Even With The Voluntary Disclosure Program (VDP)

United States Tax

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

Supreme Court Weighs Extent Of President's Authority To Impose Tariffs During Proclaimed National Emergencies

United States Litigation

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Dykema

Federal Circuit: Priority Document That 'Broadly Outlines' Possible Structures Fails To Provide Adequate Written Description Support For Subgenus Of Linkers In Antibody-Drug Conjugate

United States IP

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Countdown To Jan. 1, 2026: Preparing For California's New AI Training Data Transparency Obligations

United States Technology

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Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz

Visa Turbulence: Navigating Your H-1B Future In A Shifting U.S. Landscape (Video)

United States Immigration

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Green and Spiegel

NY Department Of Financial Services Signals Increased Scrutiny Of Third-Party Technology Risk Management

On October 21, 2025, the New York Department of Financial Services ("NYDFS") sent a letter to the executives and information security personnel at covered entities...

United States Finance

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Jones Day

Federal Reserve Reports Decline In Open Supervisory Findings Across All Bank Portfolios

On December 1, 2025, the Federal Reserve released its semiannual Supervision and Regulation Report describing a broad reduction in outstanding supervisory findings across institutions of all sizes.

United States Finance

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

The SEC's 2026 Examination Priorities

On November 17, 2025, the SEC's Division of Examinations published its Examination Priorities for Fiscal Year 2026 (2026 Exam Priorities), signaling where and how the Division intends...

United States Finance

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Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Leverage The $9T In-Plan Annuities Opportunity - Before Your Competitors Do

The in-plan annuities market represents one of the most significant untapped opportunities in retirement planning, with 92% of participants wanting employer offerings despite only 3% current market awareness.

United States Finance

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Alvarez & Marsal

New UK Common Reporting Standard Rules: Registration Imminent

United States Tax

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Unlocking Liquidity: The Growing Appeal Of Private Credit Secondaries

United States Finance

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Dechert

ILPA Updates Capital Call & Distribution Template: Implications For GPs And LPs

United States Finance

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

SEC Exam Priorities: Key Topics For Asset Managers

United States Finance

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Dechert

Reminder: Compliance With Amendments To Regulation S-P Is Required As Of December 3, 2025

United States Wealth Mgt

PR

Proskauer Rose LLP

Podcast Fair Lending Developments Under Trump 2.0 – Part 2

United States Finance

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Ballard Spahr LLP

Key Takeaways On The 2025 Infrastructure Market And 2026 Outlook From Infrastructure Investor America Forum

United States Finance

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Ropes & Gray LLP

IRS Takes A Second Look At The FIRPTA Look-Through Rule And Reverses Course

United States Tax

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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Free Up Your Top Performers: Why Third-Party Audit Support Empowers Your Accounting Team For Growth

United States Accounting

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Riveron

California Market-Based Sourcing Regulations: Effect On Asset Managers

United States Wealth Mgt

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Dechert

Key Takeaways On The 2025 Infrastructure Market And 2026 Outlook From Infrastructure Investor America Forum

What is the current outlook for North American infrastructure? Ropes & Gray attorneys explored this question at the Infrastructure Investor America Forum in New York on November 4–5, drawing...

United States Finance

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Ropes & Gray LLP

IRS Takes A Second Look At The FIRPTA Look-Through Rule And Reverses Course

These proposed regulations override existing regulations finalized in 2024, as they may be relied upon immediately. The proposed regulations potentially allow for greater foreign investment in REITs.

United States Tax

CW

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Free Up Your Top Performers: Why Third-Party Audit Support Empowers Your Accounting Team For Growth

Audit readiness strategy: Stop pulling your best internal finance talent to manage the annual audit. Find out how enlisting outside audit help leads to better, more efficient accounting processes.

United States Accounting

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Riveron

California Market-Based Sourcing Regulations: Effect On Asset Managers

The California Franchise Tax Board has recently finalized new regulations regarding asset management services provided to persons domiciled in California by an asset manager, even if the asset manager has no presence in California.

United States Wealth Mgt

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Dechert

APAC Monthly Private Wealth Legal Developments – October 2025

Worldwide Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Ten Minute Interview: Investment Professionals And Family Offices (Video)

Brian Lucareli, director of Foley Private Client Services (PCS) and co-chair of the Family Offices group, sits down with Evan Stone, partner and member of our Fund Formation and Investment Management group, for a 10-minute interview to discuss the relationship between investment professionals and family offices.

United States Finance

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Foley & Lardner

Back Leverage In European CRE: Key Structures

As debt funds continue to expand their footprint in the European commercial real estate (CRE) market, the use of back-leverage – long established in the US – is increasingly...

Worldwide Finance

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Ropes & Gray LLP

Exceptional Alignment: Rethinking Fund Economics In European Private Equity

The European PE fund landscape is experiencing a shift in carried interest waterfall structures away from the traditional single-tiered, whole-of-fund structures.

United States Finance

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Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

REIT Privatizations In 2025: A Ripe Opportunity

In 2024, companies were reluctant to commit themselves to funding additional investments, including real estate investments.

United States Finance

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Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

The Rise Of The Zombie Fund: Managing Regulatory Risk Associated With Long-Lived Fund Vehicles

United States Finance

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Proskauer Rose LLP

Shifting Tides: A Reallocation Of LP Capital From The U.S. To Europe

United States Finance

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Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Regulatory Compliance In Leveraged ETF Sales Practices

United States Finance

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Loan Fund Structures Under AIFMD2: ESMA's Final Report

United States Finance

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Goodwin Procter LLP

SEC's Strategic Shift To Expand Retail Investors' Access To Private Assets Provides New Opportunities: An Overview And Key Considerations

United States Finance

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

FCA Fines An Employee For Insider Dealing

United States Finance

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

IRS Releases Proposed Regulations Under Section 897 On Domestically Controlled REITs

United States Finance

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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Proposed Regulations Remove Look-Through Rule For Domestically Controlled REITs

United States Finance

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Proskauer Rose LLP

Trends In Private Credit Fund Structuring 2025

Worldwide Finance

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Dechert

FCA Consults On Fund Tokenisation And Direct Dealing

United States Finance

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Forward Flow Transactions — A Key Tool In Fuelling Private Credit Growth

United States Finance

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Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

WMHW Alert: SEC Enforcement Trends In The First Six Months

United States Commercial

Walden Macht Haran & Williams LLP

AIFMD II And Evergreen Private Credit Fundsfor US Managers

United States Finance

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Foley & Lardner

Fully Invested: The Rise Of CITs – Why They're A Compelling Path For Asset Managers Entering The 401(k) Plan And Retail Markets (Podcast)

United States Wealth Mgt

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Ropes & Gray LLP

FCA Consultation Paper On Motor Finance Redress Published

United States Finance

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

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AIFMD 2.0 Digest: What's Next For Non-EU Managers? (Podcast)

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Proskauer Rose LLP

Emerging Manager Minute (Video)

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Ten Minute Interview: Investment Professionals And Family Offices (Video)

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Foley & Lardner

Featured Speaker: State Of The Real Estate Capital Markets, REIT, Private And IPO Market (Video)

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Goodwin Procter LLP

'Fund Finance Friday: Industry Conversations' — LIBOR Before Labor Day (2022 Edition) (Video)

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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

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