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  • July 22, 2025

    How Real Estate Funds Can Leverage Del. Statutory Trusts

    Over the last two years, traditional real estate fund sponsors have begun to more frequently adopt Delaware Statutory Trust programs, which can help diversify capital-raising strategies and access to new sources of capital, among other benefits, say attorneys at Polsinelli.

  • July 22, 2025

    McCarter & English Taps Capital Markets Duo For NY Team

    Two transactional attorneys specializing in capital markets and corporate securities have recently moved their practices to McCarter & English LLP's New York office from Sichenzia Ross Ference Carmel LLP.

  • July 22, 2025

    While On Firmer Ground, Uncertainty Remains For SEC's ALJs

    The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia's recent opinion in Lemelson v. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission affirmed the legitimacy of the SEC's administrative proceedings, but pointedly left unanswered the constitutional merits of tenure protection enjoyed by SEC administrative law judges — potentially the subject of future U.S. Supreme Court review, says Dean Conway at Carlton Fields.

  • July 22, 2025

    Dechert Hires 2 Finance Attys From Akin, Milbank

    Dechert LLP announced Tuesday that it had hired two attorneys from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP and Milbank LLP as partners in a move that the firm said "significantly enhances" its capabilities in private funds, rated notes and derivatives transactions.

  • July 22, 2025

    Tips For Cos. From California Climate Reporting FAQ

    New guidance from the California Air Resources Board on how businesses must implement the state's sweeping climate reporting requirements should help companies assess their exposure, understand their disclosure obligations and begin documenting good-faith compliance efforts, says Thierry Montoya at Frost Brown.

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