Buying a vineyard or a winery involves acquiring a bundle of assets. Land is at the heart of the transaction, but you may also be buying crops, buildings, subsidies, goodwill, and intellectual property. Overlaid with that is how you are buying them – trading businesses may be sold as corporate transactions or “share sales” rather than a direct purchase of the underlying assets.
Read moreIt is now finally accepted that there is no such thing as a “typical” family. Families comprised of step-children, half-siblings and non-biological parents – so-called “blended” families – are the norm for many across the country, including our clients.
Read moreA significant number of property purchases continue to be undertaken as corporate transactions, with the buyer acquiring the shares in the target company which owns the property, the target company generally being a special purpose vehicle. In order to reduce the risk of time and money being wasted, we consider here some of the key issues which the parties should consider at the outset of a transaction in order to establish whether or not a corporate deal is viable.
Read moreYour divorce is now final. What next? The last thing on your mind may be to consider your estate and wealth planning, and the prospect of dealing with lawyers again so soon after your divorce can quite understandably be unappealing for some!
Read moreThe government has announced in the Queen’s Speech that it will shortly publish a White Paper setting out details of the much anticipated Renters' Reform Bill.
Read moreConservation Covenants (“CCs”) will allow landowners to contract voluntarily with a “Responsible Body” to commit their land to “conservation”.
Read moreCommercial Real Estate Partners, Ronan Ledwidge and Anthony Goodmaker, were back at this year’s Student Housing Conference - an in-person event held at the Grand Connaught Rooms on Wednesday 11 May, which brought together all the biggest names in the UK student accommodation market.
Read moreThere has been a plethora of recent articles about the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 and its provisions which deal with the register of overseas entities, but given that the register is not yet in force and there is no suggestion as to when it will become effective, how concerned should lenders be?
Read moreWe may not yet know when the register of overseas entities (the “Register”) to be set up under the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2002 (the “ECA”) will become effective, but we can be fairly certain that it will be in the not-too-distant future.
Read moreAs Residential Property Developer Tax (“RPDT”) has now begun, it’s worthwhile reminding ourselves of the key points surrounding it.
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