REITs & Real Estate Capital Markets
An evolving tax law landscape and market changes mean new opportunities for savvy businesses searching for innovative real estate investments and strategies. Whether it is a well-timed quick win or a long-term investment, the ability to structure and execute a complex real estate transaction can set you up for far-ranging success.
HOW WE HELP
Our REITs & Real Estate Capital Markets attorneys navigate complex tax rules, market risks, and increasing scrutiny from securities regulators with practical strategies for sound investments. More than just great lawyers, the team partners with clients to offer valuable industry insights and the experience to structure transactions and investments that align with business objectives.
Whether it is representing one of the largest REITs in the US in its debt and equity offerings; forming and managing large like-kind exchanges, Delaware Statutory Trust (DST) programs, or opportunity zones programs; or counseling underwriters, issuers, lenders, and investors throughout the investment cycle, our attorneys roll up their sleeves for the best end result.
By tailoring services to match the needs of each matter, our attorneys add value in everything from small private placement deals to public transactions worth billions. The team’s deep experience allows them to identify in advance, and resolve issues that may stymie a deal or catch the attention of the SEC.
THE SEYFARTH EXPERIENCE
Years of experience give us insight into the strategies and practices that add the most value for clients. While we staff leanly with the right attorneys at the right level, we have colleagues at the ready from real estate, corporate, tax, and related practices, that can round out the needs of each transaction and avoid exposure to tax penalties.
Our capabilities are best showcased through real examples of our work. Examples of recent transactions include:
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Represent an office and multifamily REIT in SEC and stock exchange reporting and compliance, as well as capital raising, financing, and acquisition transactions in excess of $5 billion.
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Provide ongoing representation involving all matters for a publicly-traded REIT that specializes in the acquisition, re-development, and operation of retail and urban mixed-use properties. Seyfarth is special tax counsel, and, as such, structures the real estate opportunity funds; provides opinions on REIT prohibited transaction matters; and, creates tax-efficient investor strategies for foreign non-treaty investors in the opportunity fund. Seyfarth also advises the client regarding compliance with the complex REIT requirements in the Code.
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Represented a privately held, vertically integrated, full service, commercial real estate company specializing in ownership, management, leasing and development, and office/flex space throughout the US, in a $1+ billion securitizable loan to refinance our clients existing indebtedness, including three tranches of preferred equity. The loan was secured by 140+ properties in Pennsylvania, Florida, Arizona, and Minnesota and completed in less than 60 days from term sheet to closing.
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Represented a pension trust fund and benefits provider in the approximately $100 million acquisition of a development site in Compton, California. The deal was structured as a REIT acquisition, the property was in mid-development and the client assumed the GMP.
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Represented a real estate investment management firm in a $140 million restructuring of existing mortgage investment limited partnership investing in commercial mortgages into a private mortgage REIT.
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Represented an equity REIT as counsel relating to the formation and private placement of the REIT’s $500 million joint venture.
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Represented a Fortune 100 financial services institution in the purchase from a publicly traded real estate investment trust that owns and operates shopping centers of the REIT’s 15% membership interest in its joint venture with our client that owned over 20 shopping centers valued over $1 billion.
Related News & Insights
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Legal Update
03/23/2026
Revenue Procedure 2026-17 Gives Real Estate Businesses a Second Look at Prior Code Section 163(j)(7) Elections
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Speaking Engagement
12/04/2025
Seyfarth to Sponsor and Marc Gurell to Speak at Markets Group's 12th Annual Real Estate Global Forum
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Seyfarth Event
11/12/2025
Expert Panel - State of the Real Estate Market: What's Happening on the Front Lines, Navigating Challenges and Crafting Creative Solution's in Today's Current Environment
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Speaking Engagement
10/22/2025
Matthew Peurach to Speak at Bisnow's National Opportunity Zones Digital Summit
Recognition
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Recognition
10/19/2025
Stacy Paek and Richard Mendelson Named Los Angeles Times 2025 Commercial Real Estate Visionaries
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Recognition
10/21/2025
Lawdragon Names Five Seyfarth Attorneys among 500 Leading Dealmakers in America
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Recognition
11/09/2021
Seyfarth's Cameron Weil Appointed Finance and Development Chair of New York City Bar Association’s Real Property Law Committee
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Recognition
11/04/2021
Seyfarth Earns Top Rankings - US News: Best Lawyers
An evolving tax law landscape and market changes mean new opportunities for savvy businesses searching for innovative real estate investments and strategies. Whether it is a well-timed quick win or a long-term investment, the ability to structure and execute a complex real estate transaction can set you up for far-ranging success.
HOW WE HELP
Our REITs & Real Estate Capital Markets attorneys navigate complex tax rules, market risks, and increasing scrutiny from securities regulators with practical strategies for sound investments. More than just great lawyers, the team partners with clients to offer valuable industry insights and the experience to structure transactions and investments that align with business objectives.
Whether it is representing one of the largest REITs in the US in its debt and equity offerings; forming and managing large like-kind exchanges, Delaware Statutory Trust (DST) programs, or opportunity zones programs; or counseling underwriters, issuers, lenders, and investors throughout the investment cycle, our attorneys roll up their sleeves for the best end result.
By tailoring services to match the needs of each matter, our attorneys add value in everything from small private placement deals to public transactions worth billions. The team’s deep experience allows them to identify in advance, and resolve issues that may stymie a deal or catch the attention of the SEC.
THE SEYFARTH EXPERIENCE
Years of experience give us insight into the strategies and practices that add the most value for clients. While we staff leanly with the right attorneys at the right level, we have colleagues at the ready from real estate, corporate, tax, and related practices, that can round out the needs of each transaction and avoid exposure to tax penalties.
Our capabilities are best showcased through real examples of our work. Examples of recent transactions include:
-
Represent an office and multifamily REIT in SEC and stock exchange reporting and compliance, as well as capital raising, financing, and acquisition transactions in excess of $5 billion.
-
Provide ongoing representation involving all matters for a publicly-traded REIT that specializes in the acquisition, re-development, and operation of retail and urban mixed-use properties. Seyfarth is special tax counsel, and, as such, structures the real estate opportunity funds; provides opinions on REIT prohibited transaction matters; and, creates tax-efficient investor strategies for foreign non-treaty investors in the opportunity fund. Seyfarth also advises the client regarding compliance with the complex REIT requirements in the Code.
-
Represented a privately held, vertically integrated, full service, commercial real estate company specializing in ownership, management, leasing and development, and office/flex space throughout the US, in a $1+ billion securitizable loan to refinance our clients existing indebtedness, including three tranches of preferred equity. The loan was secured by 140+ properties in Pennsylvania, Florida, Arizona, and Minnesota and completed in less than 60 days from term sheet to closing.
-
Represented a pension trust fund and benefits provider in the approximately $100 million acquisition of a development site in Compton, California. The deal was structured as a REIT acquisition, the property was in mid-development and the client assumed the GMP.
-
Represented a real estate investment management firm in a $140 million restructuring of existing mortgage investment limited partnership investing in commercial mortgages into a private mortgage REIT.
-
Represented an equity REIT as counsel relating to the formation and private placement of the REIT’s $500 million joint venture.
-
Represented a Fortune 100 financial services institution in the purchase from a publicly traded real estate investment trust that owns and operates shopping centers of the REIT’s 15% membership interest in its joint venture with our client that owned over 20 shopping centers valued over $1 billion.
Related News & Insights
-
Legal Update
03/23/2026
Revenue Procedure 2026-17 Gives Real Estate Businesses a Second Look at Prior Code Section 163(j)(7) Elections
-
Speaking Engagement
12/04/2025
Seyfarth to Sponsor and Marc Gurell to Speak at Markets Group's 12th Annual Real Estate Global Forum
-
Seyfarth Event
11/12/2025
Expert Panel - State of the Real Estate Market: What's Happening on the Front Lines, Navigating Challenges and Crafting Creative Solution's in Today's Current Environment
-
Speaking Engagement
10/22/2025
Matthew Peurach to Speak at Bisnow's National Opportunity Zones Digital Summit
Recognition
-
Recognition
10/19/2025
Stacy Paek and Richard Mendelson Named Los Angeles Times 2025 Commercial Real Estate Visionaries
-
Recognition
10/21/2025
Lawdragon Names Five Seyfarth Attorneys among 500 Leading Dealmakers in America
-
Recognition
11/09/2021
Seyfarth's Cameron Weil Appointed Finance and Development Chair of New York City Bar Association’s Real Property Law Committee
-
Recognition
11/04/2021
Seyfarth Earns Top Rankings - US News: Best Lawyers