Reported by Erica Hanichak & Zorka Milin As U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said last year, “Unmasking shell corporations is the single most significant thing we can do to make our financial system inhospitable to corrupt actors.” Illicit shell networks span states and continents, threatening American public safety and national security. There is evidence that these networks foster cross-continental fentanyl […]

Reported by Cameron Weil and Dustin W. Lauermann Special Purpose Entities in Commercial Real Estate Transactions Corporate structures in commercial real estate transactions can often be very complex and involve layers of entities. Special purpose entities that are bankruptcy remote (“SPEs”) are frequently used in commercial real estate loans to limit certain risks associated with […]