Regulatory updates

Partner Zach Swartz also urges REITs to prepare for potential SEC changes in quarterly earnings reporting.

Stacey McEvoy notes that REIT capital raising is a positive sign for activity ahead.

New directives narrow the scope of shareholder proposals and prompt companies to reassess sustainability disclosures.

Alimchandani also highlights recent SEC priorities and trends.

Companies are adapting to tighter SEC and PCAOB oversight by enhancing documentation, consistency, and transparency in financial communications.

Jason Goode is advising clients that 2025 is not a year for “business as usual.”

Sonia Barros expects a shift toward a more deregulatory and pro-business stance at the SEC.

Greg Cope sees promising M&A activity in the year ahead.

Kendal Sibley of Hunton Andrews Kurth discussed how REITs can navigate key compliance complexities and legal implications.

EY’s Andrea Whiteway says the rules, implemented in 2019, set forth factors that the government can look at to recast and recourse debt obligation as non-recourse.

Building Cyber Security CEO Lucian Niemeyer said REITs need to begin by prioritizing the risks to their brands.