Brazil: A turning point Cristiane Mamprin de Castro Guerra and Fernando Semerdjian of Lobo & de Rizzo Advogados provide a comprehensive overview of the Brazilian real estate market
Colombia: Real opportunities Francisco Uribe and Tomas Saldarriaga of Brigard & Urrutia Abogados give an overview of real estate financing and development in Colombia
Germany: Taxing times Sabine Reimann and Sven Jansen of Hogan Lovells describe the effect of a recent increase in real estate transfer tax in Germany
Japan: A simpler future Ko Hanamizu of Anderson Mori & Tomotsune outlines the future of special purpose vehicles used in Japanese real estate finance schemes
Korea: Freedom to grow Je Won Lee and Junghwan Lee of Lee & Ko discuss the development of the Korean real estate market including a pending revamp of rules on Reits
Panama: Growth and stability Gilberto Arosemena Callan of Arosemena Noriega & Contreras explains why Panama is the place to make a property investment
Russia: The great reformation Margarita Slavina of Herbert Smith CIS LLP examines the upcoming reform of Russia’s property law
Slovakia: More stability, less growth Adrian Barger and Sona Princová of Barger Prekop summarise the conditions and outlook for the Slovak property market, which has emerged from the financial crisis with uncertain prospects
Switzerland: A strong performer Dr Alexander Vogel and Dr Wolfgang Müller of meyerlustenberger outline some recent developments in the healthy Swiss real estate market
United Kingdom: Reform at last Paul Cowan and Anthony Lavers of White & Case report on the implications for real estate development of recent changes in UK construction legislation
United States: The story so far John L Opar and Lisa M Brill of Shearman & Sterling LLP give a mid-year report on the state of the United States’ commercial real estate markets
