by Kim Lisa Taylor | Jan 4, 2018
What’s holding you back from making 2018 the year you go all in and become a syndicator? Is one of these getting in your way: A lack of deal flow Lack of knowledge Lack of confidence Lack of investors If you want to get past these or other barriers this year, my best...
by Syndication Attorneys PLLC | Jan 1, 2018
It might seem odd that Securities Acts written in 1933 and 1934 could be applied to the latest computer technology. However, laws written by our forefathers to protect the public are often still highly applicable today. Perhaps the lesson to be learned is that even...
by Syndication Attorneys PLLC | Nov 30, 2017
In our conversations with clients, we often are asked, “When are limited liability company interests a security?” Section 2(a)(1) of the Securities Act defines the term “security” as follows: “The term ‘security’ means any note, stock, treasury...
by Syndication Attorneys PLLC | Nov 30, 2017
Many of our articles and blog posts make reference to the four-pronged Howey Test, which does exist — we don’t make this stuff up! — dating to 1946. Here is the written decision, as issued by the U.S. Supreme Court: United States Supreme Court SECURITIES AND...
by Syndication Attorneys PLLC | Nov 10, 2017
The SEC may be moving away from pursuing admissions of guilt by companies as a condition of settling certain fraud cases, according to a Sept. 26, 2017, article in the Wall Street Journal. A kinder, gentler and leaner SEC? The article cited a statement by Steven...
by Syndication Attorneys PLLC | Nov 6, 2017
What types of commercial properties are most available for investors? Based on our unscientific (but nevertheless educated) poll of several crowdfunding and investing sites, investors prefer value-add specified offerings with targeted IRR settling mostly in the...
