Steven Meier a Panelist for Strafford Webinar "Using Delaware Statutory Trusts in Real Estate Investments: Opportunities and Legal Risks"

Steven Meier, chair of Seyfarth’s Corporate department and co-chair of the firm’s Tax practice, will be serving as a panelist for the Strafford webinar "Using Delaware Statutory Trusts in Real Estate Investments: Opportunities and Legal Risks" on December 1, 2021.

Program Description

DSTs have become the investment vehicle of choice for syndicated IRC Section 1031 exchanges. DSTs can be used with many different classes of real estate assets, accommodate a wide range of financing, and be structured to have multiple assets.

Nevertheless, the qualification of DST interests as replacement property for purposes of IRC Section 1031 is a complex subject, and DSTs that are not structured correctly may be a trap for the unwary investor.

The panel will review the opportunities and pitfalls of using DSTs in real estate investments. The group will discuss structuring and financing the DST with particular attention to the tax issues and ramifications.

The panel will discuss these and other key issues:

• What are the trends in using DSTs as real estate investment vehicles?
• What opportunities exist for using DSTs, and what are some of the legal pitfalls?
• What types of investment properties are DSTs well-suited for an investment structure?
• What challenges do DSTs present for lenders, and how should these problems be addressed?