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Real Estate Secondary Transactions: Generating Liquidity, Managing Risks, Optimizing Portfolios

Navigating the Complexity and Challenges of GP-Led and LP-Led Secondary Transactions for Sponsors and Investors

A live 90-minute premium CLE video webinar with interactive Q&A

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Tuesday, June 3, 2025

1:00pm-2:30pm EDT, 10:00am-11:30am PDT

Early Registration Discount Deadline, Friday, May 9, 2025

or call 1-800-926-7926

This CLE course will explore the growing prominence of real estate secondary transactions as an investment strategy to address funding and exit challenges. The panel will discuss the advantages and opportunities of secondary transactions as well as key challenges to consider for both sponsors and investors.

Description

The secondary market is expanding and changing the real estate finance market. A secondary transaction is a transaction where equity is exchanged within the ownership structure of a real estate asset, which includes recapitalizations.

Real estate secondary transactions are being used as a tool to provide liquidity to current investors and involve the acquisition of existing interests in funds or individual/portfolio investments. There are two types of secondary transactions, limited partner (LP)-led or general partner (GP)-led. Both LP-led and GP-led secondaries can offer investors access to real estate assets with proven track records often at a discount and can be a more flexible way to invest or divest from real estate assets than in the primary market.

A GP-led secondary is a recapitalization where the GP maintains control of the underlying asset but sells one or more platforms in a property, or properties, to a continuation vehicle which is capitalized with fee-paying capital from new LPs. With an LP-led secondary, an existing LP sells its interest in a real estate fund to a new buyer who then takes on the LP's rights and obligations.

While secondary transactions offer many advantages to sponsors and investors, counsel must also understand the challenges and complexities associated with these transactions to mitigate potential risks and ensure it is the appropriate strategy for their client.

Listen as our authoritative panel explores how secondary transactions are transforming the current real estate market and provides guidance for navigating these complex transactions.

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Outline

  1. Market trends driving the increase in real estate secondary transactions
  2. How secondary transactions differ or are complementary to primary real estate investments
  3. GP-led secondaries vs. LP-led secondaries
  4. Common secondary transaction structures
  5. Advantages of secondary transactions
  6. Challenges and key considerations with secondary transactions
  7. Future evolution of secondary transactions
  8. Practitioner pointers and key takeaways

Benefits

The panel will review these and other key issues:

  • How have current market conditions impacted the number of real estate secondary transactions?
  • What are the key differences and considerations between GP-led and LP-led secondary transactions, and which type is more common?
  • What deal structures are typically used for real estate secondary transactions?
  • What issues most often derail secondary transactions, and how can counsel for sponsors and outside investors overcome these hurdles?

Faculty

Manzione, James
James Manzione

Partner
DLA Piper

Mr. Manzione focuses his practice on tax matters involving funds, real estate, capital markets, financing, and mergers...  |  Read More

Tope, Adam
Adam S. Tope

Partner
DLA Piper LLP (US)

Mr. Tope provides investment fund sponsors, investors and principals with creative, commercial and realistic advice...  |  Read More

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