REIT Opinion Clause Samples

A REIT Opinion clause requires that a legal or tax opinion be provided confirming that an entity qualifies as a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) under applicable law. Typically, this clause obligates the party seeking REIT status to obtain a written opinion from a qualified attorney or tax advisor, often as a condition to closing a transaction or as an ongoing requirement. The core function of this clause is to provide assurance to counterparties that the entity meets the necessary legal and tax requirements to be treated as a REIT, thereby reducing uncertainty and risk related to tax treatment and regulatory compliance.
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REIT Opinion. Parent shall have received a written opinion of G▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ T▇▇▇▇▇▇, LLP (or other counsel to Company reasonably acceptable to Parent), dated as of the Closing Date and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Parent, to the effect that, commencing with the Company’s taxable year ended December 31, 2009, the Company has been organized and operated in conformity with the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code and its actual method of operation has enabled the Company to meet, through the Effective Time, the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code. Such opinion will be subject to customary exceptions, assumptions and qualifications and based on customary representations contained in an officer’s certificate executed by the Company, provided that Parent is given a reasonable opportunity to review such representations and finds them reasonably acceptable.
REIT Opinion. Each Purchaser shall have received an opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, dated as of the Closing Date, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J, that the Company (x) for all taxable years commencing with the taxable year ended December 31, 2005 through December 31, 2009, has been subject to taxation as a REIT and (y) has operated since January 1, 2010 to the Closing Date in a manner consistent with the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT.
REIT Opinion. The Company shall have received a written opinion of Parent Tax Counsel, or other nationally recognized tax counsel to Parent, dated as of the Closing Date and substantially in the form set forth in Section 7.3(e) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule, to the effect that, commencing with Parent’s taxable year that ended on December 31, 2016, Parent has been organized and has operated in conformity with the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code and its current organization and its current and proposed method of operation will enable Parent to continue to meet the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code, which opinion will be subject to customary exceptions, assumptions and qualifications and based on customary representations contained in an officer’s certificate executed by Parent.
REIT Opinion. REIT II shall have received a written opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & Scarborough LLP, or other counsel to REIT I reasonably satisfactory to REIT II, dated as of the Closing Date and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to REIT II, to the effect that, commencing with REIT I’s taxable year that ended on December 31, 2010, REIT I has been organized and operated in conformity with the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code and its actual method of operation has enabled REIT I to meet, through the Closing, the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code, which opinion will be subject to customary exceptions, assumptions and qualifications and based on customary representations contained in an officer’s certificate executed by REIT I and REIT I Operating Partnership.
REIT Opinion. The Parent shall have received a written opinion of DLA Piper (US), dated as of the Closing Date and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Parent, to the effect that, commencing with the Company’s taxable year that ended on December 31, 2010, the Company has been organized and operated in conformity with the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code and its actual method of operation has enabled the Company to meet, through the Effective Time, the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code, which opinion will be subject to customary exceptions, assumptions and qualifications and based on customary representations contained in an officer’s certificate executed by the Company and provided pursuant to Section 6.1(b).
REIT Opinion. The Company shall have received a written opinion of A▇▇▇▇▇ & Bird LLP (or other counsel to Parent reasonably satisfactory to the Company), dated as of the Closing Date and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that, commencing with Parent’s taxable year ended December 31, 2015, Parent has been organized and operated in conformity with the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code and its actual method of operation has enabled Parent to meet, through the Effective Time, the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code, and that its past, current and intended future organization and operations will permit Parent to continue to qualify for taxation as a REIT under the Code for its taxable year which includes the Effective Time and thereafter. Such opinion will be subject to customary exceptions, assumptions and qualifications and based on customary representations contained in officer’s certificates executed by Parent and the Company, provided that the Company is given a reasonable opportunity to review such representations and finds them reasonably acceptable.
REIT Opinion. The opinion of Akin, Gump, Strauss, ▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇, L.L.P., counsel to IPT, dated and delivered to AIMCO on the date hereof, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged by AIMCO, shall not have been withdrawn on the basis solely of facts existing as of the date hereof.
REIT Opinion. The Company shall have received a written opinion of Proskauer Rose LLP on which Parent shall be entitled to rely, dated as of the Closing Date and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Parent, to the effect that, commencing with the Company’s taxable year that ended on December 31, 2011, the Company has been organized and operated in conformity with the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code and its actual method of operation has enabled the Company to meet, through the Effective Time, the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code, which opinion will be subject to customary exceptions, assumptions and qualifications and based on customary representations contained in an officer’s certificate executed by the Company provided pursuant to, and as described in, Section 6.1(b).
REIT Opinion. Silver shall have received a tax opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, tax counsel to Titanium (or, if ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP is unable or unwilling to render such opinion, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇ LLP or another nationally recognized REIT counsel as may be reasonably acceptable to Silver), dated as of the Closing Date and in form and substance as set forth in Exhibit D, attached hereto (and in the case of such other counsel rendering such opinion, in the form of such other counsel’s standard REIT opinion that is reasonably acceptable to Silver) and with such changes as are mutually agreeable to Silver and Titanium, such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld, to the effect that, subject to customary exceptions, assumptions and qualifications, at all times since its taxable year ended December 31, 2012 and through and including its taxable year that ends at the Effective Time, Titanium has been organized and operated in conformity with the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code and its actual method of operation has enabled Titanium to meet, through the Effective Time, the requirements for qualification and taxation as REIT under the Code. In rendering such opinion, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP (or such other counsel rendering such opinion) may rely upon customary representations contained in an officer’s certificate executed by Titanium and provided pursuant to Section 6.09(d).
REIT Opinion. The Company shall have received a written opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇ L.L.P. (or other counsel to Parent reasonably satisfactory to the Company), dated as of the Closing Date and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that, commencing with Parent’s taxable year ended December 31, 2019, Parent has been organized and operated in conformity with the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code and its actual method of operation has enabled Parent to meet, through the Effective Time, the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code, and that its past, current and intended future organization and operations will permit Parent to continue to qualify for taxation as a REIT under the Code for its taxable year which includes the Effective Time and thereafter. Such opinion will be subject to customary exceptions, assumptions and qualifications and based on customary representations contained in officer’s certificates executed by ▇▇▇▇▇▇, provided that the Company is given a reasonable opportunity to review such representations and finds them reasonably acceptable.