REIT IPO Activity Could Pick Up in Late 2018, Lawyer Says

Daniel LeBey, partner, capital markets and M&A at Vinson & Elkins LLP, participated in a video interview at REITwise 2018, Nareit’s Law, Accounting & Finance Conference in Hollywood, Florida.

LeBey observed that activity in the REIT initial public offering (IPO) market – and capital markets in general – has been slow, mainly due to the interest rate environment.

“We’ve been through this cycle before and history shows that this doesn’t last forever,” LeBey said. “I feel decent about the outlook for the latter part of 2018,” he added.