REIT Governance Specialist Says Succession Planning Should Include All Senior Management

Jim Hanks, a senior partner at Venable LLP, joined REIT.com for a video interview during REITWise 2015: NAREIT’s Law, Accounting and Finance Conference held in Phoenix.

Hanks discussed the growing importance of succession planning.

“I see it as a major item on a continuing basis, as it should be,” he said.

Hanks highlighted a number of aspects to succession planning, including a focus on short-term and long-term planning. “Boards should be doing both,” he said.

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