{"title":"Dequity: The Blurring of Debt and Equity in Securitized Real Estate Financing","authors":"G. Poindexter","doi":"10.15779/Z381K32","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"I. Overview of the CMBS Market ................................................................ 237 II. Bridging the Gap Between Debt and Equity ............................................. 239 A . Preferred equity ................................................................................... 240 B . M ezzanine debt .................................................................................... 240 C . A /B loan s ............................................................................................. 24 1 D. \"Soft Second\" Subordinated debt ........................................................ 241 E. The Equity Debt Continuum ............................................................. 242 I1. Debt/Equity Dichotomy ............................................................................ 242 A . E conom ics ............................................................................................ 243 B . A ccounting ........................................................................................... 244 C . L eg al .................................................................................................... 2 4 5 1. T axation ........................................................................................... 24 5 2. B ankruptcy ....................................................................................... 248 a. Recharacterization: The Exercise of General Equitable Power ... 249 b. Equitable Subordination .............................................................. 250 IV. Great Expectations .................................................................................... 252 A. Firm Governance ................................................................................. 252 B. Contractual obligation .......................................................................... 254 C. When does this all matter? ...................................... . . . .. .. . . .. . .. . . .. . .. . .. . .. . . 255 V. Conclusion: Delineating the Dichotomy in the Future ................................ 260","PeriodicalId":326069,"journal":{"name":"Berkeley Business Law Journal","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2005-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Berkeley Business Law Journal","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.15779/Z381K32","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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I. Overview of the CMBS Market ................................................................ 237 II. Bridging the Gap Between Debt and Equity ............................................. 239 A . Preferred equity ................................................................................... 240 B . M ezzanine debt .................................................................................... 240 C . A /B loan s ............................................................................................. 24 1 D. "Soft Second" Subordinated debt ........................................................ 241 E. The Equity Debt Continuum ............................................................. 242 I1. Debt/Equity Dichotomy ............................................................................ 242 A . E conom ics ............................................................................................ 243 B . A ccounting ........................................................................................... 244 C . L eg al .................................................................................................... 2 4 5 1. T axation ........................................................................................... 24 5 2. B ankruptcy ....................................................................................... 248 a. Recharacterization: The Exercise of General Equitable Power ... 249 b. Equitable Subordination .............................................................. 250 IV. Great Expectations .................................................................................... 252 A. Firm Governance ................................................................................. 252 B. Contractual obligation .......................................................................... 254 C. When does this all matter? ...................................... . . . .. .. . . .. . .. . . .. . .. . .. . .. . . 255 V. Conclusion: Delineating the Dichotomy in the Future ................................ 260