Data released from PitchBook in the beginning of October 2017, showed that globally 3,756 deals (worth $474.3 billion) were closed in Q3 2017, compared to the 4,701 deals (worth $698.8 billion) recorded in Q2 2017 and the 5,971 deals (worth $579.9 billion) closed in Q1 2017.

With foreign Investments in the U.S. real estate market on the rise, U.S. entities involved in such cross-border transactions should be aware of certain issues when dealing with foreign counterparts.

Once the exclusive domain of basement-dwellers and geeks, video games have become a lucrative, multi-billion dollar industry.