Legal and Regulatory
Special Purpose Entities: Are Parent and Subsidiaries Separate or Joined?
Special purpose entities (SPE) are commonly used to shield a company from risk in construction. An SPE is an entity, like an LLC, that is set up by a parent company to do one thing - to own a single asset such as a building under construction.
By Benton T. Wheatley
June 1, 2018
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by Benton T. Wheatley
Ben Wheatley has more than 23 years of experience litigating complex construction and environmental matters, negotiating and drafting construction and design contracts, serving as in-house counsel for an international A/E firm, and working on issues concerning the practice of architecture, engineering, and project construction in all 50 states, Mexico and South America. In addition to construction law matters, Ben handles administrative matters related to the construction and design industry, as well as environmental and commercial litigation.
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