Webinar approx. 1.5 hours (1.5 Hr.CLE)

A seasoned paralegal pro takes you through a commercial real estate deal from inception through closing. Learn the ins-and-outs, see how your checklists should be constructed, go through due diligence, negotiation, pre-closing, closing and post-closing activies. You'll come away with new and valuable information. 

The Life of a Real Estate Deal
• Due Diligence
• Negotiation
• Pre-Closing
• Closing
• Post-Closing Activities

Where Do Paralegals Fit?
• Due Diligence
• Pre-Closing
• Closing
• Post-Closing

Due Diligence
• What is Due Diligence?
• Survey, Title, Leases, Licenses, Agreements, Corporate Documents, Various LIens & Litigations, etc.

Where Do We Start?
Which Side of the Pond Are You On?
Types and Location of Necessary Documents   
Checklist

Data Room and Shared Drive
• How to Locate
• Why, How and What to Share

Organizational Structure
• Organizational Charts
• Certificate of Formation/Articles of Incorporation
• Good Standing?
• Where does the company do business?

Third Parties
• Landlords, Tenants, Insurance Carriers, Assignments
• The Old and the New (the story about lenders)
• How to Get Consents and Waivers
• Estoppels and SNDA's
• The Regulatory Labryinth
• Time Frames

How to Manage Your Team Players
 • Keeping Checklists up-to-date
•  Delivering Results in a Timely Manner
•  The Regulatory Labryinth
 • Delivering Bad News 
•  The Game Plan: How to Resolve Obstacles

Pre-closing
New Entities
Third Party Approvals/Consents
Financing & Funding Issues
The Tale of the Forgotten Issues
The Closing
Post-Closing

Meet Your Instructor

Mariana Fradman is a senior legal assistant at Chadbourne & Parke LLP. She has extensive experience in real estate practice, concentrating in the areas of transactional real estate law, representing institutional, commercial, and developer clientele in connection with financing, acquisition, development, leasing, and disposition of various property types, including energy projects, office, retail, industrial, and multi-family residential projects as well as condo, co-ops and single-family properties.
 
Currently, Mariana Fradman is Immediate Past President of the New York City Paralegal Association, Inc, Mentor Program Chairperson, CLE Chairperson and an editor of the Paralegal Buzz, an e-newsletter.  She is a Co-founder and President of the International Paralegal Association for paralegals worldwide. Ms. Fradman is a member of the Advisory Boards of the Paralegal Programs of Berkeley College and New York Career Institute.