Real Estate Committee

Resources

Infopak

Leasing Primer: A Summary of Issues and How-To Manual For Landlords and Tenants

Sponsored by Wilmerhale

This InfoPAK organizes the collective experiences of lease transactions over many years, for the benefit of in-house counsel dealing with the all-important aspect of leasing real estate.


quickcounsel

Recessionary Real Estate-An Overview of Landlord and Tenant Default Issues

Landlord and tenant defaults create additional burdens in conducting business, whether counsel represents landlord or tenant, the defaulting or non-defaulting party. This QuickCounsel provides a road map of non-residential lease remedies in bankruptcy and in three sample jurisdictions: California, Florida and New York.

Quick Reference

Commercial Lease Checklist #2 

A checklist to utilize when creating a commercial lease.  Includes eminent domain, environmental, and indemnification provisions.

Sample Form & Policy

Acquisition Timeline Form

A timeline for a sale/acquisition of real property.  Includes effective date, when title commitment is due, when objections are due, when the inspection period expires, when closing takes place, etc.

Program Material

108 - Real Estate Transactions for CorporateCounsel

Real estate is a basic part of doing business, whether your employer owns, leases or subleases facilities. Learn the law from your in-house peers who have of necessity become real estate law experts, and discover the key considerations and potential traps that every in-house attorney must know for basic real estate transactions and managing your companies' real property assets.  

Negotiation of Commercial Real Estate Leases

Real estate leasing issues often cross the desks of in-house counsel. This course reviewed the basic types of real estate leases, retail leases and industrial/warehouse leases primarily from the tenant’s perspective, highlighting pitfalls to avoid and explaining commonly misunderstood and difficult lease provisions. The course also addressed other types of ancillary agreements that frequently arise as part of lease negotiations such as the guaranty and work letters. Participants received practical advice for tackling challenges in the negotiation of commercial real estate leasing transactions, as well as useful tools, forms and checklists to guide their in-house practice.

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