About the Course
Introduction
This CLE webinar will provide new real estate attorneys with an overview of the closing process for real property sales transactions, providing buyer and seller perspectives. The panel will discuss closing preparations, including drafting the closing documents, title searches, and handling funds. The panel will also examine what to expect on closing day and post-closing issues.
Description
The closing of a real property sales transaction is the final, and perhaps most critical, phase of the process where the ownership transfers from one party to another. New attorneys should understand the closing process, unique considerations for buyer's and seller's counsel, and how to best protect their client's interests.
Much of the work related to closing happens before closing day and includes reviewing the sales agreement to ensure the provisions are in their client's best interests; conducting a title search and addressing any issues; and preparing closing documents. Counsel must coordinate with multiple stakeholders throughout the process and may act as an escrow agent handling funds.
On closing day, counsel's duties may include overseeing document signing, ensuring disbursement of funds, and finalizing the transaction. Additionally, counsel may have post-closing responsibilities, including filing a deed and other documents with the appropriate local government office and addressing any other issues that may arise.
Listen as our expert panel provides an overview of the closing process for real property sales transactions, including buyer and seller perspectives, and offers best practices for new attorneys.
Presented By
Ms. Burke delivers strategic, business-driven solutions for clients across a wide range of industries, including affordable housing, agriculture, health care, multifamily and financial services. She brings a strong combination of legal insight and project management to help clients successfully navigate complex real estate sales and acquisitions, leasing transactions, development projects and real estate components of corporate mergers and acquisitions. Ms. Burke represents clients in the acquisition and divestiture of real property in nearly all 50 states. Her work includes overseeing real estate diligence for complex corporate transactions, navigating regulatory issues and ensuring that real estate components of large-scale deals are executed seamlessly and efficiently. Ms. Burke also assists nonprofit and for-profit developers in obtaining tax credit equity and mortgage financing for mixed-use projects and affordable housing developments. Additionally, Ms. Burke leads real estate due diligence and conveyancing efforts for corporate M&A transactions and has extensive experience managing national and multinational diligence projects, coordinating cross-disciplinary service teams and guiding clients through high-value, multistate transactions. She also works with national and regional financial institutions and CDFIs to secure real estate backed financing products and counsels both landlords and tenants in negotiating leases for retail, agricultural, office and specialized properties.
Mr. Kruckeberg has devoted his career to understanding the challenges faced by property owners, offering cleints an integrated suite of services to his clients, and has experience with office, multifamily, industrial, and retail projects. His work often involves sophisticated transactions for clients in the education, affordable housing, technology, and healthcare industries. Clients appreciate Mr. Kruckeberg’s ability to tailor creative solutions for complicated deals, including structuring airspace condominiums, ground leases and leasebacks, and joint ventures for the ownership and development of real estate projects. He currently serves as an adjunct faculty member of the University of Washington School of Law where he teaches Civil Procedure and has helped train more than 400 students for the practice of law. He also serves as an adjunct faculty member of the University of Washington College of Built Environments where he teaches Real Estate Law as part of the Master of Science in Real Estate program.
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This 60-minute webinar is eligible in most states for 1.0 CLE credits.
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Date + Time
- event
Thursday, April 23, 2026
- schedule
1:00 PM ET/ 10:00 AM PT
I. Introduction
II. Pre-closing considerations
A. Buyer
B. Seller
III. Closing day
A. Buyer
B. Seller
IV. Post-closing considerations
V. Pitfalls to avoid during the closing process
VI. Key takeaways
The panel will review these and other important issues:
- What document preparation is involved in the closing process?
- What other duties may be expected of counsel?
- What issues may arise during the closing process? What are best practices for handling these? For mitigating the risk of issues arising?
