Legal support staff play an integral role in commercial real estate matters. Explore topics that paralegals and legal assistants may encounter, including: title insurance, commercial lending, the role of support staff in a commercial sale transaction, the role of a lawyer in a commercial sale transaction, and due diligence. These on-demand programs were originally presented on March 13, 2024. The total running time for each presentation ranges between 50 minutes and 1 hour, 11 minutes.

Lawyers and legal support staff form an essential partnership in facilitating successful commercial real estate transactions. Explore what is expected of legal support staff on a commercial purchase/sale transaction, with topics including the role of legal support staff with respect to the purchase agreement, due diligence, vendor documents, purchaser documents, closing and post-closing. Explore the role of a lawyer in commercial real estate transactions as they collaborate with legal support staff to ultimately ensure the success of the transaction. This on-demand program was originally presented on March 13, 2024 as part of Commercial Real Estate for Legal Support Staff.  Total running time is 52 minutes.

Lawyers and legal support staff form an essential partnership in facilitating successful commercial real estate transactions. This paper discusses the role of a lawyer in commercial real estate transactions and explores the collaboration between lawyers and legal support staff in this endeavour. This paper is part of a collection presented at LESA’s Commercial Real Estate for Legal Support Staff program in Edmonton on March 13, 2024.