Open This, Close That

Are you getting ready to close a deal? If so, make sure you are on top of all of your deliverables, including all of the ancillary documents that are prepared and delivered in connection with the deal, such as the perfection certificate, closing checklist, closing certificates, resolutions, schedules, legal opinions, and closing memorandum. 

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• Closing Process Resource Kit
  Use this resource kit as an overview of the closing and post-closing process, addressing the individual documents and deliverables due at closing, payoff and funding mechanics, preparing UCC financing statements, negotiating post-closing deliverables, and requesting waivers and consents.

• Collateral Perfection and Release in the Closing Process
  Review this practice note to understand the release of encumbered assets and perfection of collateral in connection with closing a financing transaction. This practice note includes discussions of lien searches and reviews, methods of perfecting different types of collateral, and the documents that must be prepared, and when they should be delivered ahead of closing.

• Collateral Release Letter
  Review this collateral release letter form in which a collateral agent agrees to release its security interests in the assets that have been provided as collateral for a secured loan transaction. 

Practical Guidance Updates

Featuring the latest updates from your Practical Guidance account.

• Market Standards—Finance
• Finance Fundamentals Resource Kit
• Understanding the Loan Transaction Video
• The Practical Guidance Journal Summer 2021 Edition, featuring details on the latest LIBOR cessation dates
• Document alerts allow you to stay current on legal developments that affect your practice. Find out how to set up your document alerts.  

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