Legal Opinions in Real Estate Transactions Committee

    Real Estate Financing Group

    About the Committee

    This committee is involved with all aspects of legal opinions in real estate transactions. The committee provides support and guidance for lawyers who (a) render third party legal opinions in real estate finance transactions and other transactions involving real estate and (b) represent clients that receive such legal opinions. In addition to publishing a semi‐annual newsletter called Opinions Matters, the committee meets at least two times a year, usually by telephone. The committee, on its own and in conjunction with other committees and groups, prepares reports, presents educational programs, and monitors cases and other developments in order to work toward consistent real estate opinion practice throughout the country. The committee's webpage contains copies of the committee newsletter and other information.

    Leadership

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    RPTE Connect is a community made up of our Group and Committee members to share resources with others through discussion threads and a shared library. Our Group community has such features like a Group community blog, member created events for recurring conference calls, document sharing, impromptu meet-ups and much more. All within a member-only community.

    Opinions Matters Newsletter

    Opinion Matters, Vol 5, No. 1 (Spring 2020)

    Articles in the Legal Opinions Spring 2020, Voume 5, Number 1 issue include: Are Additional Opinion Limitations Appropriate to Address Emergency Orders Issued for the COVID-19 Pandemic?; Electronic Signatures and Legal Opinions; Legal Opinions in Loan Modification Transactions; Sufficiency of Collateral Description in U.C.C. Perfection by Filing Opinions: Incorporation by Reference; Updating Real Estate Finance Opinion Letter Guidelines—Next Steps; Summary of Selected Recent Business Law Section Legal Opinions Committee Community Discussion Activity; and Addendum: Revising Real Estate Finance Opinion Letter Guidelines

    Legal Opinions Resources