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Your sale with CGG Law

Selling a property in Illinois? This page explains how working with CGG Law begins, what to gather before your first conversation, and what Carolina handles from accepted offer to closing. Keep it nearby, and call whenever a question comes up.

Already under contract? Contact us promptly and include the date the contract was signed and any attorney-review deadline stated in it. Review periods and how they are counted depend on the contract. Sending an inquiry does not extend a deadline or confirm that our firm represents you.

How working together begins

  1. A first conversation. Begin with the property, your expected timing, and the questions you want answered before moving forward. Please share only general, non-confidential information at this stage.
  2. Scope and engagement confirmed. Carolina reviews your inquiry, completes any required conflict check, and confirms whether CGG Law can accept the matter. CGG Law represents you only after we confirm the engagement in writing, so please hold confidential or sensitive documents and details until then.
  3. Documents and coordination. Once engaged, Carolina works through the contract, deadlines, negotiations, title and property requirements, documents, and final figures with you, coordinating with the other parties to the transaction through closing.

Please do not send confidential documents through the consultation form. Carolina will confirm how to provide documents when appropriate.

Helpful to have, if you already have it

  • The signed contract or current draft, with any counteroffers, riders and addenda
  • The property address and Property Index Number (PIN), which appears on your property tax bill
  • A copy of your deed and any survey you already have
  • The name of each mortgage lender or loan servicer, and any home-equity line of credit
  • If the property is in a condominium or homeowners’ association, the association or management company’s contact information
  • Inspection, repair, or credit discussions already underway
  • Preferred closing date
  • Possession plan
  • The terms or outcomes that matter most to you

You do not need to obtain new documents solely for the first consultation. Bring what you already have; Carolina will explain any further documents and authorizations needed for your transaction. Do not send account numbers or other confidential details through the consultation form. Use the interactive seller checklist

Coordinated as your sale proceeds

Depending on the property, contract and agreed scope, we coordinate with your broker, title company, lender and, where applicable, the association or municipality. Title commitments, lender payoff statements, association documents, transfer documents and closing figures come from or are prepared by the appropriate transaction participants. Carolina will explain what applies and what you may need to provide, sign or authorize.

From accepted offer to closing

  1. Attorney review. Carolina reviews the contract, identifies applicable deadlines, and examines the provisions affecting cost, timing, possession, seller obligations, and potential post-closing exposure.
  2. Inspection and contract negotiations. Repair demands, proposed credits, inspection issues, and other requested changes are evaluated against the economics and terms of the transaction, so you can decide where to agree, where to negotiate, and where to hold your position.
  3. Title and property requirements. Title, survey, association, municipal, payoff, and property-specific requirements are gathered and reviewed as early as the available information allows.
  4. Documents and final figures. The deed, transfer documents, payoff information, prorations, credits, closing statement, and applicable seller documents are prepared, coordinated, or reviewed. Figures may continue to change as lenders, associations, taxing authorities, and other parties provide updated information.
  5. Closing. Carolina reviews the transaction documents and closing figures, raises identified discrepancies when practicable, and remains your primary legal point of contact through completion of the sale.

Not every transaction follows the same path. The work is adapted to the contract, property, timing, and issues involved.

One attorney who knows your file

Seller clients work directly with Carolina from the first contract review through closing. Your broker manages the marketing and business side of the sale, while Carolina evaluates legal terms, negotiates contract modifications, addresses title and closing requirements, and prepares or reviews legal documents. Atención legal directa en inglés o español.

Ready to talk about your sale?

Request a seller consultation

Call (312) 858-7139 or email info@cgglegacylaw.com. English or Spanish, your choice. Read the full seller representation overview