This paper deals with some of the more common steps which must be taken, and seeks to highlight pitfalls to be avoided, by a financier's lawyer in the context of documenting and certifing a development finance transaction.  This assumes that the financing is done in the traditional sense - namely the provision of funding to the developer of a commercial/residential development for the construction of one or more buildings, with the expectation that repayment of the financier's debt will be sourced from the proceeds of sale of the completed lots.

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