Offer on expired listing

[Ryan Lamanna]

If you're a real estate broker/attorney and have thoughts/experience in this area, I welcome your opinion. I showed a client a property that was listed on the MLS. It expired. My client now wants to make an offer on this property. I contacted the owners to ensure that they still want to sell, and they do. The listing brokerage has an active commission protection clause in the listing agreement, which guarantees the listing brokerage a commission. How would you proceed in making an offer on this property and ensure that the cooperating brokerage gets paid?