Our large Commercial Property team is very experienced in helping businesses who wish to lease commercial property or land.

We don't operate in a vacuum though. We can't truly protect your interests without first understanding your business and what is or might become important to you now and in the future.

Once we have that understanding, we can help you to negotiate terms with your landlord that suit your operational needs and that minimise cost and risk to you over the lifetime of the lease. 

Issues that we explore with you include -

• What are you going to use the leased premises for? 

We will make sure there are no restrictions that prevent you trading as you anticipate and, if there are, we will advise you of your options and how to manage your way round these

•  Money!

We will make sure that you go into a commercial lease with your eyes fully open, and that there are no surprises which might give rise to unforeseen costs or liabilities for you.  We also appreciate the need to keep a tight reign on legal costs so we try to give you a fixed price (which we stick to) and we regularly give you costs updates.

•  What are your future plans for the leased premises? 

We will make sure that any flexibility that you need is built into the commercial lease, so that if you need to, you will be able to get out and let the property to someone else, or that you have a right to get out of the lease after so many years. We will also guide you as to how to exercise that right properly.

• Are you or the landlord doing any works to the commercial property?  

We will make sure that you have the right protections in place if your landlord has agreed to carry out work on the premises prior to you moving in.  If on the other hand it has been agreed that you will carry out work when you move in, we will procure any consents that are needed so that as soon as you move in, you can start those works.

• When are you planning the move?  

We often work to very tight timetables and are aware that sometimes when you are moving out of somewhere else, you will have no flexibility.   We will work with you to make sure that your timescale is achieved.

These are just some of the main issues that we deal with when dealing with commercial leases - as we do, day in, day out. The real skill in protecting businesses that are looking to lease premises is taking our legal knowledge and experience and adapting it to each particular business and situation - they are all different.

If you are contemplating leasing commercial property, please don't hesitate to talk to us.  As we say, we are always there for businesses who are in our BLUE LAW scheme, so we invite you to join BLUE LAW now. Once you have joined, we try to answer any legal enquiries that you have, free of charge. If legal work is needed, we give you a price, and you are then free to "shop around".  If you wish to speak to us now, please click on "Please Contact Me Now” or call us on 0800 084 3256. We look forward to always being there for you.