We specialise in advising clients through the negotiation period when acquiring a business lease. This may be by lease grant, assignment, underletting or lease renewal. We focus from the start on spotting hurdles to a speedy deal. We are often asked to get involved at the heads of terms negotiating stage alongside our client's land agents which we frequently avoids problems later on.
By injecting our legal know-how into the deal at the initial commercial stage, we have saved our clients time and expense. Often a ‘done deal’ can be jeopardised through the omission of a fundamental legal issue that could have been spotted, and dealt with, at the outset.
We can help you to swiftly acquire or dispose of business premises with the minimum of fuss. As part of our commercial conveyancing service, we can provide related regulatory consultancy where requested. If you are uncertain, then it can be best to ask. We sometimes find that soon-to-be owners of commercial premises are not aware of specific regulations imposed upon them.
Where the lease of commercial premises gives licence to assign and underlet, there can often be conditions in the licence which can stall a deal otherwise ready to go. We know the pressure points to push upon recalcitrant third parties (usually superior landlords) to ensure prompt consent comes through (or we advise of other proper ways of proceeding). Please also see Lease negotiations & renewals.
We can guide you through the hoops and avoid the common pitfalls to ensure you obtain your funding secured against your business’s premises fast.
We can help to mitigate your stamp tax burden by ensuring, where appropriate, that your deal is structured in the most tax-efficient way.
We have offices in Cheltenham, Central London, Churchdown and Gloucester.
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