Commercial Leases

The success of your commercial leasing strategy relies on good market knowledge. We have the expertise to deliver for your business.

Success with your commercial leases - we'll make the market work for you

The right team to build your leasing strategy

The commercial leasing market is complex. Whether you are an individual, a family business or a pension trustee, we can help you choose the options that are best for you and provide strong legal support at every stage.

We’ve been in the business for a long time and understand what each sector or business type needs from the market and how to achieve it. Our legal knowledge is second to none, and we can guide you through the options, helping you to implement your leasing strategy from start to finish.

Wide sector knowledge – commercial leasing expertise across the board

The sectors we advise on include retail, industry, agriculture, office and commercial property. Our experts manage property portfolios including leases, licences, buying, selling and planning. For tenants, we advise on new leases, including heads of terms, repairing obligations, permitted use, alterations, length of the term and break clauses.

Clarity throughout the management cycle

You can rely on our commitment throughout the management cycle of your property. Our open and friendly work ethos means you always know what’s happening and our clear communications will tell you exactly where you stand.

Tees Property team are very responsive, commercial and supportive in equal measure.

Our expertise

Our real estate solicitors can handle everything to do with your commercial lease. Our services include:

  • Renting new business property
  • Managing tenants
  • Existing leases – including renewals, assignments, sub-lettings and surrenders
  • Dilapidations
  • Service charge arrears
  • Development and pre-let documentation
  • Forfeiture
  • Disputes

Legal and financial advice

Tees is a Top Tier Legal 500 firm with full-service support for all your legal needs. Our services include related areas of law such as employmentcommercial property and litigation.

We also have a team of experienced in-house independent financial advisers who work closely with our legal experts to ensure joined-up first rate service for all our clients.

Our independent financial advisers work as part of a bigger Wealth Management team. We are regulated and authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority, which means we are accountable for all the advice that we give.

How we can help

If you’d like to meet one of our commercial lease experts for a confidential, no obligation chat, please get in touch.

We have offices across Cambridgeshire, Essex and Hertfordshire, but we can help you wherever you are in England and Wales.

The financial services provided on this page are by Tees Financial Limited, authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority

Our legal services are authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.

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Frequently asked questions

The answers to many of your questions can be found here, please get in touch for further information.

Are heads of term necessary?

By producing a set of heads of terms, it helps to identify the needs of all parties to a property transaction. They highlights any issues that will determine how to structure the transaction before legal costs are incurred. If all the deal-making decisions have already been decided, they can often help to speed up the drafting process of legal documentation. Heads of terms are usually stated to be ‘subject to contract’. They are not legally binding and are only used as a way to set out the fundamental conditions of the transaction.  

The Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 is very important in commercial business tenancies. In certain specified circumstances and subject to some exceptions, it gives commercial tenants the right to a lease renewal at the end of the contractual term and the ability to remain in occupation at the property. It therefore provides the tenant with security of tenure and secures business continuity. It is possible however, for a lease to be “contracted outside” the 1954 Act, meaning that the tenant will not have the right to remain in occupation or renew the lease at the end of the contractual term. Regardless of whether the lease is agreed to be granted inside or outside the 1954 Act, it is crucial for both the landlord and the tenant to seek specialist advice.

Contact us today

If you’d like to meet one of our experts for a confidential, no obligation chat, please get in touch.

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