Corporate Occupier

Leasing help and advice from our legal experts will help you get the most value from your business property.

We'll maximise your commercial real estate value and make your buildings work for you

Maximise the value of your property with our legal expertise

As a corporate occupier, your property is one of your largest assets and costs. By getting first class legal advice you can maximise value and make sure your property always remains marketable.

At Tees, we understand the property and business markets and have the experience needed to protect your interests, reduce risks and protect your assets.

Portfolio management – working with a team of experts

We will help you structure your portfolio in a way that delivers the best value possible. We work closely with other professionals such as surveyors, valuers and consultants so that you have the best possible team around you for all your business decisions.

Clients of all sizes in all sectors

Our sector knowledge is second to none, with long-standing clients in retail, storage, logistics, distribution, haulage, light industry and technology. We work with landowners, investors, lenders, landlords and tenants. We will manage your property effectively leaving you to focus on your core business activities.

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

Our expertise

Our corporate occupier solicitors can handle everything to do with your commercial lease. Our services include:

  • Buying or selling company premises
  • Subletting and property sharing
  • Property management
  • Re-financing, sale and leaseback
  • Pension fund transactions

Legal and financial advice

Tees is a top-tier Legal 500 firm and our expertise in commercial property includes insolvency, environmental law, litigation and resolving disputes. Working with us, you can have the confidence of having an experienced full-service team behind you.

We also have in-house independent financial advisers who work closely with our lawyers to deliver all the advice you need for your business.

We're here to help

If you’d like to meet one of our corporate occupier 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.

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

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