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Commercial Lease Solicitors
Straight talking legal advice for all aspects of your commercial property lease.
We help commercial landlords and tenants minimise their exposure to risk and make informed decisions, ensuring any leasehold interest in property aligns with their business objectives.
From negotiating heads of terms, to surrendering a lease and everything in between. Our expert team of commercial lease solicitors will always ensure you agree fair and practical terms.
How we support you
Drafting and negotiating commercial leases
For many businesses, investment in property will be one of the most expensive commitments that you take on so the implications of getting it wrong could be huge.
To help you avoid expensive litigation down the road we will guide you throughout the process to completion and beyond. You’ll receive clear communications, keeping you updated as we work hard to meet your timescales.
Perform full due diligence
and report in simple/real terms on what this means for your business
Structure the deal
drafting and negotiating suitable heads of terms
Perform the relevant searches
to reveal any risks that you may want to insure against or event avoid
Reviewing title deeds
to check for any issues such as restrictive covenants
Industry experts
tap into our trusted network if you require help from agents, surveyors or planners
Negotiate the lease
and associated documentation
All post completion matters
for example, completing SDLT, HMLR applications as necessary
The most important aspect of any deal is gaining a full understanding of your business and objectives. From this starting point any decisions/advice can then be tailored to your individual business needs.
making informed decisions
Understand your lease commitments
Using a solicitor is not a requirement, however the law surrounding commercial property leases can be complex and, without representation, you can be left exposed to unnecessary risk and financial liability.
We’ll make sure any questions you have are answered so you know your options. Common problems we help clients address include:
- Understanding heads of terms and the commercial lease process
- Understanding the obligations and liabilities that a client may be accepting so that they can make an informed commercial decision
- Understanding dilapidations liability and the fact that they may be exposed to a disproportionate liability both during the term and at lease end
- A desire to break or dispose of their leasehold interest
- Queries around potential liabilities which may be disproportionate to their interest
If you have been given a lease to sign and would like a high-level review of the lease provisions before proceeding, the please see our fixed-price lease review service.
Meet our team
Why choose our commercial lease solicitors?
It goes without saying that our team has a wealth of expertise covering all aspects of commercial leases, however they set themselves apart by being straight talking, down to earth and timely in providing advice.
Couple this with our pricing structure and you will be accessing partner level expertise at a cost that is unbeatable in the current market! See who could be fighting your corner:
Testimonials
What our clients say
Reliable but straightforward legal advice and support. Delivered at a very cost effective price point.
Matthew Dreaper
Director,
Keit Spectrometers
10/10, very happy with the service and the relationship … comments from Sam are presented in a way that is easy to understand – rather than being blinded by legal jargon! Very approachable, pragmatic and efficient, especially as we had to do substantial chasing on the recent legal engagement
Karen Page
Office Manager,
DenseAir
I really value Sam’s pragmatic approach to getting things done but also the lack of ‘dryness’ when getting information across to help me make decisions. I’m completely happy with the service and have already recommended Harper James to others!
Abby Edwards
Team Lead,
RLP Resourcing
Extremely helpful, very communicative and got the job done promptly. We were under time pressure, and on a tight budget - HJ dealt with both perfectly.
Andrew Slater
MD,
Kin Partners Ltd
Working with Harper James feel less transactional and more ongoing. For example, having Simon Smith, who understands our business and is able to quickly provide a second opinion on litigation, and does that drawing on a wide base of experience is super important.
Linz Darlington
Founder,
Homehold
Outstanding so far. Please keep it like this!
Dimitri Konstantindi
Director,
Homely Appartments
The new format of the Summary Report that is provided with a property lease is commendable - this is the type of document that non-legal people can read and quickly understand the important points about the property.
Matthew Dreaper
CFO,
Oxford Space Systems
Kara has really become a part of our team. She has been meticulous in following up with the other side and is extremely proactive in reviewing our lease agreements. I liked that we were always working with Kara on every occasion, she understands our business goals and that was very important to us when seeking legal advice.
Florence Roosendaal
Head of Expansion and Projects,
The Park Playground
Sam really understood that the lease was a big commitment from us and she was patient in her approach. Sam was always looking to make sure we were protected from any clauses that were not in our favour. We are very grateful to Sam for her help as we could not have done it without her.
Chris Woods
Operations Manager,
Playtonic Games
Alex Curtis is a super star. He helped us out at short notice on a lease renewal where the landlord had redrafted the terms of the lease in their own favour. Not only did he provide excellent counsel but he supported us in negotiating the terms back in our favour - which we successfully did. Thanks Alex.
Mic Miller
CEO,
Easyfundraising
Reliable but straightforward legal advice and support. Delivered at a very cost effective price point.
Matthew Dreaper
Director,
Keit Spectrometers
10/10, very happy with the service and the relationship … comments from Sam are presented in a way that is easy to understand – rather than being blinded by legal jargon! Very approachable, pragmatic and efficient, especially as we had to do substantial chasing on the recent legal engagement
Karen Page
Office Manager,
DenseAir
I really value Sam’s pragmatic approach to getting things done but also the lack of ‘dryness’ when getting information across to help me make decisions. I’m completely happy with the service and have already recommended Harper James to others!
Abby Edwards
Team Lead,
RLP Resourcing
Extremely helpful, very communicative and got the job done promptly. We were under time pressure, and on a tight budget - HJ dealt with both perfectly.
Andrew Slater
MD,
Kin Partners Ltd
Working with Harper James feel less transactional and more ongoing. For example, having Simon Smith, who understands our business and is able to quickly provide a second opinion on litigation, and does that drawing on a wide base of experience is super important.
Linz Darlington
Founder,
Homehold
Outstanding so far. Please keep it like this!
Dimitri Konstantindi
Director,
Homely Appartments
The new format of the Summary Report that is provided with a property lease is commendable - this is the type of document that non-legal people can read and quickly understand the important points about the property.
Matthew Dreaper
CFO,
Oxford Space Systems
Kara has really become a part of our team. She has been meticulous in following up with the other side and is extremely proactive in reviewing our lease agreements. I liked that we were always working with Kara on every occasion, she understands our business goals and that was very important to us when seeking legal advice.
Florence Roosendaal
Head of Expansion and Projects,
The Park Playground
Sam really understood that the lease was a big commitment from us and she was patient in her approach. Sam was always looking to make sure we were protected from any clauses that were not in our favour. We are very grateful to Sam for her help as we could not have done it without her.
Chris Woods
Operations Manager,
Playtonic Games
Alex Curtis is a super star. He helped us out at short notice on a lease renewal where the landlord had redrafted the terms of the lease in their own favour. Not only did he provide excellent counsel but he supported us in negotiating the terms back in our favour - which we successfully did. Thanks Alex.
Mic Miller
CEO,
Easyfundraising
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