Landlord and tenant

For landlords, effective property portfolio management is crucial to protect the value of an asset. Our aim is to ensure that landlords’ interests are safeguarded in all letting documentation. We help asset managers to operate their portfolios efficiently, using our interactive technology to manage key dates and provide intuitive instructions.

Our team handles every stage of the lease process, from inputting into the negotiation of heads of terms to completing an institutionally acceptable suite of lease documents. We deal with both contentious and non-contentious 1954 renewals and advise on opposing a renewal request or a compromise renewal with a landlord development break. Our lawyers are also very used to dealing with telecommunication lettings and renewals, under the code or otherwise.

When it comes to disagreements, our real estate disputes team is well versed in advising on service charge disputes, while our construction team addresses building safety or contractor issues. For mixed-use portfolios, we ensure compliance with landlord and tenant legislation including whether statutory notices should be served for any residential elements.

For tenants, we represent a diverse range of occupiers, including banks, corporates, technology companies, life science businesses, medical practitioners, retailers, restaurateurs, and other leisure companies seeking business premises. Our professional network is extensive and we can make appropriate introductions and collaborate as needed during the documentation of any new letting.

When advising tenants, our goal is to meet operational deadlines, securing occupation, and ensure the fit-out process (including the wayleave process) aligns with the target trading date. Often, this includes documenting a managed exit from the current premises, ensuring a sufficient overlap but with the control of termination resting with the tenant.

Timeframes are of course sometimes missed for reasons outside the legal framework. Our team is adept at agreeing sensible, quick temporary measures to ensure business continuity and documenting the consequences of missed target dates and associated costs. Our project, development and construction team is experienced in documenting professional appointments, warranties and agreeing liquidated and ascertained damages as compensation for specific breaches to cover for all eventualities.

Our holistic approach addresses all aspects of property management and development, providing clients with the confidence that their projects will be completed on time and within budget, or with clear consequences if they are missed.