LEASE ADVISORY
SERVICES

Whether you’re a landlord who wants to maximise their returns or a tenant looking to minimise rent payments – we can help.

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NEITHER LANDLORDS NOR TENANTS SHOULD FIND THEIR COMMERCIAL PROPERTY LEASE STOPS THEM FROM ACHIEVING THEIR FINANCIAL OR BUSINESS GOALS.

That’s why we’ve developed a lease advisory service that is bespoke to our clients’ objectives and leverages unrivalled market intelligence.

Rent reviews, lease renewals, and regears can be difficult to manage, navigating conflicting agendas, complex lease clauses, and legal frameworks. To get the most out of your commercial lease, from the perspective of a tenant or a landlord, enlisting an expert can save significant costs, time, and stress. Put simply, having the benefit of a professional lease advisory service is often the difference between a successful or unsuccessful lease negotiation outcome.

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What lease advisory services do we offer?

Our service offers wide ranging expertise to clients including the following:

COMMERCIAL RENT REVIEWS, LEASE RENEWALS, AND RESIDENTIAL LEASE ENFRANCHISMENT

Our team are highly skilled negotiators, experienced in securing favourable outcomes for both landlord and tenant clients, to help them excel in their financial objectives and goals. We advocate unwaveringly for our clients to protect and advance their business interests.

Our expert residential team also advises freeholders and lessees on collective enfranchisement and lease extensions for residential properties.

Under the Leasehold Reform, Housing, and Urban Development Act 1993, qualifying Leaseholders have the right to increase their lease by 90 years. We would urge leaseholders to consider extending their lease at the earliest opportunity, as the shorter the remaining lease is, the more expensive the extension is.

Resolving commercial lease renewal disputes under the 1954 Landlord and Tenant Act through via PACT (Professional Arbitration on Court Terms) provides a cost-effective alternative to litigation. This process involves using a third-party mediator, like Brasier Freeth, to determine the lease terms without the expense, time, and stress involved with going to court.

REGEARING AND RESTRUCTURING LEASES

We consult on how to restructure or regear leases mid-term, perhaps in relation to a break clause, on the part of either the tenant or landlord. This could include extending a lease, negotiating a rental uplift or reduction, rent free period, or agreeing upon landlord and tenant contributions to refitting.

By regearing and restructuring lease agreements, we help commercial property occupiers and landlords maximize their financial results, improve operational performance, and remove barriers to long-term growth.

ARBITRATION AND EXPERT WITNESS

If the parties cannot reach an agreement, our Chartered Surveyors can represent both landlords and tenants as expert witnesses, providing written reports and submissions in relation to rent review disputes.

Brasier Freeth have Chartered Surveyors who sit on the RICS Panel of Arbitrators and Independent Experts and are fully accredited to act as a third-party dispute resolver where landlords and tenants are unable to reach a negotiated settlement.

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Who we help

We are experts in advising both landlords and tenants on their leases. Over the years, we’ve become established as retail and business space specialists, with a dedicated team to strategically represent the interests of both landlords and tenants.

This means that we uniquely understand the challenges faced by both parties, as well as how to effectively advocate for their interests to seamlessly achieve their goals.

Our retail specialists are experts in the high street, shopping centre, and supermarket sectors, with experience in advising businesses of all sizes, ranging from major flagship stores to small shops across the entire UK. Our business space advisors have in-depth industrial and office property expertise, complemented by our award-winning business space agency team.

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For commercial landlords, we assist with:

Lease structuring, restructuring, and regearing to maximise investment value
Asset management initiatives
Rent reviews
Lease renewals

For commercial tenants, we provide support with:

Representing their interests in relation to lease restructuring
Delivering savings across their property portfolios through lease negotiations
Negotiating rent reviews and lease renewals

We also help residential landlords and tenants on collective enfranchisement and lease extensions for residential properties.

Why choose
Brasier Freeth?

Commercial and residential landlords and tenants trust our service because:

20+

Years in service

We boast an excellent track record

We have an extensive track record in strategically representing both landlords and tenants to optimise their leases.

Over the years, we’ve built decades-long relationships with our clients. This means we bring varied local and national experience to our leasehold advisory service.

We have specialist knowledge

We’re experts across all property sectors, including high street retail, shopping centres, supermarkets, office, and industrial.

Our commercial property agency teams work across the market, so they bring holistic expertise in structuring transactions, as well as specific local and industry market insights.

With extensive legal knowledge, accredited chartered surveyors, results-driven contract negotiation skills, and a meticulously updated database of transactional evidence, we have the specialist knowledge to conduct lease negotiations from a position of strength.

We have a tried-and-tested process

We offer a bespoke service for landlords and tenants, dedicated to supporting their specific business objectives via our services. We take into account fluctuating market conditions to ensure our strategy is based upon accurate information.

Every new instruction begins with a detailed initial consultation to understand our client’s goals. We then inspect the property before conducting detailed market research and providing our initial written advice. This includes ‘best and worst case’ assessments and setting realistic expectations as to the possible outcome of the negotiations.

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