Negotiating Commercial Leases for Small Tenants: Practical Strategies and Common Pitfalls

This program will explore the practical and legal challenges attorneys face when negotiating office, retail, and industrial leases for tenants with limited leverage, budgets, and experience. The program will explore strategies for identifying and negotiating the lease provisions that matter most to smaller tenants.

The presentation will cover both key economic terms and legal terms. The economic terms will include rent, CAM charges, tenant improvement allowances, and personal guarantees. Time permitting, the legal terms will include repair obligations, use clauses, assignment rights, default remedies, and end-of-term issues including surrender rights.