The subject of the service provided by our Law Firm is often the preparation of a template lease agreement for commercial or office premises. We also negotiate the content of the lease agreement - that is, we provide legal support in concluding, preparing and negotiating its content. We also assist in the preparation and negotiation of annexes to lease agreements.

After the pandemic, our task is equally often to prepare a notice of termination of the lease agreement and analyze the possibility of such termination. An equally often recommended way to resolve the conflict is to start a court case aimed at reducing the rent for the commercial premises or terminating the lease agreement.

Preal estate and lease contract lawyer – in matters related to commercial lease agreements, together with the team of my Law Firm, we would like to offer you legal services for your company in any matter related to the conclusion, annexation or termination of a contract. We help in creating and negotiating rental agreements, and also, if necessary - when the contract has already been concluded - in its annexation or termination. Me and my team know how important it is for effective business to be well prepared, precisely created and transparent at the very beginning. lease agreement for commercial or commercial premises, which is why we always make sure that it is as clear as possible, refined and agreed between the parties in every, even the smallest, detail. This professional approach allows you to avoid many unnecessary and often extremely costly conflicts in the future.

What types of commercial properties do we service? 

We regularly support business entities in concluding contracts lease of service, commercial and office space. There are many common elements in lease agreements for apartments, single office or commercial premises, as well as those concluded in shopping malls or in the largest office buildings in large cities, but the specificity of these agreements and their final content should be, and most often are, significantly different, because they have establish and secure legal relations whose purpose is something completely different. The tenant of an office premises is focused primarily on the maintenance-free use of the space, ensuring the highest possible comfort for its employees, while the tenants of commercial or service premises must focus on renting premises located in the most attractive locations possible, ensuring appropriate visibility and building the company's image, and above all all designed to provide income. We serve tenants and their owners in matters relating to the conclusion of contracts lease agreements for premises in shopping malls. We also service lease agreements for owners and tenants of retail and service outlets, also in other street locations. We provide our services not only to large companies, but also to small entities and people who are just starting to run a business. Well prepared premises lease agreement this is the real key to success.

However, if our client's goal is termination of the lease agreement, is knowledge in the field of – terminating lease agreements, is another area of our specialization. Recently, far more lease agreements have been terminated than concluded - some of such cases end up in court, the vast majority of which are resolved amicably. In practice, most often the possibility of terminating such a lease agreement results both from legal provisions and often from the lease agreement itself, which has been subject to a thorough legal analysis. We have written several articles on this subject on our blog. In such cases, we not only prepare appropriate documents and conduct negotiations - but also represent clients in court.

Below is some basic information about the specifics of working with lease agreements, which will help determine what to expect from reliable legal services in a case related to a lease agreement. Sometimes we improve lease agreements after others, and sometimes, unfortunately, clients seek our help only when a conflict with the other party to the lease agreement arises.

Processing of lease agreements by our law firm

As part of the Law Firm, we provide services in the field of Lease Agreements. We negotiate lease agreements for commercial and service premises in shopping centers and shopping malls, as well as in street locations - the so-called street. We not only negotiate the content of lease agreements in shopping malls with retail chains, tenants of catering establishments, shopping islands, cinemas, gyms, but also help such facilities create and update templates of lease agreements. Thanks to this, we guarantee that in the future the entire process of negotiating a lease agreement in a shopping mall, shopping center or office building will be much faster and more efficient. This is because the templates of lease agreements prepared in our office are characterized by unprecedented transparency on the market. The more transparent the template of such a lease agreement is, the faster the negotiations will be completed, the more effective cooperation with the new tenant will begin, and, consequently, both parties will start earning money faster. A transparent, clear and clear lease agreement is a guaranteed profit for both parties. Both for the shopping mall and for the tenant. The profit in the form of saved employee time can be spent on something much more constructive.

It is worth adding a few obvious things, such as the fact that both commercial premises lease agreement and commercial premises lease agreement, are concluded for a specified or indefinite period. It may be a period defined by a specific number (days, months or years) or the so-called indefinite period of time, there are also increasingly often lease agreements concluded for shorter periods in the Polish system, concluded for shorter periods with automatic renewal in the event of failure to submit a declaration of unwillingness to extend the lease, e.g. for another year (despite certain legal doubts, this solution has many practical advantages) . After the expiry of the deadline, the premises covered by the lease agreement should be handed over to the lessor. 

Lawyer specializing in real estate matters, preparing a template for the client premises lease agreements, should pay particular attention to the precise definition of the conditions of use of the premises, the method of determining the rent, as well as the precise conditions for terminating the contract or the legal consequences, e.g. temporary closing of the premises without the fault of either party. Only a well-prepared lease agreement will ensure the security of your business and avoid future misunderstandings and often even court disputes with the other party to the agreement.

Premises lease agreement it is always paid. The tenant is obliged to pay operating fees and rent, the amount and date of which are specified in the lease agreement. This rent depends primarily on the location, standard of the premises, necessary adaptations, contractual security and, finally, the planned rental period of the commercial premises. Although the most common form of rent for commercial premises is money, it is worth knowing that, according to the law, it may also take the form of other goods and even services provided to the lessor. However, rent does not always end the issue of fees for the rented premises, more on that real estate lawyer should inform you at the beginning of the development of the terms rental agreements. In the lease agreement, the landlord often tries to negotiate his right to collect various additional fees, contractual penalties, security, including deposits or bank guarantees securing the payment of fees related to the lease of a commercial or commercial premises, as well as taxes and other public levies. The security provided for in the contracts can often also be used to cover other potential claims of the Landlords arising from the lease agreement - e.g. in the case of damage to the premises or unagreed adaptation works in the rented premises. 

More and more often, we also talk about rental costs in the context of the costs of terminating the lease agreement. In this context, we are talking about the costs of restoring the premises to its previous or developer condition (if such provisions are included in the contract), as well as possible clauses enabling early termination of the fixed-term lease agreement.

Each case is different, but we have prepared for the more standard ones price list of the Law Firm's services for business clients, in which we provide sample prices for selected legal services, including, for example, the cost of preparing a lease agreement and the cost of legal services for negotiating lease agreements, as well as other sample prices for legal services, including, for example, legal advisor termination of the lease agreement, preparation costs 

Negotiation of lease agreements for commercial real estate

We provide full service negotiating contracts for new commercial and office locations. We support expansion departments and smaller companies by negotiating real estate lease agreements directly for retail chains, including food and DIY stores, banks, travel agencies, cafes and restaurants, cinemas, gyms, car washes, beauticians and flower shops, and often also for tenants of islands in shopping arcades. The guaranteed effect is a well-negotiated and clear contract, the risks are clearly presented in a separate document, we also prepare a list of the most important obligations and deadlines arising from the Agreement - all in the highest possible standard of the so-called complete service. full service. 

We create accessible and transparent office premises lease agreements, generating clear answers to questions asked during the lease period. We negotiate them on the side of our client, so we equally often act as a representative of the tenant of the office premises and on behalf of the lessor - the owner of the office building. We precisely take into account business arrangements, while trying to conduct the negotiation process as effectively as possible. 

We also provide other legal services supporting business - support in the field of labor law, construction contracts, design works, design and build contracts, FIDIC contracts, etc. 

Edit 2022: Due to the current situation related to the pandemic and the restrictions introduced, we are conducting several dozen cases against shopping malls both in courts and at the pre-trial stage regarding the termination of lease contracts or obtaining a rent reduction - please contact us if you are interested.