Business Law · Leasing
Commercial leasing — the agreement your business has to live with.
A commercial lease is rarely renegotiated mid-term. Use clauses, additional rent, demolition rights, assignment, exclusivity, and renewal mechanics all lock in for years at signing. We negotiate them the way we would for a long-term contract — because that is exactly what they are.
01 · Who This Is For
For tenants taking space and landlords leasing it.
From a first retail unit to a 20,000-square-foot office, the terms behind the headline rent are where the value of the deal really sits.
- Retail and restaurant tenants
- Medical, dental, and professional offices
- Office and industrial tenants
- Landlords and property managers
02 · Services
What we handle, end to end.
Lease Drafting (Landlord)
Net, gross, and percentage-rent leases — drafted to protect the landlord's recovery and renewal position.
Lease Review (Tenant)
Plain-language summary of the lease, with a list of clauses we recommend negotiating before signing.
Offers to Lease
Often more binding than tenants realise — we review or negotiate the OTL before it firms up.
Assignments & Subleases
Landlord consents, recapture rights, and tenant releases on assignment.
Renewals & Extensions
Renewal notices, market-rent determinations, and lease amendments.
Lease Disputes
Notices, defaults, distraint, and termination — for landlords and tenants alike.
03 · Our Process
Considered, coordinated, calm.
- 01
Review the Offer
Most negotiation leverage exists at the OTL stage, before lawyers and brokers are deep in the file.
- 02
Negotiate the Lease
Targeted comments and red-lines, focused on the clauses that drive the economics and the exits.
- 03
Sign & File
Lease executed, indemnifications dealt with, and notices delivered.
- 04
Ongoing Stewardship
Renewal reminders and amendment support across the term.
04 · Inside The Ecosystem
A lease is also a financing and succession document.
Personal guarantees, demolition rights, and assignment restrictions all affect whether the business can be financed, sold, or transferred to the next generation. Lenders and buyers read the lease before they read the financials.
How SG Law connects to the rest of SG05 · Common Questions
Answers, plainly.
06 · Continue Reading
Explore the wider ecosystem.
Within SG Law
Within SG Ecosystem
- SG Tax & Accounting
Rent deductibility and HST treatment.
Begin a Conversation
Send us the offer to lease.
Get the OTL reviewed before you firm it up. The clauses that hurt most are the ones tenants do not realise they have already agreed to.