Lease
Advisory
Protecting your interests throughout every lease event.
Commercial leases can have a significant impact on the long-term success of a business or property investment. Propassi advises tenants, occupiers, landlords, and property owners across Essex, London, and throughout the UK, providing independent lease advisory services from heads of terms through to lease expiry.
Expert Advice From Start To Finish
Every commercial lease contains obligations, opportunities, and risks that can affect your business for years to come. Whether you are negotiating a new lease, reviewing existing terms, approaching renewal, or considering a lease restructure, informed advice helps you understand your options before important decisions are made. We provide practical guidance that protects your commercial interests throughout the lease lifecycle.
Making Complex Leases Clear
Commercial leases often contain detailed legal and financial provisions that influence occupation costs, flexibility, and future business planning. We explain lease terms in straightforward language, helping clients understand break clauses, rent review provisions, repairing obligations, lease renewals, and other key considerations. By combining market knowledge with independent advice, we help clients make confident, informed decisions.
Review Your
Commercial Lease
Speak to our team before making your next lease decision.
Heads of Terms
Helping clients negotiate commercial lease terms before legal documentation is prepared.
Break Clause Advice
Helping tenants and landlords understand and exercise break clauses correctly while minimising risk.
Lease Renewals
Providing independent advice and negotiation support when existing commercial leases approach expiry.
Rent Reviews
Independent advice and negotiation for both tenants and landlords during rent review events.
Lease Restructuring
Reviewing existing lease arrangements to improve flexibility and better support changing business requirements.
Lease Expiry Planning
Supporting clients with lease-end strategies, relocation planning, renewals, or property exit decisions.
Independent Advice
At Every Lease Stage
Commercial leases should support your business rather than restrict it. From the first heads of terms through to renewal, restructuring, or lease expiry, Propassi provides independent advice tailored to your circumstances. Our objective is to help clients understand their position, reduce uncertainty, and make informed commercial property decisions with confidence.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Commercial lease advisory provides professional advice throughout the lifecycle of a commercial lease. This includes negotiating heads of terms, reviewing lease provisions, advising on renewals, restructuring, break clauses, rent reviews, and lease expiry to help clients make informed decisions.
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It is advisable to seek professional advice before signing a new lease and well before significant lease events such as rent reviews, renewals, or break clauses. Early advice provides greater flexibility and more time to negotiate favourable outcomes.
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Yes. Propassi advises both tenants and landlords on commercial lease matters while always acting independently for the client instructing us. Our advice is tailored to each client's objectives and the specific circumstances of the lease.
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A lease regear involves changing the terms of an existing lease by agreement between the landlord and tenant. This may include extending the lease term, revising rent, altering repairing obligations, or improving lease flexibility to better reflect changing business needs.
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Yes. Break clauses often contain strict conditions that must be satisfied for the lease to end successfully. We help clients understand their obligations, assess the implications of exercising a break clause, and ensure the correct procedures are followed.
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Yes. Propassi advises businesses, landlords, and property owners throughout Essex, London, and across the UK. Our knowledge of local markets, combined with nationwide advisory capability, enables us to support clients with lease matters across a wide range of commercial property sectors.
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Solicitors focus on the legal drafting and interpretation of lease documents, while a commercial property adviser provides strategic advice based on market conditions, negotiation, and commercial outcomes. Working alongside legal advisers ensures both the legal and commercial aspects of a lease are properly considered before important decisions are made.