Landlords and tenants alike rely on the vast experience of Seyfarth Shaw’s Real Estate Leasing group to help them face the complex transactional issues that confront sophisticated property owners and space users.

In fact, our attorneys draw on their many decades of real estate law practice and their strong record of success in handling some of the largest and most complicated office, retail and industrial lease transactions. Our leasing clients are among the largest big box retailers, shopping center owners, office buildings and tenants, developers, convenience store and franchise restaurant chains in the country. Our clients buy, sell, finance, develop, redevelop, lease and occupy space in regional malls, mixed use projects, office buildings, industrial parks and free standing sites.

Our clients benefit from our thorough understanding of all sides of the lease negotiation process and all major U.S. markets. We have negotiated leases of all sizes, including lease amendments, “blend and extend” transactions, subleases and assignments, renewals, and collateral documents such as non-disturbance agreements, reciprocal easement agreements, declarations of covenants, conditions, and restrictions involving a variety of spaces, both existing and planned. We regularly provide well-reasoned strategic advice on market trends in special issues that arise in leasing, such as common area expenses, access and visibility, seasonal renting, hours of operation, relocation, exclusive uses, and expansion and renewal issues.

With a business-oriented approach, we apply the firm’s innovative and industry-leading SeyfarthLean program to cut costs and save time. In fact, we have used SeyfarthLean to create consistency, standardization, quality control and efficiency and reduce the time from site selection to store opening. We can also provide form real estate documents and conduct frequent and thorough training sessions with in-house real estate professionals, outside real estate brokers as well as our own attorneys and team members. Doing so can significantly reduce the average lease transaction time.

Additionally, our Real Estate Leasing attorneys rely on our national footprint and the cross-disciplinary contributions from related practices such as our tax, construction, corporate, litigation, bankruptcy and environmental practices to arrive at the best and most cutting-edge solutions for our clients.