As real estate companies work to develop more efficient, cost effective ways to operate, many have come to recognize the need to carefully select focused legal counsel to handle their commercial leasing matters. To gain a competitive edge, companies seek commercial leasing professionals with dedicated resources, efficient processes and experienced professionals who can strike the right balance between advancing a company’s business strategy and proactively managing its risks.

Neal Gerber Eisenberg has a national practice in commercial leasing that offers what many other firms do not: a dedicated Commercial Leasing Practice Group structured and staffed to meet the most complex leasing challenges. Our team of experienced attorneys and devoted paralegals focuses on executing timely, cost effective commercial leasing transactions that meet each client’s business objectives. The Commercial Leasing Practice Group combines business acumen and an extensive knowledge of leasing with a practical, balanced approach to allocating risk and negotiating leases. This approach enables us to provide quality legal services efficiently and to create additional value by helping landlords and tenants establish solid foundations for successful long-term relationships.

The Commercial Leasing Practice Group at Neal Gerber Eisenberg creates value for its clients throughout the leasing process for the following reasons:

Dedicated Staff. The Practice Group is structured to deliver the timely, efficient, comprehensive leasing support clients need. We are dedicated exclusively to leasing and have the resources to manage leases and lease portfolios of any size, scope and complexity, even under the most aggressive time frames. Clients can count on a well-integrated team of dedicated professionals who treat each lease as a priority and have the experience and knowledge to meet demanding deadlines while producing quality legal work. With a diverse and experienced team behind them, clients know that whenever a challenge arises, they will always have access to the legal resources they need.

Experience. Our clients work with seasoned attorneys who have successfully handled a broad range of leasing and leasing-related matters in the retail, office and industrial areas. With each transaction, clients benefit from the collective experience gained from representing a national client base of landlords and tenants that include large publicly traded REITs in addition to private companies. Our Practice Group leverages its experience on both sides of the negotiating table to quickly identify and evaluate potential risks and lay out appropriate options. This approach leads to practical, reasonable deals that help support positive long-term relationships between landlords and tenants.

Value. To help clients control their total leasing expenses, the Commercial Leasing Practice Group has experienced leasing paralegals who focuses exclusively on commercial leasing.  Our paralegals have years of experience in lease negotiation, preparation and administration for both in-house and outside counsel.  While the leasing attorneys review every document that leaves the office, our paralegals performs a vital role by working independently to gather and communicate information, prepare leases, manage details and processes and deliver attentive, timely, cost-effective service.

Portfolio Management. Clients with large, time-sensitive leasing portfolios benefit from the methodology the Commercial Leasing Practice Group has developed to monitor leases and to handle a large volume of transactions quickly and efficiently. The Practice Group has created an extensive catalog of leases and lease related documents, complete with language carefully crafted to stand the test of time. In addition, clients receive regular status reports that keep them informed of all leasing activities. Our Practice Group can also work with a client to feed current data into the client’s in-house tracking system to give the client a real-time picture of the status of its lease transactions.

Relationships. Positive relationships and broad contacts are important components of a successful leasing practice. Over the years, the members of the Leasing Practice Group have forged many valuable relationships throughout the legal and real estate communities. In addition, the Practice Group has collaborated with many tenants, primarily in the retail area, to develop master lease forms. These relationships with key players help clients avoid the protracted lease negotiations that can sometimes plague transactions. Instead, deals can move forward as smoothly and expeditiously as possible. Neal Gerber Eisenberg attorneys practicing in other areas, such as real estate and environmental law, are also available to provide counsel when other legal, business or regulatory issues arise.

Neal Gerber Eisenberg’s Commercial Leasing Practice Group has been designed to meet the needs of any company that has leasing work. For companies that have existing in-house leasing departments, our Commercial Leasing Practice Group is an ideal alternative to handle significant, short or long-term increases in work load without the company making a long-term commitment to additional staff and overhead. For companies with a significant ongoing volume of leasing transactions but without a committed in-house leasing department, the Commercial Leasing Practice Group can function like an “in-house” leasing department and the company benefits from the Practice Group’s knowledge, dedication and relationships without making the long-term commitment necessary to build a strong in-house department. For companies for which leasing is not an ongoing activity, the Commercial Leasing Practice Group brings to each lease transaction the knowledge and experience that can be gained only through years of focusing on leasing.