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Commercial Property

Mercers’ commercial property team have years of combined experience in dealing with a whole range of property matters. Whether it is selling or buying property, or taking or granting a lease, we have the expertise to understand the complexities and have your best interests at heart. Our team likes to take a pragmatic approach to achieve clients’ goals.

We offer fixed fees to make your decision simple.

We are able to assist with the following:-

Sales and purchases
Acting for landlords on granting leases, licences to alter/underlet and rent deposit deeds
Acting for tenants on taking leases and associated documentation
All aspects of financing
Buying and selling small businesses, with special expertise in the hospitality sector
Development, including setting up small residential developments and related plot sales
Option Agreements, Overage Arrangements and Conditional Contracts
SIPPs (Self Invested Personal Pensions)
Investments and portfolios

We specialise in sectors such as the hospitality industry and retail.

We Can Advise On:

Buying and Selling

We can deal with your purchase of commercial property, whether freehold or leasehold including:

Individual properties
Investments and portfolios
Auctions
SIPPs

We can advise you on drafting and negotiating replies to property enquiries. We will liaise with your agents, lenders, and other specialist advisers and focus on the outcome that you want to achieve within time parameters.

Mortgages

We regularly act for both borrowers and lenders as we are on the approved panels for major lending institutions. At Mercers Law, our expert commercial team will advise and where appropriate, negotiate, agree, or draft loan documentation such as bank charges, legal charges, or mortgages on your behalf.

Our Commercial Property solicitors can also deal with collateral securities such as third-party charges, personal guarantees, and debentures to ensure your commercial property transition runs smoothly.

Leases

Leases are complex documents, whether the form is long or short. Unexpected liabilities may arise not only out of what is mentioned in lease documents but also in what is not mentioned. We can advise on whether they are consistent with what you believe you have agreed.

Leases govern, amongst other things:

Tenant’s and the landlord’s rights
Liability for repairs, maintenance, and decoration
Alterations and tenant’s use
Rent and rent reviews
Security of tenure and tenant’s ability to assign (transfer or sell) the lease
Shorter form or duration leases may contain less onerous liability than leases for a longer period, however, this is not always the case

We will ensure, whether you are a landlord or a tenant, that you are aware of the material liabilities on the parties, and whether these are consistent with the market. We will negotiate specifics on your behalf, on your instructions.

We can also advise you on the terms of your existing lease. We regularly advise on selling (or assigning) leases and buying existing leases, taking new leases, granting new leases and subletting, renewing and rent reviews, consents or licenses to assign, sublet, or charge and consents or licences for alterations.

Rights Benefiting & Affecting a Property

Our wide range of expertise and experience can benefit you when seeking advice on:

Restrictive covenants
Rights of way
Rights for services
Rights of light
Parking
Party wall agreements
Indemnity insurance
Overage or clawback

Development

We advise on and handle site acquisitions and disposals, and new house or plot sales, including advising on:

Options
Promotion agreements
Conditional contracts and development and building contracts
Overage agreements and pre-emption agreements
Planning agreements, section 106 agreements or unilateral undertakings
Infrastructure agreements
Restrictive covenants
Indemnity insurance

Public Houses & Restaurants

We have a specialist legal team to help with Public Houses and restaurant commercial property queries.

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