Retail and Commercial Leasing Fundamentals Forum
Issues covered include: heads of agreement, guarantees, changing circumstances, breaches of lease
Description
Take a quick A-Z tour of retail and commercial leases all in one afternoon. Master how to handle the issues that always arise in this half-day comprehensive guide to leasing. Even a seemingly mundane leasing matter can get very messy, very quickly so properly explore pre-lease documentation and guarantees as well as the unexpected changes, developments and disputes that will arise and will have to be resolved quickly.
Attend and earn 3 CPD units in Legal Knowledge
This seminar was recorded in QLD on 12 June 2019
Chair: Peter Travers, Barrister, Alfred Lutwyche Chambers
2.00pm to 2.45pm: Heads of Agreement for Leases: Practical Guidance and Examples
- The principals and goals of an effective HoA: tenant and landlord perspectives
- Clearly specifying what should be binding or non-binding
- Clear, precise drafting tips and examples: avoiding problematic legalese
- The importance of including tenant and landlord obligations
- Due diligence considerations
Presented by Marianne Lloyd-Morgan, Senior Associate, McCullough Robertson
2.45pm to 3.30pm: Tips and Traps of Guarantees
- Personal guarantees
- Bank guarantees
- Traps for the lessor
- Traps for the lessee
- Indemnities
Prepared by Robert Cunningham, Special Counsel, Paxton-Hall Lawyers
3.30pm to 3.45pm Afternoon Tea
3.45pm to 4.30pm: A Change in Plan: Dealing with Changing Circumstances in a Lease
- Redeveloping retail and commercial premises
- Understanding and planning for the risks
- Relocating existing tenants
- Tenant downsizing
- Opportunities and challenges for tenants and landlords
- Assignments and subleases
- Precise language to include in leases
- How to manage these situations when they arise
- Resolving disputes
Presented by Cameron Graham, Partner, Thynne + Macartney; Recommended Property & Real Estate and Leasing Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2018
4.30pm to 5.15pm: Breaches of Lease: How to Avoid and Otherwise Resolve
- General strategies for avoiding and managing defaults
- Warning signs and important principles
- Non-payment of rent
- Lease termination and calling on bank guarantees
- The tenant and landlord perspectives: common issues that arise
- Dispute resolution: practical guidance
Prepared by John Davies, Barrister, Deane Chambers
Venue
Mercure Brisbane
Level 2, 85-87 North Quay
Brisbane 4000
QLD
Australia