Commercial Lease Review Attorneys
Before you sign a lease, let us identify the legal, financial, and licensing issues that could cost your business thousands.
- 24-Hour Review Available
- Restaurant & Retail Leases
- Liquor License Eligibility Analysis
- NYC & Long Island Representation
Commercial leases are written for the landlord — not for you.
A single overlooked provision can cost more in one year than a full legal review will cost over the entire lease term. We surface these issues before you sign:
- Personal guaranties that survive the business
- Aggressive rent escalations and pass-throughs
- CAM charges without a cap or audit right
- Assignment and sublet restrictions
- Build-out obligations and delivery conditions
- Liquor license eligibility and contingencies
- Certificate of occupancy and use problems
- Limited early-termination and casualty rights
A focused review of the provisions that decide the outcome.
Good-guy clauses, limits on personal exposure, and survival language after assignment or sale.
Base rent, percentage rent, fixed and CPI escalations, free-rent periods, and abatements.
Operating expense exclusions, caps on controllable CAM, audit rights, and tax pass-throughs.
Right to assign in connection with a sale, change of control, and recapture clauses.
200-foot and 500-foot rule analysis, licensing contingencies, and method-of-operation conflicts.
C of O verification, legal use, ADA, and DOB compliance issues that affect opening.
Cure periods, cross-defaults, acceleration of rent, and remedies on default.
Delivery condition, landlord's work, services, repairs, and rights of quiet enjoyment.
Four steps from review to signed lease.
Send us the proposed lease, LOI, and any landlord work letter or rider. We confirm scope and quote a flat fee.
A licensed attorney reviews every page with attention to risk, market-standard deviations, and licensing impact.
You receive a written memo identifying issues, ranked by importance, with proposed redlines and fallback positions.
We negotiate directly with landlord's counsel or stay in support so you negotiate from a position of strength.
Frequently asked questions
Fees depend on lease length and complexity. Most restaurant and retail lease reviews are handled on a flat fee that we quote up front, after a brief intake call so you know the cost before we begin.
Yes. Restaurant leases are a core part of our practice. We focus on use clauses, vent and grease line rights, hours of operation, liquor license contingencies, build-out allowances, and the personal guaranty.
Yes. We review liquor store leases with attention to the 200-foot rule, package store proximity, certificate of occupancy, and assignment language that affects future sale of the business.
Yes. After the review we can negotiate directly with the landlord or landlord's counsel — common targets include personal guaranties, escalations, CAM caps, assignment rights, and licensing contingencies.
We offer 24-hour expedited reviews for time-sensitive deals. Standard turnaround is 2–4 business days from receipt of the lease and supporting documents.
Before You Sign, Let Us Review Your Lease
A single lease provision can cost far more than the review itself.