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Commercial lease lawyers for tenants

Before you sign, during the lease and when you leave. We act for tenants of shops, offices, warehouses and factories across Victoria.

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On this page: Before you sign During the lease Selling, subletting or leaving When something goes wrong Enquire

Before you sign

The least expensive time to fix a lease is before it is signed. Once it is signed, your position is largely fixed for the term, and most of the disputes we see trace back to a clause nobody read closely: the rent review, the outgoings, the make-good obligation or the conditions attached to an option.

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Commercial lease review

Plain-English advice on the lease and disclosure statement, the clauses that matter, and the changes worth negotiating.

Does the Retail Leases Act apply?

The first question on any shop or service lease, because the Act overrides inconsistent terms.

Read the guide: Does the Retail Leases Act apply?

Shops and services

Retail lease lawyers

Your rights under the Retail Leases Act, from the disclosure statement to the end of the lease.

Lease review: $1,100 including GST

A fixed fee for most commercial and retail leases, with a free 15-minute phone call first.

How our fees work: Lease review: $1,100 including GST

During the lease

Options to renew

The landlord’s reminder notice, early market reviews, cooling off, and how options are lost.

Rent reviews

Fixed, CPI and market reviews, and what to do when a market review comes back high.

Outgoings and land tax

What can be recovered, estimates, annual statements and audits.

In preparation

Repairs and the landlord's obligations

What the landlord must maintain, and urgent repairs.

Selling, subletting or leaving

Selling your business: assigning the lease

Landlord’s consent, the disclosure steps, and getting released from the lease.

Ending a lease early

Surrender, assignment, subletting, and when the law lets a retail tenant end the lease.

Make good at the end of the lease

What a make-good clause requires, and claims that go beyond it.

In preparation

Subleasing

Consent, the head lease and your continuing liability.

When something goes wrong

Rent and outgoings disputes, breach notices, relocation and demolition, and make-good claims. See lease disputes for how disputes run in Victoria, including mediation at the Victorian Small Business Commission and VCAT.

Tell us about your lease

Send the form, or call. We reply within one business day, by phone, email or text, whichever you prefer.

What happens next

Send the form.
We reply within one business day.
We arrange a time to talk, or ask for the lease and any other documents we need first.

Phone: 1800 776 529 (1800 PRO LAW)
Email: info@leaselawyers.com.au
Hours: Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5:30 pm
Office: 435 Nepean Highway, Frankston VIC 3199. We act across Victoria by phone, video and email.