Home
Commercial Leasing

Commercial Leasing

We deal with various matters involving commercial and retail leases. Whether you’re a landlord or tenant, let us guide you through every step— ensuring your interests are protected and your goals are achieved.
Contact us

Services for Landlords

As a landlord, we understand the importance of securing the right tenants and maintaining a profitable lease. Sanicki offers comprehensive services to help you draft, negotiate, and enforce commercial leases. We provide advice on:

  • Lease Preparation and Negotiation: Tailoring lease agreements to suit your needs, from rent reviews to security deposits.
  • Tenant Screening: Ensuring prospective tenants meet your criteria, reducing risks and protecting your investment.
  • Dispute Resolution: Addressing conflicts swiftly, including breach of lease, rent arrears, or property damage.
  • Lease Renewals and Terminations: Assisting with the renewal process or legally ending a lease when necessary.

Services for Tenants

For tenants, a lease is more than just a contract—it’s a commitment that can shape your business’s future and stability. We work to ensure that your lease agreement is fair and supportive of your objectives. Our services include:

  • Lease Review and Negotiation: Ensuring the terms of your lease are clear, fair, and conducive to your business’s success.
  • Lease Assignment and Transfer: Helping you understand and execute your rights if you need to assign or transfer your lease.
  • Dispute Resolution: Representing your interests in disputes with landlords, including issues related to maintenance, rent, and lease terms.
  • Exit Strategies: Guiding you through the complexities of ending a lease, whether through early termination or at the lease’s conclusion.

Subleases

Subleasing can offer flexibility and financial benefits, but brings unique challenges. We’re experienced in navigating the intricacies of subleasing for both tenants and subtenants. Our services include:

  • Sublease Drafting and Review: Crafting sublease agreements that are clear, enforceable, and aligned with the head lease.
  • Consent from Landlords: Assisting with obtaining the necessary permissions from landlords to proceed with a sublease.
  • Dispute Resolution: Mediating and resolving conflicts that arise in subleasing arrangements, ensuring a smooth relationship between all parties.

Why Choose Sanicki Lawyers?

Sanicki Lawyers is a boutique Australian law firm with a deep understanding of commercial and retail leasing. Our personalised approach, combined with our extensive experience, ensures that your leasing matters are handled with the utmost care and professionalism. We are committed to providing clear, practical advice and effective solutions tailored to your unique circumstances.

Testimonials

Chelsea, Darren and the broader team at Sanicki Lawyers are an integral part of our business… It’s a bonus that they’re incredible to work with. We can’t recommend them highly enough – and wouldn’t trust anyone else with our contracts or business requirements

More
— Giorgio M

Sanicki Lawyers have been incredible to work with. They’re professional, approachable, and really know their stuff. The team made everything easy to understand and were always quick to respond. You can tell they genuinely care about their clients. Highly recommend them for anyone needing solid legal support.

More
— Brandon W

As the Group Commercial Manager for the Salvation Army Australia, I have used Sanicki Lawyers to assist me with commercial contracts and have found their advice, highly professional, commercially astute and legally sound.  I have no hesitation in recommending them to assist you in any commercial transaction.

More
— Robert J

I couldn’t be more impressed with the exceptional service provided. The quality of work was outstanding, and any amendments I requested were handled with professionalism and efficiency. Communication was seamless—emails were always responded to promptly, which made the whole process smooth and stress-free. I engaged them for commercial legal matters, and both Chelsea and Natasha delivered beyond expectations. Highly recommended!

More
— James T

I engaged Terence and Grace after I was defrauded a significant sum of money. Being a victim of cyber fraud is extremely stressful and confronting. Thanks to them I felt an instant sense of relief when they took on my case and achieved a successful outcome within a short period of time. Terence and Grace were extremely knowledgeable in their case law and knew the strategic steps to take, to help me recover both my lost funds and interest. I can’t thank them enough for their professionalism and empathy they displayed to me, to achieve this extraordinary result. I am eternally grateful.

More
— George S

Darren has an excellent team of friendly and accessible people who are both efficient and practical. I trust Darren and his team to deliver for my clients at the most crucial stage of their transaction.

More
— Ian A

Exceptional service from Sanicki Lawyers. I would never hesitate to recommend the team, and will certainly use their firm again for my business.

More
— Julia N

Couldn’t have had a better experience. These guys are warm and efficient. Best!

More
— Harry F

The Sanicki Lawyers team make you feel so welcome, and explain fully costs and processes. It’s so comforting to be able to approach these guys and feel confident with what they do.

More
— Gina C

By having a Sanicki lawyer involved I feel peace of mind knowing the deal has every chance of coming to fruition. I can honestly say that Darren, along with his wonderful team, have saved deals for me on several occasions. Sanicki’s end to end service makes my business life much less stressful.

More
— Steve P

Enquire with our commercial litigation lawyers in Melbourne