The Real Cost of Signing Without Review
A five-year office lease with annual rent of $80,000 represents a $400,000 commitment. Add outgoings, annual increases, and make-good costs, and you could be looking at over $500,000 in total liability. The legal contract review cost of our service is a fraction of what a single unfavourable clause could cost your business.
We've seen tenants locked into leases with 5% annual increases when market conditions dropped. We've helped businesses avoid make-good clauses that would have required them to strip out $150,000 worth of fit-out. Our commercial office lease lawyer team knows what to look for because we've seen what goes wrong.
What Makes Our Office Lease Contract Review Different
Our lawyers are part of Sutton Laurence King Lawyers, a boutique commercial and property law firm with offices throughout Australia. We focus exclusively on contract review. This means we're not trying to generate ongoing work. We give you clear, actionable advice and let you decide how to proceed.
Every office tenancy agreement review includes a detailed written report. We use plain English, not legal jargon. You'll understand exactly what each clause means for your business, which terms you should push back on, and where you have negotiating leverage.
Our Review Process
Send us your lease documents and we'll confirm our fixed fee within hours. Once you proceed, our commercial lease lawyer team gets to work. Within 48 hours, you'll receive a comprehensive report covering:
- Summary of key terms and your obligations
- Risk assessment with priority ratings
- Specific clauses that need amendment
- Suggested negotiation points
- Plain English explanations of complex provisions
We're available to discuss our findings and answer questions. If you need us to review counteroffers or amended terms, we offer competitive rates for follow-up work.
Common Issues We Find in Office Leases
Rent review clauses that only allow increases, never decreases. Outgoings definitions that include capital works. Personal guarantees that extend beyond the lease term. Options to renew with vague conditions. Assignment clauses that give landlords unreasonable control. Bank guarantee requirements that tie up working capital.
These aren't theoretical concerns. They're issues we identify regularly in office leases across Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, and throughout Australia. Our property contract of sale review principles apply equally to commercial tenancies. We protect your interests by identifying problems before they become expensive mistakes.
