Lease Management

SBM helps businesses take a pro-active and assertive approach to lease management, enabling them to maximise opportunities and reduce costs.

Through extensive research and in-depth analysis, we help organisations manage renewals, break-clauses and lease restructures to unlock clients from high rents and onerous terms.

Timing is critical to managing difficult situations and our teams advise, support and manage the process of renegotiating leases for the benefit of our clients.

We combine our experience, with researched data mixed with our understanding of the power of correct timing to reduce and cut needless over exposure to rental and lease liabilities.

Successful lease management negotiations are based on extensive planning and preparation in the following areas:

• Detailed analysis of all lengthy lease documentation – often containing many archaic terms
• Estimation of costs in respect of exit clauses
• Setting up actions in relation to notices
• Negotiations with the landlord
• Securing full and final settlement

Case Studies

Constructive Negotiating and Transaction Leadership

Office space: Stay or Go?

Making a break clause count: the art of not messing it up

Amending historic planning consent

Highlighting ‘red flags’ in a large leasehold property

Repairing tenant landlord relations to secure a long-term lease

Managing the logistics of change

Maximising operational flexibility during a period of high commercial sensitivity

Renegotiation of leases on two major distribution facilities totalling 300,000sqft

Negotiating a new lease for a regional HQ in Manchester

"By restructuring a client lease in Bucharest, we secured a 20% reduction in liabilities and a rent decrease whilst maintaining a positive relationship with the landlord."

Nick Moss

Project Director

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