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We represent landlords and tenants of commercial property. Regardless of whether we represent landlords or tenants, we are extremely successful at obtaining favorable lease provisions for our clients. Often, we make our clients aware of issues that they never thought of. Our clients thank us at the time of lease negotiation and thank us even more when problems are avoided as a result of our foresight. In negotiating leases, we use the same zealous tenacity whether we represent a “start-up” company looking to lease small office space or a corporation of over 150 employees seeking to lease multiple floors of prime real estate. In the end, our clients benefit greatly from our experience and efforts.
Alex’s “War Story”: “Not too long ago, I represented a company of over 150 employees in negotiating a lease for an entire floor of prime Manhattan office space. The landlord was one of New York’s top management companies employing one of New York’s top, large real estate firms. The face-to-face negotiating sessions were almost comical in terms of the number of lawyers used by each side. Alone, I sat on one side of a huge conference room table. No less than five lawyers and several paralegals representing the landlord sat on the other. Fortunately, the number of lawyers does not necessarily determine the outcome of a negotiation. After the lease was signed, one of the landlord’s lawyers admitted to me that the provisions I was able to negotiate on behalf of my client were more favorable than those given to any of their other tenants in any of their numerous buildings.”
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