Commercial Property is an essential legal service for property transactions, including buying, selling, leasing, and developing energy, mining, and infrastructure assets. It helps navigate the complexities of real estate transactions and protect your interests.

Our multi-disciplinary team of experienced attorneys are committed to providing practical, concept-to-closure solutions to your commercial property concerns for the asset’s lifecycle.

Legislation and Regulations

Our team’s in-depth experience with the legal framework governing commercial property, including the National Building Regulations and Standards Act, the National Environmental Management Act, the Municipal Systems Act, and the Municipal Planning By-laws, allows us to respond nimbly to your requests.

We provide comprehensive legal advice and assistance to our clients to help them understand and comply with these regulations, by avoiding any legal pitfalls that could lead to costly litigation.

Commercial Property Services

We offer a wide range of commercial property services to our clients, including:

• Property Development: We provide legal advice and assistance to property developers from the initial planning stage through to the completion of the project. We can help with everything from obtaining planning permission to drafting and negotiating construction contracts.
• Property Acquisitions and Disposals: Our team can assist with the acquisition or disposal of commercial property, including due diligence investigations, negotiating and preparing deal and term sheets, drafting and settling the full suite of loan and security documentation, auditing underlying sale and lease agreements relevant to the venture being financed, attending to the registration of all registrable securities (whether notarial or mortgage bonds) and monitoring the fulfilment of advance pre-conditions.
• Leases: We advise on the drafting and negotiation of lease agreements, 
• Property Finance: We offer expert advice to property developers and investors on all aspects of property finance, including loan agreements, bonds, and security documents. We also represent the interests of borrowers seeking acquisition, development, term, or restructuring finance and assist with negotiating and the execution of the applicable financing and security documents. 
• Dispute Resolution: We have a wealth of experience in resolving disputes related to commercial property, including landlord-tenant disputes, boundary disputes, and construction disputes.

Our team of highly experienced attorneys are committed to providing our clients with excellent legal advice and service. 

Contact us today to learn how we can assist you with your commercial property needs.