Acquisitions and disposals

Legal support buying and selling commercial property

Are you looking to buy or sell commercial property?

Our commercial property solicitors are experts in the legal issues related to buying and selling commercial property. Because we understand the issues, we can anticipate and pre-empt problems to streamline the process for you.

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How can our commercial property team help?

Our commercial property solicitors can help you with:

• commercial property contracts and sale agreements
• commercial property ownership and title investigations
• real estate due diligence, searches and enquires
• advice on third party rights over property including rights of way, easements and covenants

We can help you by preparing balanced legal documents that protect your interests whilst maintaining a commercial approach that lets you get the deal done. When you need to take commercial decisions, we will work with you to ensure that the options we give you reflect your priorities.

Commercial property transactions

We can support you on a range of other commercial property law issues that might arise during transactions, such as:

• commercial property tax planning: commercial property transactions raise many tax issues, including Stamp Duty Land Tax, VAT and the Capital Allowances regime, and our specialists can advise on these
• property finance
• corporate structures: our corporate lawyers can advise on ownership structures such as partnerships, LLP, SIPPS or properties
• planning law

Are you buying a property at auction? 

Please give us a call beforehand and we can discuss how we can help you with the process, and how you can manage the risks. It is important to remember that if you win the auction you are obliged to buy the property, even if you discover problems later.

It is therefore important to obtain legal advice on the auction pack before you bid, and a surveyor's opinion on the condition of the property.  We recognise however that you will want to manage the costs you incur before you buy the property and we can often structure our fees flexibly to help you manage this. Please let us know if you would like to discuss this.

For expert advice and legal support with commercial property transactions, please contact Jessica Booz on 0117 314 5483.