Recorded Webinar: Drafting and Negotiating Agreements for Lease (Professional Skills)

An agreement for lease is an agreement to grant a lease in the future without actually granting a right of possession to the proposed lessee. While they commonplace in commercial leases, they come with some complex challenges. This session refreshes practitioners on agreements to lease, and includes:

• When is it appropriate to use an agreement for lease?
• The contents of the agreement to lease and how they differ from the lease
• Timing: commencing the fitout before the lease commences
• When does the ‘rent-free’ period commence?
• Managing joint work – some fitout done by the landlord and some by the tenant
• Who is the principal contractor?
• Managing, allocating and insuring risk in the construction phase
• Security, ownership and PPSA issues of the fitout