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Einbinder & Dunn, LLP is committed to providing high-quality, cost-effective solutions for all of its clients' legal problems. The partners and their experienced staff of associates take a hands-on approach to each matter. The attorneys are responsive and proactive, working only in each client's best interest to achieve superior results.

Retail and Commercial Leasing Attorneys in New York and Nationwide

Retail and commercial leasing have been a major part of Einbinder & Dunn's commercial real estate practice since the founding partners first joined together in 1990. In the two decades since, our New York law firm has handled virtually every type of retail and commercial leasing need and issue faced by commercial property owners, managers, brokers and tenants.

Our clients include landlords and tenants in the Greater New York metropolitan area, including the five boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens and Staten Island, as well as nationwide.

We represent a broad spectrum of property owners and retailers, running the gamut from small business owners operating out of storefronts to chain store tenants in enclosed malls, shopping centers and warehouses; retail operators in urban and suburban settings; and building owners throughout the city.

We understand that each client has unique concerns and we tailor the counsel we provide to maximize the value of our legal representation. Depending on your needs, we can structure, draft and negotiate anchor leases, in-line leases, ground leases, triple net leases, subleases, master leases and outparcel leases, as well as lease amendments and other agreements incident to the retail leasing process.

Our retail and commercial work is highly diverse, including the matters listed below:

  • Cinema or movie theater leases: Our clients include the largest motion picture theater chain in the country. We have serviced the chain's needs in numerous states throughout the U.S.
  • Restaurant leases: We have represented restaurant owners, franchisors and franchisees in restaurant leases and are familiar with the complicated financial transactions that are often involved in leases of that nature.
  • Retail store leases: From local boutiques to nationwide retail franchises, our law firm negotiates, drafts and reviews retail leases. We also have the capacity to handle all stages of the shopping center development process, including drafting and review of anchor and major store leases.
  • Sale/Leasebacks: An attractive alternative to real estate financing is for a property owner/operator to sell the property to an investor, then lease it back at attractive rates.

Lease-Related Real Estate Litigation

Our New York law firm has also handled complicated lease-related real estate litigation, representing landlords and tenants in disputes related to lease terms and property use. Each situation is unique; many different lease provisions can potentially lead to litigation.

Our clients are often engaged in disputes over the financial terms of a lease or other provisions that have a significant financial impact on property owners and commercial tenants. These include provisions relating to rent or additional rent, construction, permitted uses, hazardous materials and insurance coverage, or assignment and sublet provisions.

Our experience as commercial and retail leasing attorneys helps us to advise our franchisor and franchisee clients as to leases that affect their franchised businesses.

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Contact Our Retail Leasing Lawyers in New York and Nationwide

If you are laying the groundwork for a retail lease or are engaged in a lease dispute, we encourage you to contact Einbinder & Dunn's regarding our legal services. You may fill out our contact form or call us at 866-490-4909 or 212-391-9500 to speak with our leasing agreement lawyers and experienced support staff.

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News & Events

Michael Einbinder will be participating in the African American Real Estate Professionals of New York, Inc. (AAREPNY) Breakfast Panel “Opportunities in Urban Retail” on February 16th 2012 at 8:00am. Click here for more information.

Michael Einbinder recently spoke at the New York Public Library’s Science, Industry and Business Library’s event “New Business Ownership Workshop” on January 17th 2012.

Julianne Lusthaus was a featured speaker for American Arbitration Association’s Best Practices in Franchise Arbitration webinar on December 13, 2011 at 1:30 – 2:30 pm EST.

Michael Einbinder recently presented a Continuing Legal Education program for Lawline.com through its online legal education service entitled “Franchising Under New York Law.”

Michael Einbinder and Terrence Dunn co-authored "A Franchisee's Guide to Franchisor Bankruptcy" which was published in the fall 2011 edition of the Franchise Law Journal.

Michael Einbinder was a presenter of a program entitled “Anatomy of a Franchise Lawsuit” at the American Bar Association's 34th Annual Forum on Franchising in October 19 - 21, 2011 in Baltimore, Maryland.

Julie Lusthaus spoke at the American Bar Association’s 34th Annual Forum on Franchising on the strategies and tactics every franchise lawyer should know on October 19 – 21, 2011 in Baltimore, MD.

Julie Lusthaus has been appointed to the American Bar Association’s Forum on Franchising 2011 Nominating Committee.

The ABA Forum on Franchising has just published a Franchise Litigation Handbook and Michael Einbinder is an author of a chapter on discovery in franchise litigation.


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