California Commercial Office Leases 101

From startups to established businesses and whether exploring options for an initial location or considering a move to a new space, a basic understanding of the types of commercial office leases available (and how they differ) can be an invaluable decision-making tool. What should be included in a lease? What should a tenant look out for before signing on the dotted line? Join Snell & Wilmer attorneys Monique Lashbrook and Roz Sutton for a basic overview of the different types of commercial office leases including a discussion covering items that are typically included in leases and what to look out for in a lease from the tenant’s perspective in California.

About the speaker:
Monique Lashbrook is a real estate partner in Snell & Wilmer’s San Diego office. She has extensive experience handling real estate acquisitions and dispositions, joint ventures, commercial mortgage financing, commercial leasing for industrial and retail spaces, and property management matters. Monique also has experience in connection with mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, corporate entity documents and consents, private placement memorandums and Regulation D securities offerings, as well as nondisclosure agreements. Monique can be reached at 858.434.5007 or mlashbrook@swlaw.com.

Roz Sutton, a real estate associate in Snell & Wilmer’s San Diego office, focuses her practice on representing developers, private equity funds, and financial institutions on both the equity and debt sides of real estate transactions. She has experience advising clients on matters involving the acquisition, sale, development, financing, and construction of large commercial properties and projects. She also has extensive experience advising financial institutions, as well as non-bank lenders on the origination and restructuring of commercial real estate mortgage and mezzanine loans. Roz can be reached at 858.434.5013 or rsutton@swlaw.com.