Commercial Leases, Construction
The commercial concept comes first, the legal aspect follows
BMH AVOCATS assists major European retailers and hotel chains in their expansion in France, one of the most important markets in Europe. Amongst our clients are also building and planning companies who we advise on their projects in France.
Awareness of the cultures of the various stakeholders enables us to bring into harmony the expectations and concepts of our clients when drafting and negotiating commercial leases and contracts in the field of construction such as works contracts, subcontracting, project management, assistance with project management and delegated project management, financial guarantees. We accompany our clients from the building phase to the acceptance and for the resolution of all possible building related claims either in court or amicably.
Our expertise regroups
-
Assistance to landlords/project managers
and buyers for the purposes of the appointment of a legal expert or the introduction of any other investigative
-
Assistance to clients
for the purposes of invoking the guarantees of property-casualty insurers, the liability of builders and the guarantees of liability insurers, but also in cases of damage to buildings
-
Renegotiation
of the rent during the course of the lease
-
Downstream advice
through the drafting of the various contracts and during the execution of the contracts, particularly upon delivery of the works
Fields of intervention
- Industries and logistics platforms
- Food and Non-Food Retail
- Construction
- Automotive services
- Luxury
- Pharmaceutical laboratories
Examples of assignments
Negotiation of a lease contract before completion of a logistics plateform of more than 100,000 m²
Negotiation of a real estate development contract for the creation of a platform of more than 50,000 m²
Negotiated with a public developer for the acquisition of a land of more than 75,000 m² for the construction of a logistics platform
Assistance to a European compagny in negotiating its rents
Advice and representation of construction companies and and building owners in public or private construction related litigation and expert evaluation proceedings
Accolades
Leaders League 2025: Real Estate