David Leffler and David Jacoby in NYLJ – The Third Ground: Renegotiating Office Leases Post-COVID

David Leffler and David Jacoby in NYLJ – The Third Ground: Renegotiating Office Leases Post-COVID

Our partners David Leffler and David Jacoby of New York recently co-authored an article for New York Law Journal that discusses legal strategies for renegotiating or terminating office leases in light of the pandemic.

Here are a few excerpts from the article:

We live in unprecedented times where industries, business models and interpersonal rules all have shifted dramatically, thrusting a knife into the hearts of many businesses. Those businesses often have leases for office or retail spaces which were a valuable part of their business model in a pre-COVID-19 environment, but now, suddenly, these leases are burdensome and unusable.

We believe that current circumstances present an opportunity for tenants to use new strategies to renegotiate or even terminate leases.

Read their entire article HERE to learn more.


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