Dana Khoury Law Office

Tenancy & leases

A shop is worth what its lease says it is.

Renewal, eviction, a landlord who wants the space back, a tenant who has stopped paying. The document you signed years ago decides most of the argument, so the first work is always reading it properly — clause by clause, and out loud if need be.

You might be here if

• You are about to sign a lease for a shop and want it read first
• A notice arrived and you are not sure what it obliges you to do
• A renewal or a termination is coming up
• You and the other side disagree about a commercial space

Contracts

A contract is worth only the sentence you rely on when it breaks.

Suppliers, clients, partners, staff. Most agreements in this city are made on trust and a handshake, and most of them hold. Drafting is for the ones that do not — one page written carefully now instead of a year spent proving what was meant.

You might be here if

• Someone has asked you for a written agreement and you do not know what belongs in it
• You are taking on a partner and the terms are still spoken
• A draft has been sent to you and you would rather not sign it blind
• The same deal keeps repeating and you want one standard form for it

Company formation

The structure you choose at the start is the cheapest one to change.

Turning a trade into a company, or two people into partners on paper. The formation work is the filing and the founding documents — and, before that, the conversation about which shape actually suits what you are building.

You might be here if

• You are opening with a partner and want it written before it starts
• You have been trading under your own name and it has outgrown that
• You want a small company set up and the file done properly