GSA Lease Terminations and DOGE: Limits, Landlord Rights and Remedies, Risk Mitigation Strategies
Recording of a 90-minute premium CLE video webinar with Q&A
This CLE webinar will examine the new administration's GSA lease termination process and limits to when GSA leases may be terminated. The panel will also discuss what landlords should be doing to mitigate the risk of termination for default or other reasons that may allow for an early lease termination and what remedies landlords may have if a lease is terminated.
Outline
- Introduction: DOGE and GSA lease terminations
- Policy history: EOs, decisions, rules
- Purpose
- Potential market impact
- GSA lease termination limits
- Firm term vs. soft term
- Termination for convenience vs. termination for cause
- Termination for default
- Other reasons for termination
- Landlord risk mitigation strategies
- Lease review to ensure compliance
- Maintenance requirements
- Security measures or services
- Vacancy clauses
- Holdover rights
- Other considerations
- Landlord rights upon lease termination
- Practitioner takeaways
Benefits
The panel will review these and other important considerations:
- When and under what circumstances may GSA leases be terminated?
- What should counsel and landlord clients be doing now to mitigate the risk of a lease termination during the firm term?
- What remedies do landlords have when GSA leases are terminated?
Faculty

Ferdinand J. Gallo, III
Partner
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
Mr. Gallo’s practice covers all aspects of real estate investment, acquisition, development, financing, and... | Read More
Mr. Gallo’s practice covers all aspects of real estate investment, acquisition, development, financing, and disposition. In his 30-plus years of practice, Mr. Gallo has represented clients during all phases of the lifecycle of real property across all asset classes. He regularly represents institutional investors and owners through all stages of project development, including land acquisition, parcel assemblage, formation, and capitalization of real estate investment joint ventures. Mr. Gallo’s experience includes negotiation and documentation of construction contracts and design and development agreements for all real estate asset classes throughout the United States
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Gordon Griffin
Partner
Holland & Knight
Mr. Griffin is a government contracts attorney with a practice focused on federal leases and other real estate... | Read More
Mr. Griffin is a government contracts attorney with a practice focused on federal leases and other real estate transactions involving the federal government. Mr. Griffin represents building owners, real estate developers, real estate investment trusts (REITs) and asset managers nationwide in all aspects of U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) and other government agency lease procurement and negotiation, lease administration and litigation of government lease disputes. Mr. Griffin is a board member of the Federal Real Property Association and co-author of the Federal Government Real Estate Leasing guide published by LexisNexis, now in its seventh and final edition.
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Michael J. McCarthy
Partner
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
A veteran real estate finance lawyer, Mr. McCarthy advises institutional lenders, borrowers, and investors on a variety... | Read More
A veteran real estate finance lawyer, Mr. McCarthy advises institutional lenders, borrowers, and investors on a variety of commercial real estate finance and related matters. He represents clients in the acquisition and disposition of real estate and has served as lead counsel on transactions involving a wide range of property types including office, industrial, residential, multi-family, retail, hospitality, and mixed use. Mr. McCarthy also handles real estate capital markets transactions, with a focus on repurchase facilities for borrowers and lenders.
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