Negotiating and Drafting Restaurant Leases: Emerging Trends and Developments
A live 90-minute premium CLE video webinar with interactive Q&A
This CLE webinar will focus on drafting and negotiating the provisions of restaurant leases and emerging trends. The panel will discuss how the operational aspects of a restaurant impact provisions in the lease, tenant improvements, franchise relationships, operational issues in mixed-use developments, insurance provisions and coverages, and issues applicable to tenants generally.
Outline
- Restaurant tenants generally: distinguishing features
- Tenant improvements/buildout provisions
- Allocation of responsibility between landlord and tenant
- Equipment and furnishings: lender rights upon lease or loan default
- Franchised (chain) restaurants: rights of franchisor upon default under lease or franchise
- Insurance provisions and coverages
- Other provisions: co-tenancy, go dark, termination provisions, parking, options to renew, insurance
- Subordination, non-disturbance, and attornment agreements
Benefits
The panel will review these and other key issues:
- How do the operational aspects of a restaurant impact provisions in a restaurant lease?
- What are the concerns for a mixed-use development, and how might they be reflected in the lease?
- Given the expense of a restaurant buildout, how might financing arrangements impact the lease?
- How might a franchise agreement affect the provisions of a restaurant lease and the buildout process?
- What are the nuisance concerns to address in a restaurant lease?
Faculty

Mayan Bouskila
Partner, Chair, Real Estate Group
Helbraun Levey
Ms. Bouskila is the Chair of the Real Estate Group of Helbraun Levey. She has deep legal and business acumen and... | Read More
Ms. Bouskila is the Chair of the Real Estate Group of Helbraun Levey. She has deep legal and business acumen and is known for her strategic solutioning skills while advising clients. Her practice focuses on commercial leasing, restructuring deals, joint ventures, acquisitions, dispositions, equity purchase agreements, management agreements, and due diligence. Before joining the firm, she practiced law in Sydney, Australia, at leading international law firms, where she managed and executed complex real estate capital transactions, including acquisition and disposal of commercial office buildings, industrial estates, retail centers, infrastructure, and corporate deals, primarily for national and international listed property trusts, real estate funds, private equity groups, investment banks, international investors, high net worth family offices and major property developers.
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Michael S. Hale
President
Clairmont Advisors
Mr. Hale has more than 20 years of experience in the insurance industry as an attorney and a broker, and has... | Read More
Mr. Hale has more than 20 years of experience in the insurance industry as an attorney and a broker, and has represented both insurers and policyholders in coverage-related matters. He has taught insurance and risk management to thousands of insurance professionals and is routinely published as an expert on these topics. In addition, Mr. Hale has served as an expert witness in more than 150 insurance coverage and errors and omissions cases.
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Jeremy Y. Weltman
Shareholder
Ruberto Israel & Weiner
Mr. Weltman's wide-reaching litigation practice focuses on finding successful resolutions to his clients' legal... | Read More
Mr. Weltman's wide-reaching litigation practice focuses on finding successful resolutions to his clients' legal issues. He represents both individuals and companies across a range of industries including hospitality, real estate, construction, healthcare, restaurant, and retail. Mr. Weltman's direct civil and commercial litigation experience includes handling complex commercial and business litigation, employment litigation, Wage Act litigation, probate litigation, real estate disputes, construction matters, civil rights litigation including ADA accessibility, accommodation issues, and high impact class action work, municipal disputes, appellate advocacy, and other tort based litigation matters.
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You may pre-order a recording to listen at your convenience. Recordings are available 48 hours after the webinar. Strafford will process CLE credit for one person on each recording. All formats include course handouts.