Tailored Legal Guidance for Buying and Selling Commercial Property

Buying or selling commercial property is a significant financial decision, whether it involves an office building, warehouse, retail premises, or undeveloped land. Navigating the legal complexities correctly can help you avoid costly setbacks and unnecessary mistakes. At Harris Tate, we offer straightforward, practical legal advice to help you navigate decisions with clarity and confidence.

Straightforward and Practical

We provide expert legal support to buyers and sellers of commercial property across Tauranga and beyond. Our team explains the process in clear, practical terms, ensuring you understand each step. From drafting contracts to negotiating fair conditions and meeting critical deadlines, we help you move forward with confidence and peace of mind.

Client-Focused

We prepare and review sale and purchase agreements to ensure they accurately reflect your agreed terms and safeguard your interests. This includes key elements such as the purchase price, deposit arrangements, warranties, and conditions like finance or due diligence clauses, along with settlement timeframes. If you need support negotiating with agents or the other party’s lawyer, we’re here to step in and handle that for you.

Simplifying Your Due Diligence Process

For buyers, we walk you through all the essential checks before your contract is unconditional, covering everything from title searches and lease reviews (for tenanted properties) to LIM reports, building inspections, zoning, resource consents, earthquake (NBS) ratings, asbestos assessments and more. We’ll flag any potential issues and help you determine what’s a dealbreaker and what can be resolved.

And, when you are ready to sell your commercial property, our team will help you prepare a clear, well-structured sale agreement, and compile a thorough due diligence checklist so you can move ahead with certainty.

Understanding Lease Implications in Property Sales

If you’re purchasing a tenanted property, we’ll go over the lease documents with you and break down key details like rent review schedules, outgoings, and renewals and remaining terms, along with any break clauses that could impact your investment.

If you’re selling, we’ll make sure the lease paperwork is clean, complete, and ready to be assigned, helping you avoid delays when it’s time to settle.

Helping You Wrap Things Up Seamlessly and Efficiently on Settlement

On settlement day, we take care of everything from working with lenders to transferring funds; to updating titles, handing over keys, and wrapping up lease arrangements. If any last-minute hiccups pop up, we act fast to keep things moving.

We offer strategic tailored professional legal solutions for your transaction, whether you’re setting up a trust or forming a company, we work closely with your accountant to ensure that the structure aligns with your goals and is fit for purpose.

Why Partner with Harris Tate?

• Clear, commercially-minded practical legal advice you can understand.
• Based in Tauranga, providing trusted commercial property advice and support to clients across New Zealand for over Forty Years.
• A trusted team of professionals who work hand-in-hand with your broker, accountant, and lender to keep your transaction moving.

Let us Help You Get Settled’

Commercial property transactions are too important to leave to chance.

Partner with Harris Tate for clear professional and strategic legal support that minimises risk to help your commercial property transaction proceed effortlessly.