Before the signing

ScriptaLegal and the commercial lease

• How can ScriptaLegal help you prepare a commercial lease?

Basics of the commercial lease

• What is a commercial lease?
• What are the different types of commercial leases?
• What is the difference between a commercial lease and a residential lease?
• Does the Civil Code of Quebec apply to a commercial lease, and can the parties modify the rules provided for therein?
• Is a verbal commercial lease valid?
• Can a commercial lease be signed electronically?
• Who has the authority to sign a commercial lease?
• How should leased premises be described in a commercial lease?
• How important is it to define the permitted use of rented premises?

The leasing offer

• What is a commercial lease offer?
• What is the legal value of a rental offer?
• What is the legal value of an offer to lease?
• What is the benefit of a well-written rental offer?
• What should a commercial lease offer contain?
• Why submit a rental offer before signing a commercial lease?
• Can you withdraw from a rental offer after you have signed it?
• What is the difference between a rental offer and a commercial lease?
• What happens when the terms of the proposed lease differ from those of the rental offer?