9.24 B. Assignment

JurisdictionNew York

B. Assignment

Protect your clients especially from leases that flatly prohibit assignments or give a prospective landlord unfettered discretion to prohibit one. In many cases, a merger or acquisition will result in an assignment when the lease is transferred to a new legal entity. This means your client could be in technical default, and it could enable the landlord to force your client out of the space—especially in a rising market, or if the preferred use for this type of space has changed.

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