Leases
Virtually all businesses and properties need assistance with leases. Steeg Law has handled a wide range of leases, large and small, for very many different uses.
We have represented commercial landowners and commercial tenants in the Greater New Orleans area and throughout Louisiana, including in Jefferson Parish and St. Tammany Parish, in long term ground leases and leases for space in office, commercial, retail, and industrial buildings.
Ground leases involve particular complications with respect to financing, as the interests of the commercial landowner, the commercial tenant, and the lender all must be balanced and negotiated.
Most businesses rent the space for their operation, whether for retail, industrial, office or general commercial use. We regularly represent both commercial tenants and commercial landlords in these transactions, for both small and large premises.
Leases are long-term relationships, and the lease must anticipate issues that could arise years in the future, so that the lease can be a clear guide to how those issues are resolved. This process requires years of experience, which many of our leasing attorneys bring to this process.
Legal Services
- Ground leases
- Office space
- Retail space
- Sale-leaseback transactions
- Stand-alone buildings
- Warehouse/industrial space
Lead Attorney
Robert M. Steeg
- Chambers USA – Real Estate (since 1994)
- Martindale-Hubbell – AV Preeminent
- Best Lawyers “Lawyer of the Year” for Commercial Transactions/UCC Law, New Orleans (2019)
- The Best Lawyers in America – Banking and Finance Law, Commercial Finance Law, Commercial Transactions/UCC Law, Corporate Law, Real Estate Law (1995-2025)
- Louisiana Super Lawyers – Real Estate (2008-2025)
- New Orleans CityBusiness – Money Maker (2017, 2014)
- New Orleans CityBusiness – Leadership in Law Hall of Fame (Leadership in Law 2018, 2016, 2010)
- New Orleans Magazine Top Lawyers – Real Estate Law, Commercial Transactions/LLS Law and Corporate Law