Retail

Who we are

Tyr’s retail team brings together a dynamic group of specialists with extensive experience in the sector, working with both regional and national clients.

We understand the unique pressures and challenges that come within the retail sector, and we’re here to help you navigate them with innovative, commercial solutions. From luxury and high street brands with extensive retail property portfolios to commercial wholesalers with warehouse storage and distribution needs, we regularly support clients across all areas of the retail landscape.

What we do

The firm advises on a full range of matters, such as:

• Commercial property matters including landlord and tenant issues, property acquisition, relocation and disposals
• Employment issues
• Commercial contracts, intellectual property issues and franchising agreements
• Taxation matters
• Portfolio management for both landlords and tenants including all aspects of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954
• Relocation and exit strategies including handling break notices and managing dilapidations.
• Business restructuring
• Management buy-outs and buy-ins
• Partnership agreements

 How we can help you

Our retail team is all about understanding your business from the ground up. We take the time to get to know you and your challenges so we can offer practical, straight-talking commercial advice that’s tailored to your needs. Whether you’re dealing with store openings, relocations, or closures, we work with you to ensure everything runs smoothly according to your timetable.

We’re also here to help with general property management at retail sites, whether you’re on the high street, in shopping centres, or retail parks. If contentious property issues arise, we can guide you through them, always keeping your commercial objectives front and centre. With years of experience in the retail sector, we work closely with you to keep your business running smoothly, help you grow, and tackle any obstacles that come your way.

Examples of the team’s recent and previous experience

• Portfolio management for several retail clients with portfolios of 40+ properties.
• We acted for a luxury high street retailer with the opening of 3 major stores in London.
• We acted for a well-known retailer in relation to a multi-million-pound dispute with a high-profile service provider.
• Previous experience of acting for a shopping centre landlord in connection with asset management including unopposed lease renewals, breach of tenant covenants and tenant related insolvency issues.
• We were instructed to purchase a vacant high street retail store by way of a funding arrangement from a private lender.