Why does 90% of our work consist of
repeat business and referrals?

• We represent tenants only.
• We focus on law firm requirements.
• We deliver consistent results to the most demanding of clients–leading law firms

As aggressive tenant advocates, our strong industry relationships and vast professional experience are committed to you. We ensure your risks are minimized and your leverage in lease transactions is optimized.

What is your tenancy worth?

Find out by putting our savvy team to work for you.

Our intelligence, experience, and negotiation skills will be focused on your requirement. As your single point of contact, we orchestrate the entire leasing/buying process and provide skillful analyses of your options, including negotiating the most flexible and opportunistic terms.

We deliver personal attention, total discretion, and unparalleled responsiveness, allowing you to concentrate on your core practice.

Our continuing service extends to future real property issues—operating expense escalations, overtime air charges, technological building evaluations, and temporary storage space.

Specialization

• Law firm representation
• Tenant advocacy/buyer representation
• Renewal versus relocation analyses
• Strategic real estate planning
• Lease versus buy analyses
• Site selection/feasibility studies
• 1031 Exchanges
• Build-to-suit solutions
• Subleasing/marketing strategies
• Building technological and efficiency
  evaluations
• Lease audits
• Coordinating architects, attorneys, construction managers, engineers, etc.
  

Candace S. Baggett
J.D., The University of Texas School of Law, Austin
B.B.A., summa cum laude, S.M.U., Dallas/Madrid, Spain
Institute on International and Comparative Law, Paris, France

Candace is an expert on office leasing. Her distinguished real estate career includes 12 years practicing real estate law at a major oil company and over 15 years as a tenant representative.

Candace’s proficiency ranges from handling an oil industry buyout of over 200 properties to landlord representation, culminating in tenant advocacy on behalf of well-established and newly formed law firms.

A Houston Business Journal “Heavy Hitter,” Candace’s expertise is in demand at prominent continuing legal education seminars sponsored by the State Bar of Texas and The University of Texas School of Law.

Publications/Lectures

• 2006, State Bar of Texas, Anatomy of a Work Letter
• 2006, South Texas College of Law, A Guide to Space Downunder
• 2005, South Texas College of Law, Economic Analysis of an Office Lease
• 2004, The University of Texas School of Law, The Leasing Institute, and Houston Bar Association Real Estate Law Section, Assignments/Subleasing: Legal and Practical Issues
• 2003 State Bar of Texas, Negotiating Commercial Leases, Title and Insurance Considerations for Large Space
• 2003, Houston Association of Realtors and South Texas College of Law, 20th Annual Real Estate Law Conference, Anatomy of a Work Letter
• 2002, State Bar of Texas, Advanced Real Estate Law, Rx for Passing Out from Pass-Throughs (Operating Expenses)
• 2002, South Texas College of Law, 18th Annual Real Estate Law Conference, The Space Race: A Primer on Eliminating Excess Lease Space (Emphasizing Assignment and Subletting)
• 2001, South Texas College of Law, 17th Annual Real Estate Law Conference, Hot Topics in Office Leasing
• 2000, State Bar of Texas, Advanced Real Estate Law Course, Desperately Seeking Space
• 2000, State Bar of Texas, Advanced Real Estate Drafting Course, Tenants, Take Your Mark
• 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, South Texas College of Law, 13th, 14th, 15th, and 16th, respectively, Annual Real Estate Law Conference, Office Leasing
• 1992, 1991, South Texas College of Law, Advanced Real Estate Law Institute, Operating Expenses in Office Leasing