An individual's personal financial guarantee of lease obligations.

  • An individual's personal financial guarantee of lease obligations.
  • Common where the tenant entity has limited covenant.

Personal guaranty

Legal · US, UK

Short definition

An individual's personal financial guarantee of lease obligations.

Full definition

Common where the tenant entity has limited covenant. Negotiate burn-down (guaranty reduces over the term), cap (limited to a fixed dollar amount), and carve-outs (only base rent, not opex).

Why this matters for Class A leasing

Personal guaranty is part of the legal vocabulary that institutional Class A occupiers, landlords, and advisers use across US, UK markets. Understanding it correctly affects how you read lease documents, model occupancy economics, and benchmark deal terms across cities. Class A Atlas tracks regional variation alongside the global standard so cross-border occupiers can translate quickly.