BLM23050 - Defining long funding leases: commencement and transition: pre-existing heads of agreement: lessee's side, lessor's side and lessee

The term ‘lessee’s side’ is defined in FA06/SCH8/PARA27 to mean

• the lessee,
• a person who controls (or is to control) the lessee,
• any two or more persons who together control (or are to control) the lessee.

The ‘lessor’s side’ is defined in similar terms.

This means that there may be a pre-existing heads of agreement when neither the lessor nor the lessee yet exists.

However, the lessee must be identified precisely as a particular (unique) entity. A description such as ‘a wholly owned subsidiary of …’ does not by itself identify a particular lessee because there could be more than one wholly owned subsidiary.

The lessor does not have to be identified precisely. This means that a lessor group could set up or identify a special purpose vehicle to act as lessor subsequent to the pre-existing heads of agreement.