Leases

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2025

Operating Leases – The Company leases office space under non-cancelable lease agreements, which expire on various dates through 2035. The Company reflects lease expense over the lease terms on a straight-line basis, which include options to extend the lease when it is reasonably certain that the Company will exercise that option. Occupancy lease agreements, in addition to base rentals, generally are subject to escalation provisions based on certain costs incurred by the landlord. The Company does not have any leases with variable lease payments. Occupancy and Equipment Rental on the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations includes operating lease cost for office space of $17,353 and $14,403 for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and variable lease cost, which principally include costs for real estate taxes, common area maintenance and other operating expenses of $1,655 and $1,528 for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

In conjunction with the lease of office space, the Company has entered into letters of credit in the amount of $5,913 and $5,886 as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively, which are secured by cash that is included in Other Assets on the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition.

The Company has entered into various operating leases for the use of office equipment (primarily computers, printers, copiers and other information technology related equipment). Occupancy and Equipment Rental on the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations includes operating lease cost for office equipment of $1,550 and $1,474 for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

The Company uses its secured incremental borrowing rate to determine the present value of its right-of-use assets and lease liabilities. The determination of an appropriate incremental borrowing rate requires significant assumptions and judgment. The Company's incremental borrowing rate was calculated based on the Company's recent debt issuances and current market conditions. The Company scales the rates appropriately depending on the life of the leases.

The Company incurred net operating cash outflows of $15,609 and $10,691 for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively, related to its operating leases, which was net of cash received from lease incentives of $3,408 and $718 for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

Other information as it relates to the Company's operating leases is as follows:


	For the Three Months Ended March 31,
		2025			2024
New Right-of-Use Assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities		$	17,146		$	880


		March 31, 2025			March 31, 2024
Weighted-average remaining lease term - operating leases		9.9 years			10.5 years
Weighted-average discount rate - operating leases		4.80		%	4.58		%

As of March 31, 2025, the maturities of the undiscounted operating lease liabilities for which the Company has commenced use are as follows:


2025 (April 1 through December 31)	$	63,741
2026	81,927
2027	72,791
2028	64,298
2029	54,804
Thereafter	385,394
Total lease payments	722,955
Less: Tenant Improvement Allowances	(17,300)
Less: Imputed Interest	(147,325)
Present value of lease liabilities	558,330
Less: Current lease liabilities	(58,735)
Long-term lease liabilities	$	499,595

The Company has entered into certain lease agreements, primarily for office space, which have not yet commenced and thus are not yet included on the Company's Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition as right-of-use assets and lease liabilities. The Company anticipates that these leases will commence in 2025 and will have lease terms of 3 to 10 years once they have commenced. The additional future payments under these arrangements are $2,934 as of March 31, 2025.

In September 2024, the Company entered into a binding agreement affirming its intent to lease office space in London, United Kingdom. The Company anticipates signing the lease in 2026, following construction of the building, and anticipates that it will take possession of this space by the end of 2026. The lease term will end in 2041. The expected approximate additional annual expense under this lease agreement, net of certain lease incentives, is £12,000, and the aggregate expected additional future payments under this arrangement are £175,000.