Hospitality and Leisure

The variety of hospitality and leisure legal issues that arise along the course of the business cycle within hospitality entities such as hotels, serviced apartments, resorts, clubs, health and fitness facilities, leisure complexes, cinemas, marinas, and others – is broad and diverse.

We advise on development, acquisition and disposals of commercial property involved in hospitality business and advise on associated contractual arrangements;
management agreements and operations;
franchise and outsourcing operations;
corporate, joint ventures and fund formation for the purposes of finance and restructuring;
advertising, brand and IP protection.

Our expertise includes:

Management and Operations

– Legal assistance in transactions of hospitality property purchases and disposals, joint ventures formation for acquisition and operations purposes
– Management and operators' agreements review, due diligence and disputes resolution (including employment, rent and suppliers related disputes)

Advertising and brand

– Assistance on and management of brand names and trademarks, intellectual property and infringement issues

Finance and restructuring

– Sourcing of project financing solutions and associated legal support, restructuring of existing bank financing