Our hospitality & leisure attorneys routinely negotiate:
- Management franchises and other operating agreements between hotel owners and major brands or national or international operators
- Franchise agreements between owners and franchisors
- Amenities agreements for resort properties
- Retail restaurant leases and licensing agreements
- Hotel ground leases
- Other operating agreements which are necessary to effectively and efficiently operate hotel and resort properties including subleases, landscape and maintenance agreements, service agreements, asset and management agreements
Additionally, we are experienced in drafting, negotiating and enforcing convention service agreements and facility use agreements, and in handling employment claims, processing challenges to ad valorem tax assessments and defending personal injury claims.
We also assist clients with:
- Procurement agreements
- Formulation and implementation of revenue management strategies
- Negotiation of sales, group and meeting contracts
- All other aspects of hotel operations
Liquor license issues can have a critical effect on the establishment, management, and economics of hospitality properties because of the considerable revenue generated from food and beverage operations. Our team of attorneys is not only thoroughly familiar with all facets of the permitting process, including obtaining security interests, application and qualifying principals on the application, and license transference, but also includes some of the most sought-after counsel in California regarding alcohol licensing issues.
EXPERIENCE
- BRCP. Represented hotel owner BRCP in an agency contract dispute with hotel operator Four Seasons. We assisted in successfully negotiating a termination to the operator’s contract.
- KSL Resorts/CNL Hospitality (Encinitas, California). Represented the owner and former owner the La Costa Hotel and Spa in Encinitas.
- KSL Resorts (La Quinta, California). Represented KSL in connection with the acquisition and ongoing management and development of the La Quinta Resort & Spa.
- Lowe Enterprises (Olympic Valley, California). Represented Lowe in acquiring a 10% interest in the Squaw Creek Resort from the Ting family of Hong Kong, took over management of the Resort, and became the hotel manager and the development manager for the development of new condominiums.
- Lowe Enterprises (Atlanta, Georgia). Represented Lowe Enterprises on the acquisition of the Barnsley Gardens Resort in Atlanta, Georgia, and supervised the preparation of the LLC, the development management agreement, and the hotel management agreement for the acquisition of this resort.
- Lowe Enterprises (Stowe, Vermont). Represented Lowe Enterprises in the acquisition, development, construction, hotel management, and sale of fractional units and condominiums for the 139-key Stowe Mountain Lodge in Stowe, Vermont, together with a 34- unit club, and a 169-key hotel expansion.
- Stroscher 3, LLC (San Juan Capistrano, California). Represented Stroscher 3 in negotiating and drafting a development agreement and owner participation agreement for hotel and mixed-use project in San Juan Capistrano.
Related Services
