
Resort, Hospitality, and Leisure
Our experienced resort, hospitality, and leisure lawyers represent clients in complicated, large-scale, urban and resort hotel projects throughout North and South America, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), and Australia.
We have decades of experience helping our clients understand and deal with the business and legal issues that command their attention. We use our knowledge and experience to ensure our clients protect themselves from current risks and are positioned appropriately for future success.
We provide a broad range of services that range from the investment, financing, and development of projects through all of the legal issues presented in the course of hotel or resort operations. Our clients include developers, investors, lenders, construction companies, management companies and franchisors, and operators and franchisees.
Our resort, hospitality, and leisure lawyers provide counsel in a variety of areas, including:
- Financing
- Reorganization and bankruptcy
- Matters related to mixed-use luxury resorts and urban communities
- Casinos and gaming
- Pro-development legislation and planning standards
- Hotel law
- Golf law
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