Recent Transactions
March 2024: The firm represents the buyer of a Residence Inn in its negotiation of a franchise agreement with Marriott.
March 2024: The firm represents the owner of two Hyatt hotels in its negotiation of new franchise agreements with Marriott.
March 2024: The firm represents the owner of an upstate New York ski resort in the drafting and negotiation of two new store leases, for an apparel store and a gourmet café.
March 2024: The firm is retained by the owner of several prominent hotels in Dallas, with respect to two new food and beverage agreements: a lease at one hotel and a management agreement at another.
March 2024: The firm represents the owner of a Marriott branded hotel in California in the negotiation of a renewal franchise agreement for a different Marriott brand.
February 2024: The firm is retained by a restaurant group to handle multiple licensing and consulting transactions in South America, the Middle East, Europe and East Asia, for both food and beverage establishments as well as new hotel branding concepts.
February 2024: The firm represents the institutional mezzanine lender in connection with the construction aspects of a 72 unit residential condominium development in New York, New York.
February 2024: The firm handles a demolition contract on behalf of the owner of two buildings at its Westchester County, NY development site, which had been on hold due to the pandemic.
February 2024: The firm represents the owner of a Hilton full service hotel in its negotiation of a new replacement franchise agreement with Hilton.
February 2024: The firm represents the buyer of a Residence Inn in the negotiation of a hotel management agreement with the affiliate of its joint venture partner.
January 2024: The firm is asked to develop forms of engineering and project management contracts for its client’s renewed commitment to construct a Northeast headquarters office post-pandemic.
January 2024: The firm is retained to represent the owner in drafting and negotiating an architectural and engineering services agreements for a new hotel development with branded residential units.
January 2024: The firm represents the owner of a new large scale industrial development site in the negotiation of a GMP construction contract.
January 2024: The firm is retained to represent a restaurant company in connection with numerous new licensed locations, including resorts in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Miami and Las Vegas, a multi-site license arrangement in Mexico and a retail development in Seoul.
January 2024: The firm is retained by the buyer of a hotel management company to update its form of hotel management agreement and negotiate terminations and new hotel management agreements for various locations.
December 2023: The firm represents the owner of an historic resort in the Northeast in its dispute with its hotel management company regarding claims of mismanagement and poor performance.
December 2023: The firm represents a real estate company in its first hotel acquisition, assisting in retaining diligence team members and reviewing matters of record for an historic inn in Wisconsin.
November 2023: The firm is retained by a French luxury hotel operator to negotiate terms of a hotel management agreement for a landmarked hotel property in New York City, which would be the client’s first U.S. based hotel.
November 2023: The firm represents the owner of a Philadelphia boutique residential apartment property in the drafting of a construction contract for the upgrading of common areas and hallways.
November 2023: The firm is retained by a brewing company to negotiate a lease for a venue within a working farm in North Carolina that will be used for a distillery and brewery, retail store, tap room, outdoor biergarten, and concert venue.
November 2023: The firm is retained by a property management company to negotiate a management agreement, pursuant to which it will manage 50 transient units at a home-sharing friendly residential property in Miami.
October 2023: The firm is asked to prepare interior design and construction form contracts for a developer of hotels in outdoor destination markets in three states.
October 2023: The firm is retained by the owner/operator of a hotel in New York City to draft and negotiate an agreement with a new operator of its hotel bar and related amenity space that was shuttered during the pandemic.
October 2023: The firm is asked by one of the largest US hotel management companies to undertake a comprehensive review of its form of hotel management agreement to identify and address deficiencies.
October 2023: The firm is asked by an all-electric vehicle ride sharing company to upgrade its design and construction forms for its electric charging station construction projects.
September 2023: The firm is asked by the owner of numerous residential apartment buildings to handle various vendor agreement negotiations, including laundry services, broadband upgrades and others.
September 2023: The firm represents a hotel owner/operator in its negotiation of a new retail lease for a donut shop in its upstate New York hotel.
September 2023: The firm represents a hotel owner in retaining a new hotel management company in connection with its acquisition of a hotel, and at a second hotel, the retention of this same manager in place of the current management company, which it was asked to terminate.
September 2023: The firm represents a restaurant group in the negotiation of agreements for new outlets in luxury hotels located in Dubai and the Maldives.
August 2023: The firm represents a restaurant group in its negotiation of a license and partnership agreement, under which it will enter into a strategic partnership with a third party brand, and have the exclusive right to operate restaurants under such brand in various territories throughout the world.
August 2023: The firm is asked to undertake a comprehensive review of a restaurant group’s license and management agreements to determine whether a contemplated corporate investment and restructuring transaction will require owner consent under the various agreements.
August 2023: The firm is retained by an owner/developer to retain a general contractor for the construction of a new industrial site under a GMP contract.
August 2023: The firm is retained by a developer to draft a master architect agreement in order to retain an architect for multiple tenant improvement projects.
July 2023: The firm represents the owner of an apartment complex in its retention of an artist to create a mural to be painted on the interior and exterior of the building, which will be used in the owner’s advertising and collateral materials.
July 2023: The firm represents an owner of a boutique, independent upscale hotel in its renegotiation of long term contracts with both its food and beverage chef/brand and its asset management advisory company.
July 2023: The firm is retained to represent a cannabis dispensary tenant with respect to leases for multiple locations in midtown Manhattan and Brooklyn.
June 2023: The firm, as construction counsel, represents a preferred equity investor with respect to an office-to-residential conversion to transform an existing 30-story office building in downtown Manhattan into 500+ residential units with ground floor retail.
June 2023: The firm represents a non-profit historical society in connection with the change of management, rebranding and upgrades for its restaurant, coffee shop and multiple event spaces.
June 2023: The firm represents the seller of a Hilton Garden Inn in its closing of the sale with the buyer.
May 2023: The firm represents a buyer of a boutique Tribute Portfolio hotel in its negotiation of an asset purchase agreement and real estate purchase and sale agreement with the seller and related closing.
May 2023: The firm represents an electric car ride share company in its negotiation of a lease for an electric vehicle charging hub in the Bronx, New York.
May 2023: The firm is retained by a hotel developer of over 120 hotels to update its own internal form of hotel management agreement for use with unrelated third party hotel owners, in support its shift to an alternative growth strategy, for managing both its own boutique hotel brand and others.
May 2023: The firm is retained by a owner/operator to develop a form of vendor services agreement that may be used to retain a variety of hotel operations service providers at the company’s portfolio of more than 40 hotels and resorts across the U.S.
April 2023: The firm is retained to create a form of apartment lease for hotel workforce housing in order to protect the interests of the landlord/employer at a Lake Placid, New York resort.
April 2023: The firm represents the owner of a luxury boutique hotel in the negotiation of a food and beverage management agreement and the modification of its existing relationship with a well-known chef with respect to the re-concepting and operation of the main restaurant, room service, rooftop bar, coffee shop and other outlets.
April 2023: The firm represents a restaurant company in the licensing of its tradename and recipes for its operation within a 20,000 square foot food hall at a casino resort property.
April 2023: The firm represents a management company in its negotiation of a property management agreement for a new build 40-story, multi-family residential rental building containing more than 400 apartments plus retail space and amenities, including, among other things, a fitness center, cinema/presentation room, an outdoor pool and pool deck, shared work-space, conference rooms, lobby lounge area and parking.