Hotel management agreements

With hospitality businesses facing increasing challenges such as the credit crunch, lack of brand loyalty amongst customers and competition from an ever increasing number of new brands, advisers that know how to draft bankable operating agreements are indispensable. We work with our clients to understand their commercial drivers so that they can successfully grow and develop their business from a position of strength.

Our service

As one of Europe’s leading hotel practices we have a clear understanding of how operating agreements can be used to create value for all relevant stakeholders. We have a long track record of advising on hotel management agreements.

From hotel owners to large multinationals we can help you negotiate appropriate operating agreements which result in successful long-term partnerships between the manager and the owner.

We provide the full range of legal services to companies in the hotel and leisure sector. Understanding your business is central to our work ethos. As well as expertise in their areas of law, we understand and have developed a commercial knowledge of our clients’ businesses.

Our Hospitality Group comprises of 25 full-time specialists who are supported by colleagues in areas, such as trade mark and brand protection, e-commerce, privacy and data protection, real estate, tax, anti-trust, corporate and employment.

Our key services include

• drafting and negotiating operating agreements
• advising on technical services agreements
• documentation review and critique
• advising on local law compliance
• drafting non-disclosure, commitment and guarantee agreements
• advising on guest data and guest loyalty programmes
• advising on employment law issues and the acquired right directives
• due diligence including lease review and verification of beneficial ownership
• dispute avoidance strategies
• dispute resolution

Europe

Europe is our domestic market. In addition to our offices in Brussels, Hamburg, London and Paris, we work with specialist hospitality lawyers in Europe providing clients with access to dedicated expertise across all 27 EU Member States.

Emerging markets

Further afield, we have a network of hospitality specialists in the Middle East with whom we regularly work. We have helped many global brands with their development programme in India. Indian law specialist Lisa Sen works at the firm in our India Group.

Our China Group represents a broad range of companies in respect of their investment in China.