Hotels & Leisure
UK Guide 2025 : UK-wide
Band 3
Contact number
0131 228 3777About
Provided by Brodies LLP
Our expert lawyers regularly act for owners, operators and lenders in transactions including acquisitions and disposals, management and franchise agreements, land-use and planning, financings, and operational matters and disputes. We have particularly strong experience with branded residential and other mixed-use schemes.
Clients turn to us for our in-depth knowledge of the hotel industry as well as our legal expertise; our lawyers have closed hotel transactions in more than 75 countries.
With experience advising participants from all sides in the hotel market, the Brodies team focus on commercial solutions that steer complex deals across the line, often within challenging timing constraints. Our clients include Accor Hotels, Kempinski Hotels & Resorts, sbe Entertainment, ClubMed SA, as well as international investors and private equity houses who focus on the hotels sector.
In most prime retail destinations in Scotland Brodies is involved in around one in three of all deals, and in the leisure sector it is close to one in two. No other firm in Scotland demonstrates the scale and quality of our practice. Our clients include leading high street and out of town retailers, foodstores and new entrants to the UK market.
The depth of knowledge and size of our retail and leisure teams allows Brodies to handle large scale portfolio restructuring projects just as adeptly as individual acquisition, disposal or re-gear deals.
Chambers Review
Brodies has a full-service practice based in Scotland that offers a wealth of experience advising domestic and international hotel owners, operators and developers. The team regularly handles hotel acquisitions, management agreements and portfolio restructuring. It is also sought out by clients to advise on leisure matters in the sport and food and beverage sectors.
Work Highlights
- Brodies advised Ruby Hotels on its Princes Street lease and £100 million redevelopment.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"At Brodies, there is always a deep bench of talent from which to draw."
"The Brodies team are very adept and experienced in complicated discussions and negotiations."
"The team has industry expertise and understand client objectives and concerns."
"At Brodies, there is always a deep bench of talent from which to draw."
"The Brodies team are very adept and experienced in complicated discussions and negotiations."
"The team has industry expertise and understand client objectives and concerns."
Notable Practitioners
Robert Asher has a wealth of experience in the hospitality sector. He is regularly sought out by well-known hotel brand clients to advise on hotel management agreements, as well as acquisitions and dispositions.
"He is a fantastic hospitality counsel with ample experience across multiple fronts."
Colin Morrison is head of the hotels and leisure team and acts for a range of clients across the sector. He is noted for his expertise in matters relating to real estate acquisitions and developments.
"Colin is a strongly customer facing, highly responsive and a comprehensive corporate counsellor."
"He is incredibly knowledgeable in the area and is technically absolutely fantastic."
"Colin is very knowledgeable about business trends and opportunities throughout Scotland."