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Law firm specialised in Hotels & Leisure - CMS in the UK


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Hotels & Leisure - UK-wide

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What the Team is Known For

CMS has a leading practice with significant capabilities acting in the UK, throughout Europe and in the Middle East and Latin America. It enjoys a market-wide reputation for advising on sophisticated acquisitions on behalf of prominent owners, operators and financiers. The team provides additional niche knowledge of restructurings and insolvency-related matters. It is also highly experienced in advising owners and operators on hotel management and franchise agreements.

Work Highlights

  • CMS advised Amante Capital with respect to a joint venture acquisition of 33 Marriott and Marriott-branded properties in London.

Strengths

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They know how to move things on and they know all the players, all the individuals, so we get a seamless team. They are an asset to us.

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The reason we go to them is their market knowledge: they are so technically strong and they know the space really well.

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CMS is business-minded, which involves understanding the financial, operational and market realities of a business, not just the legal aspects.

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Notable Practitioners

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Louise Wallace
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Louise Wallace
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Louise Wallace is an experienced hotels and leisure solicitor with expertise in restructuring and high-value acquisitions. She frequently acts for both investors and asset managers.

Louise is great. She is formidable.

Louise is an outstanding hotel real estate lawyer: she is extremely knowledgeable and has great client care.

Louise is very good technically. She is a great person to work with; she is exactly what we needed.

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Thomas Page
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Thomas Page
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Thomas Page heads the hotel and leisure group at CMS. He is well known for his experience in high-value acquisitions in addition to his ability in development and management agreements.

He takes the time to make sure he is well informed about us. He is technically very good. He knows more about the industry than anyone else I have met.

Tom is amazing: very sensible and collaborative.

He knows the space so well and is so internally woven into the space.

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James Miller
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James Miller
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James Miller frequently acts for clients on hotel M&A transactions, with particular strength in sale and leaseback work. He offers experience representing both buyers and sellers.

He is just amazing; he is really technical on the property side. He is really valuable to us. We couldn't get by without him.

James Miller is a really pragmatic, commercial real estate lawyer. He has a very good understanding of our needs.

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Hotels & Leisure
Louise Wallace
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Louise Wallace
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Thomas Page
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Thomas Page
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James Miller
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James Miller
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