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Eckert Seamans’ Hospitality practice group brings practical legal advice and support to hospitality clients based on extensive in-house legal experience and broad experience across the hospitality industry, from transactional matters, to operational matters, to dispute resolution. The practice has extensive experience advising on matters involving hotels, spas, tourism, restaurants, entertainment venues, condominiums, short-term stay apartments, and golf courses. In addition to a strong transactional base, the practice has unique industry experience representing hotel, spa, and restaurant managers, as well as developers, lenders, and owners in day-to-day operational matters at both the corporate-level and the hotel-level.
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Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott demonstrates broad strengths in management, franchising and license agreements for hotel owners, investors, developers and lenders. The team draws on its cross-border expertise to assist clients operating across Europe, Asia and South America.
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Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott advised Aimbridge Hospitality on amendments to existing hotel management agreements, joint venture agreements and multi-hotel master agreements.
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Eckert Seamans offers excellent attention to detail, niche hospitality expertise understanding and a firm but effective negotiation style.
Eckert Seamans is practical, zealous and efficient.
Eckert Seamans is really helpful and responsive, with an extensive background in the industry.
Eckert Seamans is well versed in the industry given its experience with other clients, so it can guide us based upon what it has seen in other deals.
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Timothy Hudak acts as managing partner at Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott and excels at negotiating complex hotel management agreements.
Timothy is an ultimate expert in hospitality.
We always receive excellent guidance and advice from Timothy. He is well known and respected in the industry.
Jay is excellent and understands his client.
Jay is focused and practical.
Jay Blount is a great lawyer and very practical in his approach.
Jay Blount is always supportive and adds an immense amount of value. He is really an incredible attorney in hospitality.
Patricia has a knowledgeable background. She just gets our business and feels like a colleague.
Patricia is very knowledgeable of the risks and is good at adapting to the new issues that arise. She is good at finding solutions and very constructive.
Patricia Mahlstedt is very knowledgeable in hospitality.
Greg Weingart is regularly sought after for his expertise in hotel financing matters, sales and acquisitions, as well as management and license agreements.
Greg Weingart's measured, practical and solutions-oriented approach stands out.
Greg is very knowledgeable and confident in his advice.
Julia Charnyshova has strong expertise in hotels and leisure, with experience advising on hotel development and other hotel-related transactions.
Julia is very thorough.
Julia Charnyshova is practical and timely in her work product.
Leisure & Hospitality
Leisure & Hospitality
Leisure & Hospitality
Leisure & Hospitality
Leisure & Hospitality
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Julia Charnyshova
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