Leisure & Hospitality

Strong hospitality practice with considerable experience in a variety of transactional matters, alongside wider strengths in areas including management agreements, joint ventures and mezzanine financing. Client roster encompasses well-known hotel brands, portfolio owners, investors and financial institutions.

Sources say: "They are very hard workers and certainly client advocates."

Clients regard the team as "incredibly responsive, smart and detail-oriented."

An interviewee comments: "It is a great team and a strong group of attorneys."

Represented MGM Resorts in its sale of Circus Circus Las Vegas, valued at $825 million, to an affiliate of Treasure Island owner Phil Ruffin.

Andrew Lance is a key contact at the firm.

Lauren Giovannone has significant experience handling developments and purchase agreements on behalf of investors, private equity firms and development organizations.
"Lauren is exceptional. She is very commercial and always gets a great result." "Lauren is extremely oriented toward solving the problem. She is innovative and thinks outside of the box."