Leisure & Hospitality
USA Guide 2024 : USA - Nationwide
Band 3
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+1 617 482 1776About
Provided by Goulston & Storrs
The Goulston & Storrs hospitality and recreation group works with domestic and international clients on all aspects of developing, acquiring, financing, and operating hotels and resorts. The group's attorneys draw from many disciplines to represent developers, management companies, lenders, franchisees, and equity investors in hotel, resort, and golf course properties. Our attorneys also represent numerous financial institutions in making both construction and permanent loans on hotels and other recreational projects. With strong tax and transactional attorneys in this group, we are frequently involved in structuring sophisticated transactions that maximize the tax planning opportunities of our clients, including the needs of foreign investors. With decades of experience advising hotel investors, developers and mangers, our knowledge spans all relevant industry cycles and trends, including mixed-use development, hotel condominiums and branded residences, intellectual property disputes, and corporate mergers.
Chambers Review
Goulston & Storrs has a solid hospitality practice with experience working alongside major hotel brands, financial institutions and investors on a variety of transactional matters and operational issues. The team's areas of expertise include management agreements, joint ventures and financing, alongside niche strengths in matters such as liquor licensing.
Work Highlights
- Goulston & Storrs assisted Hoffman and Associates in negotiating a hotel management agreement with Concord Hospitality for the operation of a new Hyatt House hotel to be built in Raleigh.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Goulston & Storrs has the talent and resources to handle the most complex real estate and corporate transactions. The internal culture at Goulston places great value on excellence and achieving practical results for their clients."
"Goulston & Storrs provides a team of lawyers who bring the right resources to the assigned tasks and are effective advocates."
"Goulston & Storrs has the talent and resources to handle the most complex real estate and corporate transactions. The internal culture at Goulston places great value on excellence and achieving practical results for their clients."
"Goulston & Storrs provides a team of lawyers who bring the right resources to the assigned tasks and are effective advocates."
Notable Practitioners
Cecilia Gordon's noteworthy practice includes large-scale transactions such as IPOs and joint ventures involving hotel portfolios.
"Cecilia does excellent work. She is very efficient and thoughtful."
"Cecilia is an outstanding lawyer with a deep understanding of the hotel development and management business. She is very smart, extremely articulate and well organized. She is quick on her feet and has excellent judgment."
Cohead of the hospitality and recreation department Corey Wilk acts for clients such as management companies and investors on a range of industry transactions. He is well versed in advising clients on the acquisition, financing and management of hospitality projects.
"He is an excellent lawyer and he knows the law extremely well."