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Leisure & Hospitality - USA - Nationwide

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What the Team is Known For

Latham & Watkins' team is a transactional powerhouse with significant expertise in the hotel, leisure and gaming sectors, routinely acting on complex financings, M&A and joint ventures. Leveraging its extensive global reach, the team routinely acts for leading hotels and casino operations based in the USA and Europe. Its client base also encompasses a broad spectrum of leading financial institutions, private equity houses and wider investors. Latham is increasingly active on transactions involving public-private partnerships.

Work Highlights

  • Latham & Watkins advised Realty Income Corporation in its joint venture with Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust on the $950 million investment in The Bellagio Las Vegas.

Strengths

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The team has top-notch expertise and seems to have its finger on the pulse of what is new and changing.

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The team provides thoughtful advice.

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Latham provides exceptional expertise in navigating complex and sophisticated hotel real estate transactions, offering strategic insights and practical solutions to even the most challenging matters.

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The team is client-focused, diligent and creative.

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Notable Practitioners

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Gary Axelrod
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Gary Axelrod
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Cohead of the hospitality gaming and leisure department, Gary Axelrod is an acknowledged leader in the leisure and hospitality field. He is a go-to attorney for big-ticket transactions such as joint ventures and acquisitions.

Gary Axelrod is always very responsive.

He is great.

Gary is a first-rate attorney.

He is simply the best.

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Meghan Cocci
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Meghan Cocci
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Meghan Cocci is co-head of the hospitality, gaming and leisure department. She has an outstanding hotels and leisure practice and is particularly adept at handling transactions such as joint ventures, negotiations, developments and acquisitions.

Meghan is top tier in terms of expertise and experience in the space. She is one of the best in the industry.

Meghan is very experienced.

She is such a pleasure to work with.

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Rachel Bates
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Rachel Bates
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Rachel Bates draws on notable transactional strength when advising a range of REITs and hospitality owners.

She is able to effectively find solutions.

Rachel is incredibly effective and creative towards goals.

She is responsive, thoughtful and practical.

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Ranked Lawyers at
Latham & Watkins LLP

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Gary Axelrod
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Gary Axelrod
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Meghan Cocci
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Meghan Cocci
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Rachel Bates
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Rachel Bates
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