Department profile
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

Leisure & Hospitality

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Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

About

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Sheppard’s hospitality lawyers represent clients ranging from luxury resorts and boutique hotels to restaurants, casinos and entertainment centers. Whether advising on complex transactions or operational goals, we deliver in-depth, tailored solutions. 

Recognized as a leading law firm for hospitality by Chambers USA, our team delivers a seamless set of vertically integrated resources and counseling across the entire spectrum of unique hospitality industry legal needs.

Our suite of services and experience includes acquisitions and dispositions, joint ventures, fund formation, opportunity zones, foreign investment, EB-5, franchise agreements, hotel management agreements, data privacy, F&B agreements, labor and employment counseling, training, handbooks, on-boarding and union issues, litigation, financing, bankruptcy and restructurings, ADA, land use, construction and development, as well as day-to-day operational matters.

Clients (6)

  • Blackstone Group
  • Oxford Capital Group
  • Four Seasons Hotel & Resort at Las Colinas
  • Marriott International, Inc.
  • The Walt Disney Company
  • Lightstone - Williamsburg Moxy

Industries (9)

  • hotels
  • developers
  • restaurants
  • casinos
  • construction
  • investors
  • financial institutions
  • resorts
  • owners and operators

Chambers Review

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Leisure & Hospitality - USA - Nationwide

Band 4

Band 4


What the Team is Known For
The team at Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton is renowned for its ability to handle hotel acquisitions. The group is also adept at advising clients on a broad range of issues, such as management agreements and fund formation matters. The team has an impressive client list that is composed of developers, operators, lenders and investors. Due to the firm's strength in other areas, the leisure and hospitality practice is able to draw on expertise in the real estate and finance spaces.
Notable practitioners

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Work Highlights

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  • Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton represented TSG Entertainment in its bid for a casino license for a three million square-foot casino, entertainment and hotel complex.

Members

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  • Jerry Gumpel

  • Michael Roth

  • David D'Amour

  • Julie Ebert

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