Leisure & Hospitality

About

Provided by Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

Attorneys on Sheppard Mullin’s nationwide, interdisciplinary Hospitality Industry Team deliver a seamless set of vertically integrated resources and counseling across the entire spectrum of legal needs that are unique to the leisure and hospitality industry. We handle acquisitions and dispositions, financing, joint ventures, fund formation, opportunity zones, foreign investment, EB-5, franchise agreements, hotel management agreements, restaurant agreements, data privacy, labor and employment counseling, training, handbooks, on-boarding and union issues, litigation, bankruptcy and restructurings, ADA, land use, construction and design contracts, construction disputes, as well as day-to-day operational matters.

We represent hotel brands, operators, developers, restaurants, lenders, investors and construction professionals. From full and limited-service hotels to boutique and lifestyle hotels to resort condominiums, from destination and fast casual restaurants to entertainment centers and casinos, and even senior living and healthcare properties, we advise these clients in all aspects of the hospitality industry and issues.

We specialize in complicated, sophisticated and fast-moving hotel acquisitions, particularly those that involve unique funding sources such as historic tax credits and federal opportunity zone projects. Our work with developer clients helps preserve the skylines of the country’s biggest cities, from New York to Chicago to Los Angeles and San Francisco.