USA
Practice Areas
Hospitality
Real Estate
Real Estate Finance
Blockchain & Digital Assets
Career
Michael J. Sullivan is Co-Chair of the firm’s Hospitality Group. Mike has wide-ranging experience in the acquisition, development, finance and disposition of hotels, resorts, branded residences and condo-hotels; management, franchise and operating agreements for hotels; publicly financed hotel management agreements; construction and permanent financings (balance sheet and CMBS); and the purchase of distressed mortgage debt instruments secured by hospitality-related real estate.
Concentrations:
Representation of owners in the acquisition, development, finance and disposition of hotels, resorts, branded mixed-use hotel, residence and condo-hotel projects
Hotel management agreements, condo hotel rental program agreements, and franchise agreements; publicly financed hotel management agreements
Restaurant leases and operating agreements
Real estate sale-leaseback transactions
Workouts and restructurings
Hotel construction, mezzanine, bridge and term financings representing owners
Commercial, ground and net leasing
Lender representation in hospitality asset financings, including cash management agreements, mortgage and mezzanine financings, intercreditor agreements, SNDAs, and comfort letters
Tokenized real estate securities offerings
Professional Memberships
Past Board Member, YMCA, Orlando Metropolitan, Board of Directors
Chairman, Aspire Charter Academy School, Orlando, Florida, Board of Directors
Past Faculty, Practicing Law Institute (Hospitality)
Member, Central Florida Yale Club
Member, Yale College Alumni, Real Estate Association
Past Member, Orange County, International Drive Community Redevelopment Area, Advisory Board
Past Member, St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church Parish, Council and Development Committee
Publications
Listed, Chambers USA Guide, Real Estate and Leisure Hospitality, 2004-2022
Personal
J.D., with honors, University of Connecticut School of Law, 1984
B.A., Yale University, 1980
