Hospitality

Alston & Bird has a long heritage representing clients with all types of lodging and hospitality interests.  Large capital flows and consolidation in the sector have accompanied an already dynamic legal environment around this industry. Investment by pension funds, REITs and other institutional investors; more complex ownership and financing vehicles; the "securitization" of real estate in the form of REITs and CMBS; and an ever growing layer of governmental regulations that must be navigated to secure development rights for real estate projects have made selection of the right legal team critical.

EXPERIENCE

Alston & Bird is prepared to help clients meet these hospitality industry challenges.  Our clients are institutions, developers, lenders, investors and public and private companies.  We represent hospitality industry players in acquisitions, development, land assemblages, joint ventures, REIT formation and structuring, fund and portfolio management, sales, financing, leasing and operating and management agreements.  We are capable of handling large complex transactions involving multiple properties in different states that require the experience and services of many lawyers utilizing different disciplines.  We have handled hospitality transactions in every state, as well as Mexico, Canada, Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. 

TAPPING A DIVERSE SET OF LEGAL SERVICES

Our hospitality attorneys work closely with our firm's other attorneys in the areas of land use regulation, federal tax, state and local tax, ERISA, securities, REIT compliance, corporate and public finance, bankruptcy, construction, telecommunications, technology, labor, litigation, environmental and intellectual property law to provide our clients the most experienced advice for the broad range of legal issues they face in their hospitality businesses.  Because of our experience, we are able to go beyond transactional work to be advisors to our clients for strategic planning and day-to-day decision-making.  Our clients regularly discuss major business decisions with our attorneys and have come to depend on us because of our industry experience and our understanding of the issues they face.

SERVING SOPHISTICATED NEEDS

In today's complex environment, experience and depth are a must.  Alston & Bird - representing clients of all types in the hospitality industry and handling the widest variety of transactions - is positioned to efficiently and effectively protect our clients' interests and to service their sophisticated hospitality needs.