
Resort, Hospitality, and Leisure
Our experienced resort, hospitality, and leisure lawyers represent clients in complicated, large-scale, urban and resort hotel projects throughout North and South America, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), and Australia.
We have decades of experience helping our clients understand and deal with the business and legal issues that command their attention. We use our knowledge and experience to ensure our clients protect themselves from current risks and are positioned appropriately for future success.
We provide a broad range of services that range from the investment, financing, and development of projects through all of the legal issues presented in the course of hotel or resort operations. Our clients include developers, investors, lenders, construction companies, management companies and franchisors, and operators and franchisees.
Our resort, hospitality, and leisure lawyers provide counsel in a variety of areas, including:
- Financing
- Reorganization and bankruptcy
- Matters related to mixed-use luxury resorts and urban communities
- Casinos and gaming
- Pro-development legislation and planning standards
- Hotel law
- Golf law
Thought Leadership
On 10 May 2022, the European Commission (the Commission) finally published the official final version of the European Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (VBER) and guidelines (Vertical Guidelines).
The Victorian Government's proposed Occupational Health and Safety Amendment (Psychological Health) Regulations (Vic) (the Proposed Regulations) are expected to commence on 1 July 2022.
The rise of cryptocurrencies and digital assets (together, crypto) in the financial markets, including the investment management industry, has given rise to a crucial question: which federal regulator - the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) or the Commodities and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will be primarily responsible to regulate the use of crypto and crypto-related activities?
On 22 December 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments (the final rule) to Rule 206(4)-1 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the Advisers Act) to modernize the regulation of investment adviser advertising and solicitation practices.