RadcliffesLeBrasseur offers a complete range of services to the hotel and leisure industry, including:
- the acquisition, disposal and re-financing of hotels, restaurants, pubs and clubs.
- property development and hotel construction.
- agreements for the management, maintenance and refurbishment of hotels.
- owner/occupier contracts.
- employment advice, including contracts, dismissals, union relations, tribunal claims, transfer of business issues and redundancy.
- advice on legal relationships with guests, function organisers and suppliers.
- liquor and entertainment licensing.
- commercial dispute resolution, including debt collection and customer dissatisfaction.
- advice on computer sustems, including bookings, and pay TV systems.
- trade descriptions, health and safety, food hygiene and other regulatory issues.
- business immigration law, inlcuding work permits.
Our clients include several of the major hotel chains, together with a number of independent hotel operators. Our experience of the hotel and leisure industry enables us to put together a team of lawyers with the necessary skills and experience to provide a tailored, efficient service to our clients.
Some examples of recent work are:
- advising on the £60m+ acquisition of a hotel in London.
- acting for a listed company in the £60m acquisition of a chain of provincial hotels.
- advising on the £50m+ refinancing of a hotel in London.
- advising on the £40m sale of Park Lane Hotel Plc to the Sheraton Group.
- advising on the leasing of restaurants in Central London and Canary Wharf.
- acting in the acquisition of a banqueting centre in London.
- drafting and negotiating a development agreement for a hotel and leisure complex.
- advising on the sale and leaseback of a prestige boutique hotel, negotiating a management agreement and exploiting the brand worldwide.
- handling the acquisition of a group of hotels on exotic islands to form a luxury members' club.
- handling a series of acquisitions of provincial hotels on behalf of special purpose joint ventures involving venture capital trusts.
- advising on a major agreement for the management of hotels in London.
- acting in the restructuring of a hotel group.
- advising on the acquisition and disposal of public houses.
- advising on the acquisition and disposal of numerous restaurants (both individually and in groups), including sales on behalf of receivers.
- advising on the acquisition of health club businesses.