Hospitality Industry Practice
The challenges and risks facing the hospitality industry continue to intensify, as operations grow increasingly sophisticated, the health of national economies remains in flux and global competitors vie for dominance in emerging markets. Crowell & Moring LLP has been working with key players in the hospitality sector for many years and has developed an excellent understanding of the industry, and of the operational issues and latest developments impacting it around the world.
The lawyers in Crowell & Moring's Hospitality Industry Practice have extensive experience of advising the hospitality industry on a global basis. We work with clients on real estate developments, negotiate management contracts, franchise agreements and related agreements, management agreement disputes and investment disputes. We also advise on managing operational risk in very challenging political and economic environments, and on the financing, acquisition and disposal of many hotel and hospitality businesses.
Our Expertise Includes Advising Upon:
- all aspects of hotel operations
- disputes between hotel operating companies and owners
- claims relating to government action and expropriation
- commercial agreements
- construction contracts
- cross-border disputes
- financings
- franchise agreements and related agreements
- hotel bankruptcy/restructuring
- management agreement negotiations
- hotel property valuations
- investment disputes
- management agreement disputes
- negotiating management contracts
- real estate developments
- hotel deflagging
- taxes
Global Advice For Global Clients
Our clients include a number of international hotel operating companies and investors in the hospitality industry, who operate across Europe, the Americas and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and Asia. Our multi-cultural, multi-jurisdictional and multiÂlingual attorneys located in offices across the U.S., Europe and the Middle East, are able to give global transactional and operational advice, and to litigate and arbitrate all manner of cross-border disputes. We work closely with industry experts and other advisors, where necessary, to give our clients the best service possible. From an operational perspective, our knowledge of the hospitality industrys’ business practices has given us an in-depth understanding of many of the challenges that affect hotel operating companies at both development and operational levels, and from a local and international standpoint.
Managing Operational Risk
One of the biggest issues facing global companies today is how to minimize risk. Crowell & Moring has acquired a wealth of experience through our representation of international hotel operating companies in connection with hotel transactions, general operational issues, and disputes between hotel operating companies and owners in informal negotiations, arbitration and litigation proceedings around the world. We have particular expertise in compliance with transnational regulations such as the FCPA, the UK Bribery Act and other anti-bribery legislation. The breadth of the work that we have performed has given us invaluable insight which we are able to bring to bear on behalf of our hotel industry clients. Our clients value our advice on potential operational improvements which have come to light as a result of advising on disputes. This proactive approach optimizes the value that our expertise can provide for our clients and enables us to propose ways in which risks stemming from the relevant operational agreements can be minimized or reduced.
We pride ourselves on our expertise in hotel operations, and our ability to help our clients reach an early resolution of disputes, minimizing the risk of disputes escalating, which could result in full scale litigation or arbitration. But when litigation or arbitration is necessary, we have the skills, know-how and determination to ensure that we achieve the best possible result for our clients. We also have the expertise to deal with disputes arising out of the various relationships involved in hotel management agreements, deflagging, hotel valuations, financings and hotel bankruptcies. We have successfully conducted international arbitrations relating to hospitality industry commercial agreements, and claims relating to government action against hotel properties.