Deep Industry Experience
Our Hospitality Practice has represented restaurants, franchise systems, hotel developers, craft beverage companies, and hospitality investors across the United States. We understand that hospitality is more than a business, it is a brand, an experience, and often a founder’s life’s work. Our team provides strategic, business-focused legal counsel to help clients launch, scale, protect, and exit their ventures successfully.
We advise clients at every stage of growth, including:
- Independent and multi-unit restaurants
- National and regional franchise systems
- Hotel developers and ownership groups
- Craft beer breweries
- Wineries and vineyard operators
- Distilleries and spirits brands
- Hospitality-focused private equity and investment funds
If you are launching, expanding, franchising, raising capital, or preparing for an exit, our team is ready to support your next chapter.
We serve as outside general counsel to independent operators and multi-unit groups, advising on:
- Entity formation and ownership structuring
- Operating and shareholder agreements
- Franchise development and compliance
- Franchise Disclosure Documents (FDDs)
- Site selection, lease negotiation, and landlord disputes
- Vendor and supply chain agreements
- Employment matters and executive agreements
- Brand protection and intellectual property
- M&A transactions, roll-ups, and exits
Whether launching a flagship concept or scaling to a national footprint, we help restaurant clients build defensible, scalable platforms.
We represent hotel developers, ownership groups, and investors in all phases of development and operations, including:
- Joint ventures and capital stack structuring
- Equity and debt financing
- Development agreements and construction contracts
- Management agreements and brand affiliation agreements
- Acquisition and disposition of hotel assets
- Opportunity Zone and other tax-advantaged structures
Our team works closely with developers to navigate complex timelines, regulatory requirements, and capital relationships while protecting long-term asset value.
We have extensive experience representing:
- Craft beer brewers
- Wineries and vineyard operators
- Distilleries and spirits companies
Our services include:
- Federal and state licensing and compliance
- Distribution and wholesale agreements
- Co-packing and production agreements
- Brand protection and trademark strategy
- Capital raises and investor structuring
- Tasting room and retail expansion
- Strategic partnerships and acquisitions
We understand the intersection of alcohol regulation, brand building, and growth capital, and help clients move confidently through a highly regulated industry.
Hospitality businesses often require creative capital solutions and thoughtful transaction structuring. We advise on:
- Private placements and investor offerings
- Franchise system sales and acquisitions
- Asset and equity transactions
- Strategic partnerships and joint ventures
- Succession planning and founder exits
Our approach is practical and business-oriented: we focus on risk mitigation while keeping deals moving forward.
Many of our hospitality clients rely on us as long-term strategic advisors. We serve as trusted counsel for day-to-day legal needs, including:
- Contract review and negotiation
- Employment and HR guidance
- Regulatory compliance
- Dispute resolution and risk management
- Brand expansion strategy
By combining industry insight with transactional depth, we help hospitality businesses operate with confidence and scale with purpose.
