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Overview

Day Pitney's Hospitality group provides comprehensive support and deep industry knowledge to guide our clients through the many issues that are unique to the hospitality sector. Our talented lawyers offer strong and focused knowledge of the hotel and resort industry. The group includes attorneys from many legal disciplines, including real estate, commercial finance, franchising, corporate, intellectual property, and labor and employment law. This multi-disciplinary team approach enables us to develop creative solutions to help our clients navigate the complex legal issues that characterize this industry. Our attorneys have represented developers, lenders, sellers, purchasers, investors and brands, and they are experienced at negotiating all aspects of hospitality transactions from property acquisitions and hotel development through restructurings. Our legal experience covers a broad range of transactional, litigation and operational issues affecting clients in the hotel and resort sector, including:

Hotel and Resort Finance
Acquisitions and Dispositions
Hotel Operations
Franchising
Hotel Management Agreements
Real Estate and Land Use
Liquor Licensing
Litigation
Energy
Labor and Employment
Joint Ventures
Intellectual Property
Cybersecurity and Data Privacy
Environmental
Corporate Training
Hotel Work-Outs and Restructurings

Day Pitney's Hospitality group is ready to assist you in navigating the hidden issues that often arise in the hospitality industry.

Experience

Represented major insurance company lender in $108 million mortgage and mezzanine financing of hotel in downtown Washington, D.C.

Represented public company seller in $84.5 million sale of major hotel and conference center in northern Virginia

Represented purchaser in $15.2 million acquisition and franchise agreement negotiation for select-service hotel in suburban Denver, CO

Represented borrower in $55 million mortgage loan secured by hotel and golf resort property in Savannah, GA

Represented borrower in $180 million construction loan for development and expansion of convention center hotel in Seattle, WA

Represented life insurance company as lender for $399.5 million loan facility secured by 35 hotels located in eight states, operated under six franchise affiliations plus several independent hotels

Represented national hotel operator in restructuring of management agreements in connection with six hotel and resort properties in Hawaii and California

Represented borrower in $120 million mortgage loan secured by convention hotel in New Orleans, LA

Represented borrower in $1.3 billion corporate credit facility secured in part by mortgages on eleven hotels and resort properties located in seven states

Represented lender in restructuring of $7.1 million in mezzanine debt secured by hotel property with Historic Tax Credits in St. Louis, MO

Represented lender in $50.5 million mortgage financing of select-service hotel in New York, NY

Represented seller in disposition of historic restaurant and bar in New Orleans, LA

Represented lender in $68 million mortgage financing of resort in Bolton Landing, NY

Represented hotel manager in multi-year receivership and work-out for major Hawaiian resort

Represented lender in $20 million mortgage financing of resort in Portsmouth, NH

Represented seller in $5 million sale of limited service hotel near Atlanta, GA

Represented lender in $16.5 million mortgage financing of resort and spa in Litchfield County, CT

Representation of major international lodging company for over 20 years in litigation matters, including franchise terminations, consumer class actions, personal injury matters and vendor disputes, with numerous jury and non-jury trials brought to verdict for the client