Lawyers in McCarter’s Hospitality Group are keenly aware of the many issues that developers, restaurateurs, hotel owners, hotel operators, retailers, lenders, investors, builders, executives, and other industry participants face. We have handled a broad range of hospitality work from the initial planning stages to ongoing operations, including:
- The development, acquisition, disposition, and operation of traditional retail, hotel, and/or restaurant projects; mixed-use developments; and redevelopment projects
- Procurement of governmental entitlements
- Discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, cessation of operations, wage and hour, OSHA, and regulatory or compliance issues
- Tax strategies and entity structure
- Environmental analysis, including addressing environmental compliance and remediation issues
- Landlord and tenant leasing
- Management and franchise agreements
- Protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights
- Defense of claims ranging from product defects to premises injury
- Compliance with various state and federal consumer guidelines
- Consumer class-action litigation
- Government relations and media strategy
- Structuring and negotiation of transaction financing
- Real property tax planning and appeals
- Insurance coverage related to property damage and business interruption