Questions of liability, maintenance costs, and operations issues separate this industry from other businesses. McGuireWoods lawyers have both the knowledge of the industry and the skills to help hotels and restaurants meet their daily challenges. We represent hotel and restaurant clients across the country, from individual restaurant operators to major hotel chains. Legal representation for these clients ranges from assistance in acquiring a hotel, developing a first-class resort, selling a restaurant or managing the food service account for a prominent museum. We are skilled at preparing simple catering contracts as well as complex, multi-site hotel franchising agreements.
Conference centers are one of the newest segments of the hospitality industry.
The business community s growing emphasis on corporate communications has spurred the rise of full-scale centers specifically designed for a seminar, retreat or meeting. Our hotel and restaurant work, as well as our extensive real estate development practice, enables us to provide complete services to the developers of these facilities. We have worked with clients to develop conference centers from the ground up, as well as to acquire existing facilities. For new properties, our lawyers assist in land acquisition and all phases of development. For existing properties, our work includes drafting the purchase documentation and assisting with finance arrangements.