Based on an in-depth knowledge of the hospitality industry acquired through over 15 years of legal practice in France and Middle East & Africa for and within worldwide leading hotel companies, Steering Legal provides a wide range of services and support to hotels’ owners, managing companies and hotel operations, relying particularly on gthe following expertises:
. Supports to hotels’ owners and managing companies
· Real Estate transaction – Merger & Acquisition
. Hotel operations support
· Corporate – Company law
Supports to hotels’ owners and managing companies
. Drafting and negotiation of Hotel Management Agreements, franchise agreements, trademark/license agreements, technical services agreements
. Drafting and negotiation of hotel leasing, management-lease (location-gérance)
. Owner-Operator relationship
. Drafting and negotiation of development partnership agreements
. Support and guidance to owners in preparing bids for operators calls for tenders
Real Estate transaction – Merger & Acquisition
. Real estate acquisition and sale (buildings, lands)
. Acquisition & sale of hospitality companies and hotel/restaurant businesses, hotels portfolio acquisition
. Sale-acquisition & management/franchise back transactions
. Mergers, demergers, support for restructuring
. Investments, divestments, support for financing
. Joint-ventures
. Due diligence process (purchaser and seller)
Hotel operations support
. All types of commercial agreements, including supplies, maintenance, facility management agreements
. Employment matters
. Outlets outsourcing, restaurants and retail leasing, landlord-tenants disputes, concept franchising, outsourced leisure activities
. GDPR – Data Privacy
. Outlets trademark and trade name registration
. Support and guidance on third party and property insurance coverage
Corporate – Company law
. Setting-up of companies/SPV, OpCo and PropCo
. Drafting and negotiation of shareholders agreements
. Legal secretarial services
. Equity capital transactions