Hospitality

At Prince Lobel, our depth of experience in the hospitality industry cuts across nearly all our practice groups and involves many of our most experienced attorneys. Whether we need to act quickly to represent a travel client regarding infectious disease issues, provide training to restaurant owners to ensure that they are in compliance with wage and hour laws, or represent buyers and sellers of hotels and restaurants, our attorneys have the necessary expertise to meet the needs of all our clients.

In fact, Prince Lobel’s attorneys offer the breadth of knowledge and experience usually found at much larger firms, but our size and our culture of collaboration and teamwork allow us to be nimble and flexible enough to meet or exceed the demands of even the most difficult matters.

While we provide a wide variety of legal services to the hospitality industry, the following is a representative sampling of our capabilities and the services we offer:

Restaurants

Obtain liquor licenses for restaurants, private parties, and charter yachts.
Negotiate purchase and sales agreements for liquor licenses.
Negotiate purchase and sales agreements and leases for restaurants.
Manage all aspects of private equity financing (private placement) for restaurants.
Representation in wage and hour investigations by Massachusetts Attorney General’s office.
Represented restaurant owners in divorce actions where the value of the restaurant was an important asset of the marriage.

Function, Event, and Major Sports Venues

Advice and counsel regarding all aspects of wage and hour law, with particular attention to tip and overtime laws.
Training for food service and concession managers on federal and state wage and hour laws.
Advice and counsel regarding the full range of employment law issues, including defense of discrimination and other employment claims.
Advice and counsel on payroll deductions for cash register shortfalls.
Representation of management in grievances and arbitrations under collective bargaining agreements.
Revise and review contracts with patrons.
Advice and counsel regarding tip reporting to the IRS.

Travel and Tourism Business

Review, revise and update standard passenger terms and conditions.
Negotiation and drafting of contracts with hotels and ground transportation companies.
Litigation and prelitigation negotiation of contract and tort claims and disputes relating to hospitality and transportation vendors.
Negotiation of contracts with domestic tour partners, such as the Smithsonian Institution, and tour partners in foreign countries.
Counsel regarding contracts with tour venues, such as museums and universities.
Representation regarding tour staff discipline and terminations.
Advice and counsel regarding the full range of employment law issues, including defense of discrimination and other employment claims.
Advice and counsel with respect to the implications of the Cuban Embargo law.
Negotiations regarding corporate matters, including the sale of assets and trademark issues.
Consultation and advice with respect to travel industry regulations and registration requirements, and telemarketing and direct mail advertising restrictions.
Responding to a wide variety of customer complaints, claims and disputes, ranging from quality and service issues, to personal injury claims, to force majeure and terrorism questions.
Advice and counsel regarding situations involving disruptive passengers.
Representation relating to infectious disease matters.
Managing claims and customer complaints regarding cruise ships and other vendor bankruptcies.
Litigation and prelitigation negotiation of advertising-related claims.
Consultation and advice regarding contests and giveaways.

Hotels and Timeshares

Representation of prominent hotels regarding a variety of condominium management, structuring, and construction issues.
Represent management in grievances and arbitrations under collective bargaining agreements.
Create and terminate many timeshare communities.
Represent timeshare communities in connection with amenities agreements, such as gold privileges.
Represented the buyer of a 195-room Holiday Inn with a 120-seat restaurant.
Represented the seller of historic inns in Rockport (MA) and on Nantucket (MA).
Perform employment-related due diligence for various hotel transactions.
Negotiate license and management agreements for hotels with the national chains.