We have acted for clients in the hotel and restaurant sector for many years and therefore have an exceptional insight into the legal issues which our clients face when running their businesses.

In this particular sector, almost all of the firm’s services are brought into play as part of advising our hotel and restaurant clients.

• Our corporate team regularly advises on major acquisitions for hotels, including pre-contract due diligence, advice on the structure of the deal, negotiating the acquisition contract and advice on the financing of the acquisition. Where the acquisition involves the takeover of a public company we can deal with all requirements of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers.
• Goodman Derrick LLP’s employment law team assist on the many issues that arise during the course of a sale or purchase of a business (transfer of undertakings, examination and reports on staff contracts) and they also advise on the usual day to day issues that are always involved with running a business that relies so much on the proper performance of staff.
• Our clients’ premises are clearly a key part of their businesses and our property team’s skill is to ensure that our clients’ needs are met by an individual or a team that provides the most relevant expertise. We regularly advise clients on a variety of property-related matters, including the acquisition or disposal of freehold and leasehold premises and the many other aspects of property ownership and occupation.
• We have considerable experience advising hotels on licensing matters, from the grant or variation of premises licences through to obtaining special treatment licences for in-house spas and treatment rooms.
• Goodman Derrick LLP’s litigation team assist and advise in the resolution of a variety of disputes in which our clients inevitably become involved from time to time. This may involve the courts or alternative remedies such as structured negotiation, arbitration or mediation.

We act for a wide range of clients, both nationally and internationally. We are accustomed to dealing with clients with a large group of operations but we have also acted for clients who just have one particular hotel or restaurant. In all cases, we pride ourselves on providing our individual partner-led service.

If you require any further information about the services offered by the Hotel team, or if you wish to make a specific enquiry, please contact John Roberts by email jroberts@gdlaw.co.uk or call 0207 404 0606.