Our clients include owners, developers, and operators of hotel and resort properties, including publicly traded lodging REITs, family offices with significant global hotel holdings, institutional and other investors, and private equity firms that focus on hotel investment. We also represent public authorities and educational institutions in connection with the development and operation of convention center and conference center hotels.
Our multidisciplinary team has worked on the acquisition, disposition, development, structuring, and financing of more than 2,000 hotels and resorts. We have advised on transactions in almost every U.S. state and more than 40 countries involving nearly every major hotel chain. Because members of our team are located all over the globe, we have “boots on the ground” - any time, any place - to help diligence, negotiate, and close deals.
Our expertise includes:
VICI on a number of transactions, including US$17.2bn acquisition of MGM Growth Properties LLC, creating America’s largest owner of experiential real estate;
US$350m mezz loan for the development of The Fontainebleau Las Vegas.
MGM Growth Properties (MGP) on its joint venture between MGP and Blackstone to acquire the real estate assets of the MGM Grand and Mandalay Bay from MGM Resorts international and MGP for approximately US$4.6bn.
Park Hotels and Resorts on its US$2.7bn strategic acquisition of Chesapeake Lodging Trust, creating the second largest lodging REIT in the U.S.
A national U.S. lodging REIT in the negotiation of new hotel management agreements for four luxury/upper upscale hotels acquired in 2024 with aggregate purchase prices exceeding US$1.5bn.
Five Star Development in developing the Ritz-Carlton Paradise Valley, the Palmeraie, including Ritz-Carlton Residences & Estate Homes and the adjacent Palmeraie luxury retail district.
Invesco Real Estate on its acquisition of the NH Collection Milano CityLife hotel from IGEFI Group, one of the leading real estate developers in Italy.
Intermediate Capital Group on the financing of NAOS Hotel Group entities for the acquisition of Airport Hotel shares and the financing of the construction of a Nice airport hotel to operate under the Sheraton brand.
Vienna House (Hotel management GmbH) on the sale of a hotel portfolio to the Vienna-based Kerbler Group. The portfolio includes the hotels Vienna House QF Dresden, Vienna House City Hamburg Wismar, Vienna Townhouse Berlin, Vienna House Easy Leipzig and the serviced apartment concept R.evo in Munich.
Fattal Hotel Group on its circa £1bn acquisition of the operating business and a long-term lease of four London Grange Hotels, from real estate investment firm Queensgate Investments.
KSL Capital Partners on its acquisition of a majority stake in Sereno Hotels, including the Il Sereno and Villa Planiana resorts at Lake Cuomo, Italy and the Le Sereno resort in St. Barths.
