hospitality Legal services for the
hospitality
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Client, Gruner Restaurant. Portland, Oregon.
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP is an international full-service law firm representing a diverse range of clients around the world. Our team includes more than 500 attorneys covering a variety of practice areas with strong substantive teams in areas such as real estate, intellectual property, franchise and distribution, business transactions, employment, banking, environmental, tax, corporate finance, M&A, advertising, and litigation. The firm was founded in Seattle in 1908 on a simple guiding principle—to provide clients with quality legal services in a manner that would exceed their expectations. DWT was the first American law firm in China, opening a Shanghai office in 1993. We are ranked among the AmLaw 200.
Hospitality Practice Group Today, more than 60 attorneys comprise our hospitality group, assisting clients in all 50 states and internationally, in more than 15 specialized substantive areas that impact hotel, restaurant, and food and beverage brands. As a result of our deep knowledge of the industry, we can respond quickly, work efficiently, and anticipate and help our clients mitigate and manage risk. We also quickly grasp the nuances of particular situations and provide insightful counsel tailored to a client’s particular competitive situation and business goals. In addition to the legal support and business insight we provide, we have strong relationships with the brokerage and finance communities and strive to connect clients with great opportunities and needed capital. dwt.com/hospitality
ÂŤ Client, St. Jack Restaurant. Portland, Oregon.
representative clients APIC/Haiyi Hotels Alaska Permanent Fund Beijing Tourism Corporation Coast Hotels Escape Lodging Hyatt Hotels Millennium Hotels and Resorts Paramount Hotels Red Lion Hotels
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Pacific Hotel Management LLC
Client, Pacific Hotel Management — Intercontinental Hotels & Resorts, the Clement Monterey. Monterey, California.
Hotels & Resorts We represent a wide range of hotel and resort owners from start to finish with development projects, financial restructuring, acquisitions, construction financing, ground leasings, entitlements, and environmental reviews. We aid in construction, labor, license and management agreements. We work with global brands and owners to protect their intellectual property, expand their reach, manage their workforce, and address daily operational issues. We also assist large corporate and institutional clients with portfolio acquisitions, timely divestitures, and financing arrangements. We have represented hotel clients in billions of dollars of real estate transactions, financed by groups such as Goldman Sachs, Chase Manhattan, Morgan Stanley, GMAC, GECC, HSBC, AFL-CIO Building Investment Trust, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, EuroHypo, and many others. We have created joint ventures that combine developer expertise with investors in search of high returns. We are leaders in the representation of cross-border investments, and are experienced in tax treaties and the corporate structures that best service the international investor. We have formed a China Outbound Direct Investment group to assist Chinese hotel investors from our Shanghai and domestic offices, recently completing the acquisition of five boutique San Francisco hotels for client APIC/Haiyi. For more information, contact: Stephen R. Ledoux |
PARTNER
Hotel Real Estate and Development
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stephenledoux@dwt.com
Matt Le Master |
415.276.6519 (SAN FRANCISCO)
PARTNER
Hotel M&A
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mattlemaster@dwt.com
Bruce Bjerke |
206.757.8077 (SEATTLE)
PARTNER
Hotel M&A brucebjerke@dwt.com
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Karen Thiessen |
ASSOCIATE
206.757.8071 (SEATTLE)
Hotel Real Estate and Development karenthiessen@dwt.com
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503.778.5286 (PORTLAND)
Restaurants Our nationally recognized restaurant team represents companies across the industry, including corporate and franchised restaurant chains, large franchisee groups, celebrity chefs and high-end restaurateurs. We represent several of the leading U.S. publicly-traded restaurant chains in their expansion efforts, both domestically and internationally. We serve restaurants in all relevent substantive areas, including general business and M&A, corporate finance, real estate, franchising, licensing, non-traditional development, media and advertising, and food safety and risk management. Representative clients: • Starbucks • California Pizza Kitchen • Lemonade Restaurant Group • McCormick & Schmick's • Mendocino Farms • The Old Spaghetti Factory • Veggie Grill • Apple American Group LLC • Roundtable Pizza • Blue Ribbon Restaurant Group For more information, contact: Riley Lagesen |
RESTAURANT INDUSTRY CHAIR
Strategic Growth & Development Advisor rileylagesen@dwt.com
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503.778.5217 (PORTLAND)
Strategic growth counsel to Matador Restaurant. Expanded from Seattle to six more locations since it opened in 2004.
ÂŤ We counsel from vineyard to table.
Food & Beverage We support food and beverage clients on daily operations, market channel decisions, transactions with suppliers and customers, marketing and manufacturing agreements, trademarks and other intellectual property, trade secrets, finance, franchising and distribution, and tax, including disputes with the USDA, FDA, and the federal Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau. We work with clients to ensure compliance with licensing, permitting, labeling, record-keeping, international trade issues, and food and beverage safety and product recalls. Our food and beverage clients include producers and distributors, packaged food companies, restaurants, franchisors, licensors, retailers, wineries, breweries and distilleries, importers, and wholesalers. We also represent key industry associations, which helps keep us on top of emerging legislative and business issues. Representative clients: • Darigold • Tyson Foods • Mike's Hard Lemonade • Mendocino Farms • Red Bull • Seattle Gourmet Foods • Ste. Michelle Wine Estates • Starbucks • American Seafoods • National Frozen Foods • Maletis Beverage • Willamette Valley Vineyards • Westward Seafoods For more information, contact: Jesse Lyon |
FOOD AND BEVERAGE INDUSTRY CHAIR
Strategic Transactions/Food Regulatory Matters/Product Supply and Distribution jesselyon@dwt.com
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503.778.5268 (PORTLAND)
Our hospitality services include: Mergers & Acquisitions Corporate Finance Securities & 1934 Act Reporting Leasing & Real Estate Employment Alcohol Licensing & Regulation Franchise, Distribution & Supply Chain Non-Traditional Venue Restaurant Development Licensing, Management Agreements & Joint Ventures Social Media & Technology Gift Cards & Sweepstakes Intellectual Property Food Safety / USDA Regulatory General Corporate Tax Immigration Litigation Energy Commercial Finance Bankruptcy
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