Hospitality and leisure represents a multibillion-dollar global industry, covering a broad range of services with inter-related requirements.
Hospitality and Leisure
DLA Piper's exceptional global reach and industry specific experience means we have local lawyers with regional and global experience who understand the complexities involved.
Ours was one of the first legal firms to develop a dedicated global hospitality and leisure group. With years of experience and a proven track record in the sector, we help investors, developers, owners and operators with their hospitality and leisure opportunities.
DLA Piper understands the variety of hospitality and leisure legal issues that arise.
- Development, acquisition and divestment and contractual arrangements
- Gaming operations; franchise, management and outsourcing operations
- Management agreements and operations
- Corporate, joint ventures and fund formation
- Finance and restructuring; franchise, outsourcing and commercial agreements
- Data privacy security technology arrangements
- Advertising and brand
- Betting and major sporting events
Our clients include owners, managers, franchisors, developers and lenders; global, regional and national hotels; resort businesses; serviced apartments; and leisure and sports operators (golf courses, theme and amusement parks, health and fitness facilities, spas, gyms, leisure complexes, cinemas, marinas, nightclubs, casinos and gambling establishments).
We also represent online gaming operators and gambling establishments, hospitality and catering operations such as conference locations, and organizers and developers of venues for major sporting events, including the Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games.
In addition to our industry-specific experience, our hospitality and leisure clients benefit from access to our core service areas, whether their investments and operations are local or global.
