Retail, Restaurant & Hospitality

Our attorneys have a wide range of experience in these industries representing owners, developers and investors; restaurant and hotel operators; and vendors servicing these industries. We represent retail businesses ranging in size from small family-owned companies to publicly-traded multinational corporations. We have a broad knowledge of the standard practices of the retail, restaurant and hospitality industries, the legal issues associated with them, and a wide range of solutions available to address those issues. Our attorneys have also provided much-needed guidance and advice to our clients in the retail, restaurant and hospitality industries in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Our experience and capabilities include the following:

• General business and corporate
• Finance (including debt and equity offerings)
• Licensing and franchising
• Employment and labor (including employment agreements and union negotiations)
• Intellectual property
• Real estate and land use
• Litigation (including contract disputes)
• Government regulatory matters
• Tax (including planning, structuring and disputes)
• COVID-19 response (including Paycheck Protection Program and health and safety guidance)

Representative Matters

• Represented a restaurant management company in the purchase of commercial property in Pennsylvania, the negotiation of loan for the purchase of the land and the development of a restaurant at the location and a private offering of securities to investors to raise funds in connection with the development of the restaurant.
• Represented a restaurant management company in the negotiation of a management agreement for the development of a restaurant on a college campus.
• Represented a bar/restaurant in connection with its private offering of securities to investors and in connection with its receipt of financing from a quasi-governmental entity.
• Represented a restaurant investor group in several restaurant investments in connection with private offerings of securities to investors.
• Represented a restaurant group in general business and legal matters in connection with new restaurant opportunities and related fundraising.
• Represented a private equity fund in structuring the purchase and redevelopment of a hotel through a mix of equity and debt financing.

Representative Clients

Retail clients include:

• GameStop
• Five Below
• TowerStar Pets
• Thomas Foods International

Restaurant clients include:

• Zavino Hospitality Group – operator of:
  • Zavino in Center City Philadelphia
  • Zavino in University City Philadelphia
  • Tredici Enoteca in Center City Philadelphia
  • The Reflectory at Villanova University
• Schulson Collective – operator of the following Philadelphia restaurants:
  • Harp & Crown
  • Giuseppe & Sons
  • Independence Beer Garden
  • Double Knot
  • Sampan
  • Alpen Rose
• 13th Street Kitchens – operator of the following Philadelphia restaurants:
  • Café Lift
  • Prohibition Taproom
  • Kensington Quarters
  • KQ Burger
  • La Chinesca
  • Little Sister
• Misconduct in Center City Philadelphia (both locations)
• Rouge in Center City Philadelphia
• Duggan’s Pub in Philadelphia (all locations)
• Honeygrow

Hotel clients include:

• Homewood Suites University City in Philadelphia
• Hotel Phillips in Kansas City, MO
• Embassy Suites in Memphis, TN