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Number 1 Hotel Lawyers in Europe
Supporting your business wherever you need us 9 local member firms
c. 773 partners
> 2,800 total lawyers
27 jurisdictions
53 offices
CMS is the organisation of independent European law and tax firms of choice for organisations based in, or looking to move into Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
CMS has won many awards, including most recently
— Mid-Market Legal Advisors of the Year 2009, Acquisitions Monthly Magazine — Mid-Market Legal Advisors of the Year 2009, M&A Awards, Financial Times/Mergermarket — CEE Law Firm of the Year 2007 & 2009, PLC Which Lawyer? — CEE Private Equity Law Firm of the Year, ACQ Global Awards 2009 — Number 1 UK law firm for the hotel industry since 2004, The Legal 500 Directory Why CMS?
Using a law firm that understands your business and your industry means you get better, more relevant, advice more efficiently. CMS lawyers think globally and act locally.
CMS aims to be recognised as the best European provider CMS has a common culture and a shared heritage which of legal and tax services. Clients say that what makes CMS make us distinctively European. It’s about geography and special is a combination of three things: it’s about bringing together the best of Europe in delivering a better, more valuable service to our clients. 1. strong, trusted client relationships; 2. high quality advice; and Our clients benefit from highly-trained lawyers and tax 3. industry specialisation. advisers who understand the law and provide straight- forward legal advice. We understand the market where We combine deep local expertise and the most extensive our clients work as we are deeply-rooted in their local presence in Europe with cross-border consistency and markets, which guarantees our clients receive high-quality coordination. CMS is renowned as a joined-up organisation advice in their local context. committed to high standards of service.
The cross-departmental hotels team receives consistent praise from clients.
Superb CEE network.
Unmatchable real estate expertise in CEE means it is in pole position.
Strong reputation with major portfolio deals.
Solid track record on major projects in Morocco / Standout Instructions.
Sterling hotels practice. Legal 500
3 pWhat makes us different?
Running hotel and leisure facilities, as well as purchasing or selling those assets, can raise a wide range of complex legal questions. As a result, truly sound advice in this field needs to cover the issues involved not just in real estate law, but also in labour, corporate, environmental, tenancy and construction law.
The CMS Hotel & Leisure Group has an unrivalled profile in and structuring, tax-related matters, and on operational this field. We provide eight of the ten largest hotel chains issues, often with a cross-border element. We also support in Europe with expert advice, and provide legal advice on clients in fields such as gastronomy, health and fitness, many of the most important hotel and leisure projects gaming, sport and museums. across Europe today. We are acknowledged by the Legal 500 directory as the number 1 UK law firm for the Using lawyers who are known in the industry means hotel industry since 2004. you get access to the latest information, ideas and opportunities. We can introduce you to other advisers Our team comprises more than 100 highly-skilled lawyers including operators, purchasers, vendors and developers of with international experience in the sector advising on hotels, construction firms, financiers and investors – construction and development projects, disposals and contacts who may be beneficial to your business. takeovers, management agreements and leases, financing
The firm offers a dedicated hotels practice, fielding lawyers with prodigious industry knowledge and experience across a swathe of disciplines.
Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession
CMS hotel group ranked number 1 since 2004.
5 Our experience
AAC Capital Partners (formerly ABN Amro Capital) Carlton Hotel —— Advised on the sale of Park Resorts Group Limited in —— Acted for St. Martin‘s International on the sale and the UK to GI Partners, for GBP 440 million. leaseback of the Carlton Hotel in Bratislava, Slovakia.
Aareal Bank Choice Hotels International —— Advised on the EUR 46 million financing of the —— Advised on the restructuring of CHE Hotels Group and acquisition of Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Prague, the acquisition of the Continental European franchising and the refinancing of Hotel InterContinental in business of CHE. Prague, Czech Republic. —— Advised Aareal Bank on the landmark refinancing CIB Bank of The Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Moscow. —— Advised on the financing of Aquaworld and the Ramada Plaza Hotel Complex in Hungary, one of Accor the biggest aqua and hotel complexes in Europe. —— Advised Accor on the sale and lease back of 30 UK Novotel and Ibis hotels to Land Securities Trillium for CitizenM GBP 440 million. —— Advised on a pipeline of innovative hotel development —— Advised on the sale and lease back of a portfolio of projects, including their first hotel to open at Schipol 91 hotels in Germany and Holland with a value of Airport Amsterdam. around EUR 863 million. —— Acted for Accor on a refinancing transaction involving Corus Hotels the sale and leaseback of a Mercure hotel and four Ibis —— Advised on two disposals of UK hotels. hotels in Poland. Emaar Hotels & Resorts Anglo Irish Bank Corporation —— Acted in relation to their joint venture arrangements —— Advised on the financing of various international with Giorgio Armani and the development of the operations and expansion plans of Gort Securities, Armani Hotels & Resorts chain. including the acquisition of the Radisson in Sofia. EuroHypo AG Azure Mondiale —— Advised on USD 450 million refinancing of five hotels in —— Advised Azure Mondiale on its acquisition of 11 UK Moscow, Russia. Courtyard by Marriott hotels from Whitbread and their lease and subsequent sale to Kew Green. Europe Arab Bank —— Advised on the EUR 20 million refinancing of an Banyan Tree Group (Angsana) existing facility for le Mélézin Hotel, Courcheval, France. —— Legal and tax advice to Asia’s leading luxury hotel —— Advised on the EUR 22 million acquisition and group for the acquisition of several small hotels based renovation of the Bonsai Hotel Portfolio across France. in Morocco. Golden Tulip Beachcomber (Royal Palm) —— Advised on several hotel projects in Holland. —— Legal and tax advice in relation to a tourist complex in Marrakech. Hardturm Park Zurich —— Providing legal advice to a developer consortium Chequers Capital regarding the mixed-use construction project —— Advised on the acquisition of the Casino de Mandelieu Hardturm Park in Zurich, including its landmark and the Sofitel hotel in Mandelieu, French Riviera. tower with a Sheraton and 25hours hotel. Highridge Partners & DB Real Estate Global Moorfield Group —— Advised on the acquisition and subsequent —— Advised the Moorfield Group on its acquisition of a EUR 145 million sale of the Hilton and Ibis Karlin GBP 110 million UK hotel portfolio from WA Shearings hotels in Prague. and subsequent additional single hotel acquisitions.
Hilton Hotels Mövenpick Hotel —— Advised Hilton Hotels on property lease issues in —— Acted for MP Development on business and Austria. operational issues relating to the Mövenpick Hotel Prague. i.gen —— Advised i.gen on its master franchise agreement for OTP-DSK Bank the easyHotel budget hotel chain in Germany. —— Advised on two hotel constructions near the Black Sea in Bulgaria. InterEstates —— Advised on the management contract for the Ramada Quinn Group Hotel in Budapest. —— Acted for the Quinn Group on the multi-stage acquisition of the Hilton in Sofia, Bulgaria. JJW Hotels and Resorts —— Advised on its USD 268 million acquisition of two Realstar Group luxury hotel properties and two golf courses in the —— Advised Realstar Group on its asset management of Algarve, Portugal from Starman Hotels. a portfolio of 73 UK hotels which were bought by Lehman Brothers, GIC Real Estate and Realstar from KanAm InterContinental for GBP 1 billion. —— Advised KanAm Grund Spezialfonds on the acquisition of the fully equipped Hotel Holiday Inn Zurich Messe. Royal Bank of Scotland & Allied Irish Bank —— Advised the banks on the financing of Arora Hotels’ Landmark Property acquisition of the Airport Hotels Partnership (the owner —— Advising on all legal matters in connection with the of nine UK airport hotels) and construction of a Sofitel EUR 250 millipon hotel & tourism resort development at Terminal 5, Heathrow. Korenat Point near Split, Croatia. Royal Bank of Scotland LBO France —— Advised RBS on its GBP 951 million acquisition and —— Advised LBO France on its acquisition of the hotel chain manageback of 47 UK Marriott hotels from Whitbread Libertel (approx. 30 hotels) from a consortium and Marriott International and their subsequent sale comprised of Accor, Blackstone and Colony Capital, to a consortium of private investors. and their subsequent disposal. Shangri-La Le Méridien —— Advising Shangri-La regarding the lease agreement —— Acted for Nomura International on EUR 3 billion of its luxury hotel project in Vienna, Austria. acquisition of the Le Méridien chain of 150 hotels in over 55 countries including the CEE region. Sol Melia —— Advised on the refurbishment and lease of Hotel —— Advised Sol Melia on its acquisition on the InnSide Des Indes, The Hague and on the lease of the chain of hotels. Hotel Eden, Rome. —— Advising and representing Le Méridien on several Starman Hotels Deutschland construction related conflicts in Austria. —— Advised on the sale of Dom Hotel Köln and on the sale of the operation. Managed Hotels Unit Trust —— Ongoing advice in Germany, Austria and Italy. and Royal Bank of Scotland —— Advised the buyer and the lender on the Valamar EUR 583 million acquisition and manage back —— Advising Croatia’s largest hotel chain on corporate of a portfolio of 16 UK Hilton Hotels. matters. Office contact details
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