Hospitality Law
Turner Padget can provide clients with a full array of legal counsel directed toward the hospitality industry. We are a multi-service law firm, serving the business transactions and litigation needs of local, regional and national clients throughout South Carolina.
Our Hospitality Law team members are experienced in handling a wide range of complex transactions—including sophisticated financing, major acquisitions, land use planning and permitting, construction, licensing, tax planning and project disposition. We work with clients in resort development. We also provide advice and counsel on ownership programs, mixed-use condominiums, country clubs and condominium-hotels.
Our team represents hotel owners and management companies in the drafting and negotiation of related purchase and sale, management, franchising, financing and joint venture agreements. We have experience in hotel acquisition and financing transactions. We have assisted clients in the development of a wide variety of timeshare and fractional ownership products—from fixed-week, single-site projects to point-based, multi-site vacation clubs.
The firm has knowledge and experience in representing golf and country club owners in their acquisition, disposition, development and management of golf and country clubs. Our attorneys prepare and negotiate the documentation needed to buy, sell, develop and/or manage golf and country clubs – including purchase and sale agreements, management agreements, easement agreements, maintenance agreements, financing documents, employment agreements, operating agreements and other ancillary documentation.
We counsel owners and/or managers of golf and country clubs regarding issues that may affect membership and then assist in the preparation of club documents, such as membership agreements, membership applications, club rules and regulations and membership financing documents. In addition, our attorneys are experienced in advising clients on matters related to the acquisition and development of a golf and country club, which may include zoning and land use issues, environmental assessments, employment issues and ADA requirements and assessments.
Experience
- We represent hotel developers and owners in the real estate acquisition and development process, including entity formation, zoning, PUD approval process, and financing.
- We represent hotel management companies in contract negotiations and drafting management contracts with hotel owners and advising on risk management, employment, miscellaneous contracts and other operational issues
- We represent hotel owners in contract negotiations with franchisors, management companies and others
- We represented hotel owners in the sale of a $68 million property