Hospitality and leisure

Our commercial team of dedicated specialists work together with our clients operating in the hospitality and leisure sector. We have particular expertise in advising on everything from putting in place framework agreements; to securing the supply of goods and services; to engaging contract suppliers.

Our award winning corporate team is known for its extensive experience in M&A transactions, private equity work, corporate governance advice and solvent reorganisations.

Our employment team is able to provide advice in relation to all aspects of your relationships with your employees, whether that’s assisting with contracts and handbooks, business transfers, inter-company disputes and issues, employment claims and any other employment issues. Additionally, we can assist with compliance audits and offer bespoke training to assist you in managing your employees. We also provide specialist immigration advice, with immigration lawyers available to advise on compliance with ever changing and complex immigration rules and legislation, particularly now that the UK has left the EU. We can help with your Sponsor License and Visa applications, right to work checks and help you safeguard against illegal working. We also undertake immigration audits and compliance advice.

We can help you build an effective strategy which will take into account your resources, your approach to risk and the potential impact on your brand including: advice on alternative dispute resolution; breach of commercial contracts; breach of restrictive covenants; breach of warranty; company law disputes; freezing orders; injunctions; misrepresentation; claims and shareholder disputes.

Whether dealing with a developer, investor, landlord or tenant we can help you with negotiating the leasing, acquisition or sale of your business premises. From planning and construction to funding, tax advice and property litigation, our experienced team provide commercial advice to help mitigate risk and ensure your projects are delivered on time.

Our regulatory team helps hospitality and leisure clients understand, anticipate, and influence the shifting - and often volatile - regulatory landscape. We partner with your business to create smart, operational solutions that minimise risk, create new opportunities, and power your business forward.   

As the regulatory framework is complex and changes happen regularly, we understand hospitality and leisure businesses may sometimes be subject to regulatory investigation and enforcement. We have extensive food and drink law experience in supporting clients through regulatory investigations and enforcement including representing and advising clients at interviews under caution and in court hearings. Our advice in these business-critical situations is underpinned by our knowledge and experience gained by working closely with regulators in this sector over a significant period of time.

Our intellectual property (IP) team span the whole range of IP rights across both contentious and non-contentious matters, whether it be complex patent litigation, trade mark strategy and protection advice, advertising and marketing matters, copyright-related issues, IP licensing arrangements, R&D and collaboration agreements or design rights advice.

Our team has a great deal of experience in assisting clients in relation to technological advances including multi-channel front-of-house technologies, data capture, data sharing and privacy.