Representative Projects and Transactions
- Represent Pyramid Hotel Group in connection with proposed public offering of Pyramid Hotels & Resorts, Inc.
- Represented Fairmont Hotels & Resorts in connection with hotel management agreement for the Fairmont Battery Wharf Hotel, Boston.
- Sale of the historic Sagamore Resort at Lake George, New York.
- Represented Capital Properties in the acquisition of Chatham Bars Inn.
- Represented The Fallon Company / New England Development in the acquisition, development and ultimate sale of the Westin Boston Waterfront Convention Center Hotel.
- Represented Pyramid Hotel Opportunity Venture in connection with the acquisition of an 8-hotel portfolio from Thayer Lodging Group and a 5-hotel portfolio from CNL, and Pyramid Hotel Opportunity Venture II in connection with the acquisition of a 7-hotel portfolio from HRO.
- Represented Pyramid Hotel Opportunity Venture and Pyramid Hotel Opportunity Venture II in connection with numerous franchise agreements with Marriott, Crowne Plaza, Hilton and Starwood Hotels.
- Represented ownership in the sale of Caribbean five-star flagged resort property.
- Represented ownership in connection with hotel management and license agreement with respect to a hotel in Phuket, Thailand.
- Represented Pyramid Advisors in connection with joint venture and hotel management arrangements with General Electric Pension Trust incident to the acquisition of a 5 Hotel portfolio from a joint venture between Morgan Stanley and Pyramid; and represented the Pyramid/General Electric Pension Trust joint venture in connection with liquor license transfers and franchise arrangements with Marriott and Hilton in connection therewith.
- Represented Pyramid Advisors in connection with asset management arrangements with MS Resorts with respect to the Grand Wailea Resort Hotel & Spa in Maui, the Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa in Phoenix, LaQuinta Resort & Club in Palm Springs, the Doral Golf Resort & Spa in Miami, the Ritz Carlton Orlando, Grande Lakes, the J.W. Marriott Orlando, Grande Lakes and the J.W. Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa in Scottsdale; and represented Pyramid Advisors in connection with hotel management arrangements with MS Resorts for the Claremont Resort & Spa in Berkeley, CA.
- Represented a major hotel owner and operator based in Maryland in numerous financings, acquisitions and other transactions.
- Represented Legacy Property Group in connection with franchise and hotel management arrangements with Hilton Hotels for the Hilton Garden Inn Atlanta Downtown.
- Represented Nantucket Island Resorts in its acquisition, redevelopment and operation of the White Elephant Hotel, the Wauwinet Inn, the Nantucket Boat Basin and related hotel, restaurant and marina properties on Nantucket, MA.
- Represented New England Development in its acquisition, operation and redevelopment of marina, restaurant and related hospitality properties in Newburyport, MA.
- Coordinated the transfer of existing liquor licenses and application for new liquor licenses at 13 hotels acquired by Pyramid Hotel Opportunity Venture and located across the country.
- Represented ownership (CWB Boylston LLC and Boston Convention Center Hotel, LLC, respectively) in connection with hotel management and related financing arrangements for the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Boston located at The Prudential Center and The Westin Boston, Waterfront, the headquarters hotel for the new Boston Convention Center.
- Represented Intercontinental Real Estate Fund in connection with the management agreement and construction financing for the Nine Zero Hotel, Boston, MA.
- Represented ownership (Enpro International) in connection with restructuring the management agreement for the Four Seasons Hotel, Boston.
- Represented Promus Hotel Corporation, Doubletree Hotels Corporation and Omni Hotel Corporation in connection with their standard form management documentation, and in connection with numerous hotel management agreements, license agreements and related loans, guaranties and equity investments
- Represented Fairmont Hotels & Resorts in connection with the acquisition and financing of the Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel in Boston, MA.
- Represented Aldrich, Eastman and Waltch, a pension fund investor, and DINE, a Mexican development company, in connection with the development of the Four Seasons Resort (hotel, timeshare, villas and golf course) at Punta Mita, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
- Represented the master-planned development of 3,000 acre former Digital Equipment Corporation campus in Plymouth, MA into a 2,500 home planned unit development (including multiple hotel/conference centers, and Rees Jones and Jack Nicklaus designed golf course phases) for Pinehills LLC.
- Represented Pinehills LLC in connection with the sale of land for development of a Marriott Hotel & Conference Center, two golf courses, and a luxury planned retirement community in Plymouth, MA.
- Represented BankBoston in connection with the entity formation, development, permitting and financing of a Tournament Players Club (TPC) golf course designed by Arnold Palmer in Norton, MA in a joint venture with the PGA TOUR.
- Represented numerous national lenders on hotel financings, including the financing of Dedham Hilton, Needham, MA; Sheraton Hotel, Richmond, VA; Marriott Hotel, Richmond, VA; Crowne Plaza and Holiday Inn Express, Springfield, IL; Marriott Hotel, Norfolk VA; Marriott Hotel, Oklahoma City, OK; Marriott Hotel, Palm Beach Gardens, FL; Marriott Copley Place, Boston, MA; Crowne Plaza, Warwick, RI; and Sheraton Tara, Nashua, NH.
- Represented Hilton Hotels Corporation as local counsel in its acquisition of the Back Bay Hilton Hotel in Boston, MA.
- Represented Beacon Capital Partners in connection with its convertible preferred stock investment (together with the Apollo Group, Thomas H. Lee Company and Rosen Consulting Group) in Patriot American Hospitality/Wyndham International.
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