Greenberg Traurig LLP

Real Estate

Co-Chair, Hospitality Group

Michael J. Sullivan is Co-Chair of the firm’s Hospitality Group. Mike has wide-ranging experience in the acquisition, development, finance and disposition of hotels, resorts, branded residences and condo-hotels; management, franchise and operating agreements for hotels; publicly financed hotel management agreements; construction and permanent financings (balance sheet and CMBS); and the purchase of distressed mortgage debt instruments secured by hospitality-related real estate.

Concentrations

Representation of owners in the acquisition, development, finance and disposition of hotels, resorts, branded mixed-use hotel, residence and condo-hotel projects Hotel management agreements, condo hotel rental program agreements, and franchise agreements; publicly financed hotel management agreements Restaurant leases and operating agreements Real estate sale-leaseback transactions Workouts and restructurings Hotel construction, mezzanine, bridge and term financings representing owners Commercial, ground and net leasing Lender representation in hospitality asset financings, including cash management agreements, mortgage and mezzanine financings, intercreditor agreements, SNDAs, and comfort letters

CapabilitiesHospitality Real Estate Real Estate Finance                                                                                                                        

Admission to PracticeFlorida

English

J.D., with honors, University of Connecticut School of Law, 1984 B.A., Yale University, 1980