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Hospitality and leisure

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Hamlins LLP

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The group at Hamlins LLP, noted for its provision of ‘concise and expert advice’, is known for its capabilities assisting clients in the leisure, cinema and hospitality sectors in particular. Ben Kilshaw oversees the offering and is experienced advising on sales, acquisitions and lettings, and transactional construction matters. A key member of the group is Stephanie Brown, who handles the negotiation and documentation aspects of commercial property transactions.
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  • ‘A friendly and helpful team. They provide clear advice and take into account commercial/business requirements and provide alternative solutions where possible.’

  • ‘Martin Ochs and Lauren Twidale understand our business very well and work with us to implement business needs whilst adhering to legislation.’

  • ‘Hamlins have always provided concise and expert advice in a prompt manner.'

  • 'There is always someone on-hand to assist with our requirements and we have complete trust in them.’

  • ‘Ben Kilshaw will always come back to us swiftly. Ben deals with a number of different projects at any given time with varying requirements.'

  • 'We have used other solicitors previously, but the service, care and attention-to-detail received by Hamlins and Ben Kilshaw in particular, is the reason that we have retained them for a number of years and will continue to do so.’

Key clients

  • Adventure Leisure
  • Burhill Group
  • Diamond Resorts
  • Hamilton Pyramid Europe
  • Hilton Grand Vacations
  • Hilton Worldwide
  • Katlist Limited
  • INKD
  • Lane7
  • LEON Restaurants
  • Marriott Vacations Worldwide
  • O Bar

Work highlights

Advised British independent cinema chain The Light on its sale to private equity firm, Risk Capital Partners (property aspects).
Acted for Pizza Pilgrims on the leasing of various new restaurant sites in London and a site in Cardiff as part of its ongoing expansion.
Advised independent cinema chain The Light on a new 90,000 sq ft cinema and leisure development at the former House of Fraser department store in the Kingsgate Shopping Centre in Huddersfield.

Practice head

Ben Kilshaw

Other key lawyers

Martin Ochs; Lauren Twidale; John Leasure; Stephanie Brown; Matthew Pryke