The offering at Addleshaw Goddard is experienced assisting such well-known clients on an array of complex matters, from development, branding and operations issues to large-scale multi-jurisdictional portfolio transactions. The Leeds-based Lucy Sturrock has hotel sector expertise that spans advising on management agreements, acquisitions and developments. Catherine Williams handles development and investment work in particular. Zoe Maurer advises lenders and borrowers on the finance aspects of transactions. Luke Baines leads the team and has a specialism in the range of hotels work, including advising clients on incorporating ESG principles into key documentation.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Understanding the client’s needs, going above and beyond, and pre-empting commercial issues before they arise.'
- ‘The team is both highly commercial in their approach, as well as perhaps having the strongest market sector knowledge.'
- ‘Zoe Maurer, Fran Sepulveda and Katie Ridehalgh all provide a top-level work product, and they invest in understanding their clients.’
- ‘Addleshaw Goddard are astute, commercial, and most importantly, work at pace in order to deliver for their clients.’
- 'Their combined commercial and pragmatic approach is vital in understanding when advising clients as they know industry norms and market benchmarks.’
- ‘Luke Baines, Lucy Sturrock and Josh Gibbons are all incredibly friendly and commercially astute.’
- ‘Very collaborative team, they seem very well-integrated internally, which is the sign of a good team.'
- 'Their approach is solution-based rather than adversarial.'
- ‘First-class, very helpful, always on-hand for a chat about potential new deals and treat our deals like their own.'
- 'Very invested.’
Key clients
- A&O Hostels Aldar Properties PJSC Amazonico Arada Developments LLC Aviva B&B Hotels Battersea Power Station Development Company CBRE IM Coya F45 and Club Sports Group Hwadi Kai Yuan Holdings Langosteria Group Lifestyle Hospitality Capital Group Norlake Hospitality North Brewing OakNorth Bank plc Palm Holdings Popeyes Room Mate Hotels Room2 Hotels Santander Sonder Staycity Aparthotels SWIM! THAT Group The City Pub Group plc Thesleff Group Tim Hortons UK Travelodge Hotels Limited Ultimate Performance (UP) Vue Entertainment Limited Yum Brands! Zuma
Work highlights
Advising on branded residence agreements where hotels or lifestyle brands provide services and cache to residential developments often sitting within luxury resorts, including a project on Palm Jumeirah.
Working alongside Travelodge on a £210m acquisition of a portfolio of 66 hotels.
Acted for Thesleff Group on all legal services requirements as well as executive board strategy support.
Lawyers
Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Practice head
Luke Baines
Other key lawyers
Zoe Maurer; Fran Sepulveda; Katie Ridehalgh; Kirsty Nicholson; Lucy Sturrock; Josh Gibbons; Neil McGibbon; Catherine Williams