Katten Muchin Rosenman‘s group is headed up by Gavin Vollans, who is well-regarded for his capabilities advising on the broad array of matters in relation to the hotel sector, in particular, including real estate investment, finance, asset management, development, landlord and tenant issues, and portfolio management. Management agreements, sales, and development cases also feature in the team’s workload. Finance and luxury retail are focus areas of Terry Green, while Rhodri Peece specialises in the breadth of commercial real estate matters. Peter Sugden departed in February 2024.
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Key clients

  • RE Capital
  • Stay at Mine Ltd
  • Leonardo Hotels
  • Fattal Group
  • Aprirose Real Estate Investment (Aprirose)
  • Bob W Technologies Ltd

Work highlights

Advised RE Capital in its 74,000 sqft hotel-led mixed use re-development project.
Advised Stay at Mine Limited on a number of matters in respect of it entering into management agreements securing serviced apartments across London.
Advised a pensions trust on the sale of Travelodge at Windsor House, Pepper Street, Chester (CH1 1DF) for £11.5m, which was conditional upon final defects being completed.

Practice head

Gavin Vollans

Other key lawyers

Terry Green; Martyn Strong; Rhodri Peece