In the past few years, investments in hotel-related real estate and hotel-related businesses in general have grown substantially. In response to this increase in hotel-related activities, Loyens & Loeff has set up a dedicated Hotel Team. Within this team, attorneys, tax advisers and civil law notaries work closely together to provide clients with specialised advice on all legal aspects related to their clients’ business or investments. Loyens & Loeff has been involved in many major hotel deals in Europe and works for most of the leading hotel chains in the world.

The Hotel Team’s expertise extends to:

• Real estate ownership, lease and operation
• Management structures
• Employment law aspects
• Intellectual property / trademarks and license agreements
• Financing of hotel business and real estate
• Regulatory aspects (e.g. permits)
• Project development
• Investment funds targeting investments in hotel real estate
• Corporate structuring of (international) hotel groups

Many of the advisers in our Hotel Team are members of our Real Estate practice. This Benelux-based practice group focuses on structuring and advising on direct and indirect property transactions, property finance, civil construction law, lease law and zoning. The numerous tax advisers in the Hotel Team take the tax advantages and disadvantages related to your transaction into account and indicate the most beneficial structure wherever possible.

In addition, we advise on (cross-border) litigation and arbitration matters. We are known for our expertise on (listed) real estate funds and the advice we provide to investors, such as major pension funds, government bodies, airports, ports and utilities.