Hospitality Sector

Are you in the Hospitality Sector?  We are Specialists.

Fortune Law acts for a number of entrepreneurs and business consortia who operate in the hospitality sector, including owners of hotels, nightclubs, bars and restaurants.  We advise them on all manner of legal issues including moving premises, fitting out, employment contracts, supplier agreements and financing arrangements.

Fortune Law regularly contributes to leading hospitality sector trade magazines and a recent article around "Top 10 Legal Tips" for hotels and restaurants appeared in the November 2010 issue of PIR Hospitality Business (click here to view).

We provide dedicated legal updates for the sector and recent updates include:

  • Minimum wages and payment of tips
  • The issues faced by hoteliers
  • Rent deposits paid by commercial tenants including  restaurant owners
  • Hiring employees from outside the European Economic Area
  • A case update on the infringement of goodwill in the name and reputation of Venice's magnificent Hotel Cipriani

You can read these and more in our recent newsletters on The Hospitality Sector, Restaurants and Bars and Employment by clicking here.

Case Studies

Our clients in the hospitality sector include L'Art du Fromage, the first French speciality cheese restaurant in Britain and 51 Kensington Court Limited, an 11 serviced apartment block offering high quality accommodation in an elegant Victorian townhouse in the heart of Kensington. We have produced dedicated case studies outlining the work we have done with these two clients in particular which you can read by clicking on the links below:

L'Art du Fromage case study

51 Kensington Court case study

Our Services

Fortune Law provides hotel owners and managers with a "one-stop shop" in respect of a variety of legal issues.

On an acquisition, for example, we advise on the whole process starting with drafting preliminary confidentiality/exclusivity agreements and memorandums of understanding. We then follow up with a due diligence process where weinvestigate relevant key assets such as the property, its licences, employees, suppliers and intellectual property.  Post acquisition, we continue to provide day-to-day legal support on various issues like employment, terms of business, suppliers' contracts and brand protection.

We can advise on:

·       Purchase of property

·       Business set-up

·       Transfer of employees

·       Assignment of contracts

·       Tax advice - opinion

·       Terms and Conditions

·       Employment contracts

·       Business Immigration

·       Supplier contracts

If you are a hotel, bar or restaurant owner and need legal assistance or advice on any of these matters, please do not hesitate to get in touch.