Supporting your tourism and hospitality projects from strategy to operation
We support both private and public stakeholders in delivering their tourism and hospitality projects, from creation and acquisition to development and operation of hotels and tourism assets.
Our multidisciplinary approach enables you to secure your decisions, optimise your operations and protect your strategic assets, across real estate, employment, intellectual property, tax, corporate, public law and financing matters.
What strategic and legal challenges do we address?
Supporting tourism and hospitality players in structuring and managing their activities
Our clients face key challenges:
- Structuring tourism and hospitality projects
- Securing contractual relationships with partners, franchisees and service providers
- Ensuring compliance with regulations relating to urban planning, environment, public law and data management
- Protecting strategic assets, including brands, know-how and innovations
- Anticipating and managing disputes to preserve reputation and operational performance
We provide practical, tailored solutions to address each of these challenges.
Tourism and hospitality operations: comprehensive support at every stage
We support our clients throughout the entire lifecycle of their projects:
- Upstream: define legal and operational strategy, structure partnerships and anticipate risks
- Implementation: negotiate and draft contracts, coordinate stakeholders and oversee operations
- Post-completion: secure contractual relationships, manage disputes and support the long-term operation of projects
Our strengths
A multidisciplinary approach tailored to tourism and hospitality projects
Our teams support both private and public stakeholders at every stage:
- Corporate – M&A – Private Equity: structuring projects, company formations, acquisitions and strategic transactions (acquisitions, disposals, restructurings)
- Competition – Distribution – Contracts: negotiating and drafting hotel agreements (franchise, management, lease-back structures), securing commercial relationships
- Employment law: supporting workforce management and collective labour relations
- Public law & environment: advising public authorities and operators on the development and management of tourism infrastructure (public service delegations, public procurement, PPPs)
- Real estate law: leases, audits, construction, redevelopment and asset implementation
- Banking & finance: structuring and securing project financing
- Intellectual Property – Tech – Data: protecting and enhancing brands, content and digital innovation
- Litigation – Arbitration – Mediation: resolving disputes and protecting strategic assets
This dedicated, project-based approach ensures a comprehensive and operational legal response at every stage of your tourism and hospitality projects.
Recent engagement example
Structuring and securing an integrated hotel and tourism development project within an urban development zone
The firm advised an investor and a hotel operator on the structuring and implementation of a mixed-use tourism development project, including a hotel establishment and related facilities.
We notably:
- Structured the legal and real estate framework of the project (land acquisition and project holding structures)
- Secured construction, hotel management and operating agreements with key stakeholders
- Supported permitting and regulatory processes (planning, environmental and public law requirements)
- Structured relationships with financial partners and secured project financing
- Protected key strategic assets, including brand identity and commercial positioning elements
- Anticipated and managed contractual and dispute risks during development and operational phases
Do you have a tourism or hospitality project?
Secure your initiatives and maximise the value of your assets
Our lawyers support you in:
- Structuring your strategic projects
- Securing your commercial relationships
- Protecting your innovations and know-how
- Managing your operations efficiently and securely