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Arthur Chinski
Chair
With deep expertise and decades of experience in the restaurant and hospitality industry, Buchalter Nemer Restaurant and Hospitality Practice Group attorneys are fully equipped to meet your legal and business needs across the board. Our Restaurant and Hospitality Practice Group attorneys not only have the legal knowledge to help you build, finance, operate, brand and manage your enterprise, but many have personal involvement and experience in restaurant and hotel businesses from the owner-operator side.
The firm’s representation includes national restaurant chains, restaurant and hotel franchises, celebrity restaurateurs, private hotels, resorts, spas and golf courses, as well as sole proprietorship restaurants and hotels. We also represent developers, owners, investors and lenders. We are able to assist with establishing joint ventures, getting the right financing, handling permit procedures, and negotiating the best terms.
As a full service firm, we are able to provide sound business advice on every aspect of your business, whether you are starting a new venture, expanding a franchise, or extending an established brand. We are fluent in the many issues that must be addressed along the way, including corporate formation and management, tax issues and credits, real estate and leasing, intellectual property protection, and labor and employment policies and procedures. We are there in litigation when disputes arise, creatively resolving them to best serve our clients, circumventing protracted litigation whenever possible. We also have an established bankruptcy, workouts and restructuring practice when reorganization is the best route.
Buchalter Nemer has established primacy in the area of Labor and Employment, representing restaurant and hotel management in employment agreements, wage and hour issues, compliance with laws and regulations, risk management and the many other issues intrinsic to the hospitality industry. Our Labor and Employment attorneys represent national restaurant chains, food service industry providers, high-end restaurants, restaurant and hotel franchises, and mom-and-pop shops, working closely with management to assure workplace compliance, implement risk management, and provide an immediate response when conflict arises.
In corporate matters, our Business Practices attorneys provide owners and operators with assistance in entity formation, joint venture agreements, financing transactions, contract negotiation and drafting, operational issues, licensing, recapitalizations, securities transactions and tax matters. Having experienced attorneys with personal knowledge of the hospitality industry from the inside, gives us a 360-degree view of the transaction at hand.
Our Intellectual Property team is expert at working with clients to select, secure and protect their trademarks and protecting and managing their brands domestically and internationally. In addition to hospitality industry expertise, the team includes attorneys with expertise in the beer, wine and alcohol industries, as well as lawyers well-versed in technology and how best to protect your marks on the Internet, as well as off.
On any given day, our Real Estate attorneys are involved in financing transactions, purchases and sales, leasing, development, zoning, land use, or tax-driven deals, for our restaurant and hotel clients, including negotiations involving resorts, condominiums, golf courses,
Our Solar and Alternative Technologies attorneys can also assist with making your premises “green,” taking advantage of the latest in energy usage and management so that your business and the environment benefit.
Buchalter Nemer combines legal knowledge with hospitality-industry expertise to provide you with the legal assistance and backing your business calls for. |
