The Hospitality and Lodging Practice Group provides litigation advice and legal counsel to owners of hotels, management companies, and franchisors and franchisees on a variety of operational and complex cutting-edge legal issues unique to the hospitality and lodging industry. Members of the Group represent clients in the acquisition and disposition of hotels located in major markets throughout the United States. Cowles & Thompson is a proud member of the Texas Hotel & Lodging Association.
Our attorneys regularly attend industry conferences to keep current on legal issues, including the Annual Hospitality Law Conference, ALIS Conference, NYU Conference and Lodging Conference. Members of the Group routinely speak at hotel industry conferences, presenting seminars on legal issues impacting the hospitality and lodging industry.
The Hospitality and Lodging Practice Group provides legal counsel and advice in the following matters:
Acquisition and disposition of hotels
Alcoholic beverage issues
Americans with Disabilities Act
Construction
Encroachment, intra-brand competition and area of protection issues
Franchise and disclosure issues
Franchise litigation
Loans, joint ventures and finance
Lender-borrower disputes
Management agreements
Operational matters relating to rebates/commissions, vendor and vendee relationships, misuse of confidential information, failure to disclose, and mismanagement issues
