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Lawyers for the hotel industry

CMS is one of only a handful of major law firms to have its own specialist group for the hotel industry. Lawyers specialising in corporate law, real estate, construction, financing, tax and employment all work together to offer clients from the hotel industry in-depth advice from a single source. 

Our hotel lawyers leverage their deep industry knowledge to support owners, developers, operators, buyers and lenders on all legal issues relevant to the hotel sector. The CMS experts are familiar with leases, tenancy agreements, management agreements, development projects, sale and leaseback and sale and manage-back agreements and can draw on many years of experience. 

Our lawyers serving the hotel industry also provide clients with advice on acquisitions, company formation and financing agreements. Other key areas include collateralisation, optimisation in connection with real estate transfer tax, restructurings and franchise and licensing agreements.  

If you have any questions or need assistance, please do not hesitate to get in touch with our lawyers for the hotel industry. Their contact details are listed below.  

For more information on our Hotel & Leisure practice, please click here.

 
Dr. Angela Emmert
Partner
Rechtsanwältin | Fachanwältin für Arbeitsrecht (Certified lawyer for labor and employment law)
Germany, Cologne
Angela Emmert is a widely experienced labor and employment lawyer, advising German and international clients on restructurings and business unit spin-offs, flexible staff deployment, mass redundancies...
Sören Langner
Dr. Sören Langner, LL.M.
Partner
Rechtsanwalt | Fachanwalt für Arbeitsrecht (Certified lawyer for labor and employment law)
Germany, Berlin
Soeren Langner advises his clients on all aspects of labor and employment law, including social security law and special aspects of healthcare law. He has extensive experience in preparing and implementing...
Gerd Leutner
Dr. Gerd Leutner
Partner
Rechtsanwalt
Germany, Berlin
Gerd Leutner advises German and international companies on structuring their business activities in Germany with a focus on M&A, restructuring of groups of companies, change of legal form and mergers...
Thomas Link
Dr. Thomas Link
Partner
Rechtsanwalt, Tax Adviser
Germany, Frankfurt
Thomas Link is a tax law expert who works out of our Frankfurt office. He heads the international CMS transactional tax practice and advises German and international companies on all aspects of tax law...
Jens Moraht
Dr. Jens Moraht
Partner
Rechtsanwalt
Germany, Berlin
Finance partner Jens Moraht is an acquisition, real estate and project financing as well as syndicated loans specialist. He acts for banks and investors and alongside his transactional work, he regularly...
Andreas Otto
Dr. Andreas Otto
Partner
Rechtsanwalt, Notary Public | Co-Head of the CMS Real Estate Group
Germany, Berlin
Andreas Otto’s practice covers all aspects of commercial real estate law. With special hotel and leisure as well as retail sector expertise, he advises German and international property owners, investors...
Philipp Schönnenbeck
Philipp Schönnenbeck, LL.M.
Partner
Rechtsanwalt | Co-Head of the CMS Real Estate Group
Germany, Duesseldorf
Philipp Schönnenbeck advises German and international investors on real estate transactions, property-related M&A transactions, real estate finance and project developments. His practice also covers...
Johannes Bescher
Johannes Bescher, LL.M., Maître en droit
Counsel
Rechtsanwalt
Germany, Berlin
Johannes Bescher mainly advises investors, financial institutions and project developers from Germany and abroad on all aspects of real estate law, in particular on German and cross-border real estate...
Siegfried Etzkorn
Siegfried Etzkorn
Counsel
Rechtsanwalt
Germany, Berlin
Siegfried Etzkorn's practice focusses on real estate law, commercial leases and private construction law. He specialising in the coordination of complex processes and schedules for the completion of transactions...
Viktoria Dick
Viktoria Dick
Senior Associate
Rechtsanwältin
Germany, Cologne
Born 1985 in Karaghanda, Kazakhstan. Studied law at the Friedrich-Wilhelm University in Bonn. First state law examination before the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court in 2010. 2011 - 2014 legal traineeship...