Leisure and hospitality solicitors

Our hospitality and leisure lawyers are experts in advising hospitality and leisure businesses, providing tailored legal advice and solutions, with particular expertise in employment law, commercial contracts and leases and disputes.

We have vast experience in working with many well-known and iconic brands of all types of leisure and hospitality businesses, from pubs, hotels, and restaurants to theatres, music venues and sports associations. We also have significant international reach, advising many exciting start-ups and some of the largest multinationals.

Building a strong brand and customer loyalty

Our experts help businesses with essential legal considerations and forward-thinking strategies enabling them to build strong brands that encourage customer retention and ensure long-term success. We help clients by:

• Intellectual property: Helping to protect brand identity through securing trademarks and copyrights and patents, to help safeguard one business’s most valuable assets.
• Brand compliance and regulatory guidance: Providing advice on advertising laws, consumer protection regulations and compliance within a highly regulated sector helping businesses maintain a positive brand reputation.
• Managing disputes and debt collection: Offering mediation and arbitration services as well as collection of debts, helping to minimise disruptions and losses.
• Mergers and acquisitions: Assisting with mergers, acquisitions, and franchising, ensuring that brand integrity is maintained across different markets.
• Data protection: Navigating data protection laws (GDPR), ensuring customer data is handled responsibly to foster trust and loyalty.

Attracting and managing employees

People are the foundation of every business, making it essential to not only attract top talent but also retain them for lasting success. We help clients with:

• Business immigration solutions: Working within immigration laws to bring new talent onboard smoothly.
• Employee retention & management: Providing strategies and resources to help keep their teams engaged.
• Developing clear policies: Establishing clear policies and contracts dealing with remuneration, workplace behaviour, leave and family leave entitlements, and the work environment for balanced, positive employee experiences.
• Equality, Diversity, & Inclusion: Implementing ED&I strategies to foster an inclusive workplace culture.
• Leadership training & coaching: Empowering managers and senior leaders with our tailored training programs.
• Legal frameworks & tribunal support: Developing strong internal procedures, providing legal frameworks, and providing tribunal support when issues arise.
• Becoming an employer of choice: Helping clients to build a reputation that attracts top talent in a competitive market.

Expansion and diversifying of services

Our experts also play a vital role in supporting expansion and diversification of services that are offered by leisure and hospitality businesses, this includes:

• Real estate and leasing: Assisting with property acquisitions, leasing agreements and negotiations, helping to secure locations suitable for growth and the businesses long term plans.
• Franchising and partnerships: Helping businesses with franchise agreements, joint ventures and other commercial partnerships.
• Regulatory compliance: In a highly regulated field, we help to ensure licensing, insurances and health and safety regulations are met throughout expansion.
• Intellectual property protection:  Supporting the protection of IP and proprietary concepts, which is especially crucial when launching new services or expanding into new markets.
• Contract drafting and negotiation: Preparing and reviewing contracts with suppliers, vendors, and third party providers, helping to establish solid commercial relationships.