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Stephen Chojnacki

Chief commercial officer and general counsel | Minor International

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Stephen Chojnacki

Chief commercial officer and general counsel | Minor International

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What are the most significant cases or transactions that you have recently been involved in over the past year?   

As Minor’s business evolves, we are looking to transform it for increased flexibility and to better serve our stakeholders moving forward. This has meant that our work has continued to involve growth and acquisitions on the hotel and food sides of our business (with acquisitions in the Maldives and Indonesia in recent months), but also selective asset disposition and an increased focus on a concerted move into asset-light businesses. This has resulted in a significant amount of work on new hotel management agreements and restaurant franchise agreements, entry into new geographical markets and the continued evolution of our business model and new business offerings. As such, our work has involved classic growth pathways (M&A, management, and franchise agreements) as well as significant efforts on business transformation, to meet the challenges of the post-Covid economy. 

 

  

Which recent political, economic or regulatory changes have impacted your work the most in recent years? 

We have been significantly impacted by the introduction of various personal data protection/privacy regimes in recent years. This has required us to implement strict internal controls within our commercial and legal operations and to expend significant resources ensuring compliance with various regimes. As a business with operations in over 60 countries globally, it has been a challenge dealing with the patchwork of different national legislative regimes. Nonetheless, we appreciate and value the critical importance of data protection and privacy, and it has been a rewarding process to work to ensure the integrity of sensitive information across our brands and our business. 

 

 

 

 

Stephen Chojnacki - Southeast Asia 2022

Chief commercial officer and general counsel | Minor International Public Company

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Stephen Chojnacki - Southeast Asia 2017

Chief commercial officer and general counsel | Minor International

Widely praised for his skills in mergers and acquisitions and contract negotiations, Stephen Chojnacki currently manages the legal team of Minor International, one of the largest hospitality and leisure companies...

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Chief commercial officer and general counsel | Minor International

As leader of the Minor International legal function for over a decade, originally joining in 2007, Stephen Chojnacki’s corporate and M&A specialist skills built during a private practice career with...

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