England - London • Industry focus
Taylor Wessing LLP
Praised for its ‘excellent hotel sector knowledge’, the team of lawyers at Taylor Wessing LLP is highly regarded for advising on both the buy-side and sell-side for large single asset and portfolio M&A hotel transactions. The team is equally strong in assisting with hotel franchise and management agreements and hotel developments. The group is headed up by Richard Bursby, ’a leader in the industry,’ whose expertise lies in assisting HNWIs, families and entrepreneurs with international transactions, branded residential projects, hotel management and franchise agreements, and traveltech work. Mark Rajbenbach and Victoria Butcher are active in the commercial property and real estate space, and regularly operate in the hotels, leisure and logistics industries, advising on hotel portfolio sales and purchases, and hotel leases and management agreements. Michael Helfgott is instructed by national and international clients, ranging from property developers and financial institutions, to entrepreneurs and tourist attractions.
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Testimonials
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‘They have excellent hotel sector knowledge. They also have good availability of senior team members/partners as and when required.’
‘Richard Bursby is a key relationship partner with great hotel sector knowledge and has a stellar reputation in the industry.’
‘A very strong team overall with excellent industry and sector knowledge. They are great to work with.’
‘Mark Rajbenbach and Victoria Butcher stand out. They are attentive, diligent and commercial. They make it pleasurable to do deals.'
‘The hotels team have exceptional industry knowledge and have strength and depth which is not always the case with a number of other firms. Overall I totally trust the team to look after my interests and they also have a culture as a business which is in line with my own values.’
‘Richard Bursby is a leader in the industry and I have a huge amount of respect for him.'
Key clients
- Vivion
- Invesco
- Fortress
- L&R
- Castleforge Partners
- Virgin
- PPHE Hotel Group
- Yotel
- RBH Hospitality Management
- Edyn
- Burger King
Work highlights
- Advised Crimson Hotels an asset deal which involved the purchase of the 130 key Curio Collection by Hilton-branded Trafalgar Hotel in London, which was marketed for sale at £130m, and an associated £250m refinancing of two other hotels.
- Advised Fortress Investment Group on the £150m+ debt, corporate and asset restructuring of the Prem Group, which operates 38 hotel and serviced apartment assets across the UK, Ireland, Netherlands and Belgium.
- Advised Vivion Investments on the £200m+ refinancing of the Ribbon portfolio of hotels with M&G.
Lawyers
Leading individuals
Next Generation Partners
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Richard Bursby