The hospitality and leisure team at Mayer Brown International LLP  frequently acts for private equity firms, investment firms and hotel groups on cross-border transactions. Real estate specialist Simon Price advises investors and developers on global hotel and branded residences transactions, as well as operator and franchise agreements. Practice co-chair Andrew Hepner is a real estate finance authority, advising banks, private equity and opportunity funds, acquisitions, disposals and debt portfolios.

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Key clients

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  • Apollo
  • Cheyne Capital Management
  • Lipton Rogers Partnership
  • MAG Group
  • Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group
  • Vitruvian Partners

Work highlights

  •   Representing Apollo on the financing of the redevelopment of west London landmark Whiteleys.
  •   Advising Cheyne Capital in relation to a facility for the refinancing of two hotels operated under the Graduate Hotels brand.
  •   Advised OAG, the aviation analytics company, on the acquisition of Infare, a Danish based provider of data to the airline industry.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Simon Price, Andrew Hepner.

Other key lawyers

Charles Malpass, Chris Harvey