酒店、娱乐及博彩业在全球经济中发挥着不可或缺的作用，并在全球各地均面临着不断变化的监管法规以及日渐增加的干扰和挑战。酒店业主、运营商、开发商、贷款人和投资人依赖本所专攻本行业的律师们的经验为他们的酒店业相关的跨境交易提供咨询。

酒店和娱乐

目前的经济、政治及监管环境正在为市场带来巨大的波动。这一行业正在努力应对潜在的现金流短缺和融资困难，与此同时还要应对未知的由英国脱欧及其他全球性变化所带来的影响。

诸如另类住宿市场及其他技术之类的行业“颠覆者”继续影响这一行业的发展，并且正在成为迫使传统酒店行业重新审视现行的业务模式的新的竞争驱动力。与之类似，为酒店业主提供了灵活操作空间的新型的授权安排及其他管理协议与多年来一直被酒店行业奉为标准的合同在同时演变。
随着住宿房地产信托基金、公司和分时住宿公司的加入，行业整合预期将会持续。现今比以往任何时候，行业领导者更需要能够时刻了解不断变化的市场情况的富有洞察力和商业头脑的法律顾问。通过与客户并肩合作，我们了解酒店业务的每个角度。我们代表业主、投资人、合资合营企业、投资基金、贷款人及酒店运营商经办各类国内和国际的本行业相关的交易。我们的工作包括开发项目、酒店和度假中心地产收购及出售、酒店和度假中心公司并购、有担保融资及债务重组。本所律师在各领域（包括房地产、并购、项目开发及融资、知识产权、税务及金融重组和破产）向客户提供量身定制的、前沿的解决方案，以满足随着时代发展而不断变化的客户需求。

博彩

博彩业面临独一无二的挑战，需要跨专业的解决方案。各公司董事会及政府各监管委员会均要求公司实施内部控制标准和规范、具有成本效益的税务结构以及对行业所受到的立法和经济影响进行持续的分析。而且，业主、运营商和贷款人还须与公共和私人领域的各类组织—投资银行、商业贷款机构、政府机关以及监管其运营的行政许可机构，进行往来互动。

登陆新市场需要一名能够帮助企业走好每一步的合作伙伴。我们帮助客户分析经济方面的影响——从将合法化的博彩业引入新市场，到评估新开发的许可博彩业的法域内潜在博彩业务持牌人的财务适当性和总体能力。

在这一全球性行业中，经济和监管方面的挑战会产生深远的影响。依赖一个在全球各地的博彩中心均设有办公室的律师队伍，将可帮助客户顺利应对复杂的国际性问题，例如由美国公司运营的亚太地区主要赌场的兴起所带来的影响。

谢尔曼•思特灵长期致力于为博彩业提供服务，帮助客户实现业务目标。本所全球一体的平台提供了21世纪经济发展所需要的地域覆盖，并且本所跨专业的反应迅捷的团队采取实用的方法，为客户提供高效的策略和解决方案。

• Hospitality Investors Trust | represented Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent, in connection with a $310 million syndicated term loan for affiliates of Hospitality Investors Trust.
• Nassau British Colonial Hilton Hotel | represented China Construction America, Inc. (CCA) in connection with the purchase and redevelopment of the Nassau British Colonial Hilton Hotel and an adjacent property.
• Four Seasons Hotel São Paulo | advised Iron House Real Estate in a joint venture with an affiliate of Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) to bring the first Four Seasons hotel and private residences to Brazil, in the city of São Paulo. Four Seasons Hotel São Paulo at Nações Unidas is expected to open in 2017.
• Travelodge | advised the initial purchasers Goldman Sachs and Barclays, in connection with Travelodge’s £165 million offering of its senior secured floating-rate notes due 2023 issued by TVL Finance (the “Issuer”), an affiliate of Travelodge Hotels.
• Hersha Hospitality Trust | represented Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent, and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as syndication agent, in connection with a $200 million senior unsecured term loan for Hersha Hospitality Trust. The new term loan, together with the company’s existing term loans and revolving line of credit, expands the company’s senior unsecured borrowing capacity from $800 million to $1 billion before taking into account any draws or pay downs.
• B&B Hotels | advised BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Crédit Suisse International, Natixis and Société Générale, as mandated arrangers and underwriters, on the €450 million senior financing for the acquisition of French hotel group B&B Hotels by private equity firm PAI Partners.
• Accor Hospitality | advised International Chinese hospitality group Jin Jiang in the acquisition of a large stake in Accor, the French premier hospitality group.
• Brazil Hospitality Group | represented GTIS Partners in connection with a tender offer and subsequent take private transaction of Brazil Hospitality Group (BHG) which owns and operates multiple hotels in the region.
• Hilton Homewood Suites | advised Alduwaliya with the US$167 million acquisition and financing of Hilton Homewood Suites at 312 West 37th Street in New York City; and its $68 million acquisition from a subsidiary of Magna Hospitality Group of the Hilton Homewood Suites located near the Washington Convention Center at 465 New York Avenue, NW in Washington, D.C.
• American Realty Capital Hospitality Trust (ARC) | represented Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as administrative agent, in connection with a $450 million unsecured term loan facility for affiliates of ARC Hospitality.
• Intercontinental Mark Hopkins Hotel | represented Deutsche Bank AG New York branch, as administrative agent in connection with a $75.5 million mortgage loan to finance the acquisition and renovation of the Mark Hopkins Hotel in San Francisco.
• Hilton Garden Inn & Hilton Fashion District Hotel | represented a private investor with the acquisition and financing of the Hilton Garden Inn at 63 West 35th Street in New York City and the Hilton Fashion District Hotel at 152 West 26th Street in New York City.
• London Marriot Hotel | represented a borrower in connection with the £42 million refinancing of London Marriott Hotel, together with an open-ended revolving facility for certain capital improvement costs, interest and other funding requirements of the borrower.
• Ritz-Carlton Hotel Boston | represented a borrower in connection with the $85 million acquisition financing for the purchase of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts.
• Choice Hotels International, Inc. | represented Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as joint lead arranger and administrative agent, in connection with the $450 million syndicated senior unsecured revolving credit facility for Choice Hotels International, Inc.
• Fairmont Hotels (multiple locations) | represented of a lead arranger and lender in a $3.7 billion syndicated, multi-currency senior secured financing for Colony Capital and Kingdom Hotels of the Fairmont and Raffles hotel chains.
• The JW Marriot Essex House Hotel | Representation of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Inc. in connection with a $225 million mortgage financing of The JW Marriot Essex House Hotel on Central Park South in New York City.
• Four Seasons Hotels Inc. (multiple locations) | represented the administrative agent in providing $950 million in syndicated, senior secured credit facilities to finance the $3.8 billion acquisition and privatization of Four Seasons Hotels Inc. by Bill Gates (the Microsoft Chairman), Kingdom Hotels International (controlled by Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal) and Four Seasons Chairman Isadore Sharp.
• Four Seasons Resort Hualalai | represented a lender in a $412.5 million acquisition and construction financing for the Four Seasons Resort Hualalai, a resort with a luxury hotel, golf courses, retail and residential development parcels, a world class spa, utility companies and a brokerage company.
• Four Seasons Resort Maui | represented German American Capital Corporation in the $425 million in mortgage and mezzanine financings for the luxury Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea in Hawaii. The representation included facilitation of the post-closing securitization of the mortgage financing and syndication of the mezzanine financing and the structuring and negotiation of related intercreditor arrangements.
• Seattle Airport Marriot | represented AllianceBernstein in connection as with the acquisition and renovation loan secured by Sea-Tac Marriot in Seattle, Washington.
• The Standard Hotels | represented owner in acquisition of multiple hotels and negotiation management agreements at the following Standard Hotel locations; Standard Miami, Standard Los Angeles, Standard Hollywood and Hotel Q New York.
• Louvre Hotels Group | advised international Chinese hotel group Jin Jiang International Holdings Co., Ltd. in connection with the signing of an agreement entered into with Starwood Capital Group regarding Starwood Capital Group’s potential sale of the French companies Groupe du Louvre and Louvre Hotels Group to Jin Jiang for an undisclosed amount.
• Taj Boston Hotel | represented Indian Hotels Company, a division of the Tata Group, in the sale of its interest in the Taj Boston Hotel to AS Holdings LLC.
• Summit Hotel Properties | represented Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as administrative agent, in $300 million in senior unsecured credit facilities for Summit Hotel Properties Inc. The credit facilities included a $225 million revolving credit facility and a $75 million term loan, which were syndicated to a group of bank lenders.
• Westin Copley Place Hotel | represented Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent, in a $225 million dollar term loan secured by a ground leasehold interest in the Westin Copley Place Hotel for LaSalle Hotel Properties.
• Cosmopolitan Resort and Casino | representation of one of the world’s largest banks in the workout and consummation of a mortgage foreclosure on the $3.9 billion Cosmopolitan Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. Industry sources referred to this matter as the largest commercial loan foreclosure in the U.S.
• Cosmopolitan Resort and Casino | representation of agent bank in a $415 million syndicated construction financing for a Las Vegas mixed-use hotel condominium resort and casino.
• Fairmont Hotels Acapulco | representation of lead lender in the acquisition financing of the Fairmont Acapulco Princess and Fairmont Pierre Marques.
• Schrager Hotel Portfolio | representation of lender in $100 million mezzanine loan to Ian Schrager Hotels LLC secured by pledges of equity interests in the Mondrian, Morgans, Royalton, Paramount, Delano, Sanderson and St. Martin’s Lane hotels.
• Sir Francis Drake | representation of secured lender in foreclosure/Chapter 11 proceeding, including critical cash collateral decision on room revenues constituting rents under Section 552(b).
• St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort | representation of the lender in workout negotiations and in the foreclosure of a $70 million mezzanine loan secured by equity interests in the St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort and Golf Course in Dana Point, CA.
• L'Ermitage Beverly Hills | represented a private investor in its purchase from Fairmont Raffles Hotel International of the renowned Los Angeles luxury hotel, L'Ermitage Beverly Hills. The representation also included the negotiation of a hotel management agreement between the owner and Viceroy Hotel Group, the new operator of the property.