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Nigel Gardner | Partner
nigel.gardner@freeths.co.uk
+44 (0) 845 128 6969
Recent deals & projects
- Acting for the owner in connection with the development of what will be Europe’s first new build Radisson Red hotel in Scotland.
- Advising a real estate private equity fund manager on the buyback and sale of a couple of hotels under separate brands, and a new management agreement with a leading hotel management company.
- Advising the purchaser on the acquisition of a portfolio of Accor hotels.
- Advising major lending banks on hotel management agreements and hotel franchise agreements.
- Advising a leading serviced apartment provider on agreements with property owners.
- Acting for the owner of an estate comprising several hundred pubs on the arrangements for the operation of the management of the pubs to a specialist provider.
- Advising a leading restaurant group on various commercial agreements covering branding, merchandising and agreements with suppliers.
Experience
- Drafting and negotiating hotel management agreements for a wide range of owners and operators.
- Drafting and negotiating franchise agreements with all the major international hotel brands and some independent UK based operators.
- Drafting and negotiating duty of care deeds from owner, funder and operator perspectives.
- Drafting and negotiating non-disturbance agreements from owner, funder and operator perspectives.
- Drafting and negotiating pub management agreements.