Practice Spotlight: Hospitality
FLB Law’s Hospitality Practice represents restaurants of all sizes, from small, local family-owned establishments to mid- and large-size regional and national companies, such as bartaco, Barcelona Wine Bar, Hawkers Asian Street Food, and Sixty Vines. Our team of attorneys includes Joshua Auxier, Eric Bernheim, Enrico Costantini, Stephen Fogerty, Thomas Lambert, and Brian Tims.
FLB Law’s hospitality clients look to us to help them negotiate favorable lease terms that will support their growth, regionally or nationally, and establish companywide business practices to ensure compliance with local laws and regulations.
The firm draws on its extensive complement of services to provide integrated solutions to meet the needs of our hospitality clients, from transactional matters and site development to operational concerns. These include business formation, real estate acquisition, lease negotiation, development, zoning, land use, vendor agreements, employee contracts, hiring practices, tax law, and more.
“While the pandemic caused many restaurants to shutter, those that survived likely have renegotiated their leases for more favorable terms and are now looking to expand into second generation space that recently hit the market,” explained Eric. “Among the advice and counsel FLB’s Hospitality attorneys are giving clients is guidance on how to reopen their establishments to full capacity and advising clients on new laws that have been implemented in response to the pandemic.”
Our vast experience serving hospitality clients enables us to develop best practices that promote thriving businesses and mitigate litigation. If litigation does arise, our attorneys defend matters including general liability, premises liability/slip and falls, dram shop/liquor liability, wage and hour, workers’ compensation, sexual harassment, discrimination, and accessibility defense under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act. No matter what the situation, the attorneys at FLB Law have the experience and skills necessary to protect our clients’ interests.
