Hospitality Industry

In a highly volatile sector – where hospitality industry standards are constantly changing and the length of stays are becoming ever shorter – we provide advice and represent our clients in all stages of their hotel projects, from property purchase and construction contracts all the way to support in construction site coordination, from land use designation plans and approval procedures to water and electricity supply. The changeful and challenging market environment calls for a high degree of flexibility on the part of all providers and brings up a bevy of questions that can only be resolved in an interdisciplinary approach. Our experts in public law, civil law and corporate law offer precisely this kind of support that cuts across all legal fields.

When building or expanding a hotel facility but also in normal day-to-day operations, forward-looking plans are needed as well as prompt professional responses to all the challenges that present themselves. Whether for speedy implementation of land use designations, building site prepping and planning permission procedures where our know-how is particularly extensive since we also advise authorities in such procedures and thus are able to shed light on a given matter from all angles at once. Or for energy supply, where solar power systems and autonomous energy generation system have come to play an increasingly significant role and both approvals and contracts are needed which we, as an experienced and perfectly coordinated team, are able to organise quickly and efficiently by drawing on reciprocal synergy effects.

There are also tie-ins with classical civil law because building contracts need to be drawn up in a manner that ensures they can actually be put into effect. Time and again, water law issues – with underground car parks, for example, but also in special facilities like indoor and outdoor swimming areas – give rise to touchy situations that can be addressed using our experience and expertise.

Our services portfolio includes the following highlights:

Public law

• Land use designations
• Planning permission procedure
• Property configuration/construction site prepping
• Trade procedures
• Water rights procedures
• Environmental impact studies (accommodations, camping places and golf courses, etc), including declaratory proceedings

Civil law

• Purchase and sale of real estate
• Construction contracts
• Structuring of hotel projects, including contract preparation