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Hotel Attorney at Meet the Money® -- Report on Major Hotel Transactions by Suzanne Mellen of HVS
Hotel Attorney with Hotel Financing Experts at Meet the Money® 2008
Hotel Attorney on Hotel Management Agreements. How to get the right hotel operator: part 1
Hotel Attorney on Hotel Management Agreements. How to get the right hotel operator: part 2
Hotel Attorney on Hotel Management Agreements. How to get the right hotel operator: part 3
Hotel Lawyer -- How to terminate a hotel management agreement when an operator really deserves it!
Hospitality Lawyer on the Hotel of Tomorrow
JMBM's Hospitality Attorneys with case studies of the compelling economics of Green Hotel Development by Gary Golla of SERA
Hotel Lawyer: How to build, operate and finance GREEN hotels now.
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Jim Butler
Jim Butler is recognized as one of the top hotel lawyers in the world. He devotes 100% of his practice to hospitality, representing hotel owners, developers and lenders. Jim leads JMBM’s Global Hospitality Group® — a team of 50 seasoned professionals with more than $50 billion of hotel transactional experience, involving more than 1,000 properties located around the globe. In the last 5 years alone, they have brought their practical advice to more than 100 hotel mixed-use projects in the United States, Latin America and Europe. Virtually all of these projects involve hotel condos or condo hotels — often along with other real estate uses such as office, retail, spa and sports facilities.
Jim and his team are more than "just" great hotel lawyers. They are also hospitality consultants and business advisors. They are deal makers. They can help find the right operator or capital provider. They know who to call and how to reach them. They are a major gateway of hotel finance, facilitating the flow of capital with their legal skill, hospitality industry knowledge and ability to find the right "fit" for all parts of the capital stack. Because they are part of the very fabric of the hotel industry, they are able to help clients identify key business goals, assemble the right team, strategize the approach to optimize value and then get the deal done.
Jim is frequently quoted as an expert on hotel issues by national and industry publications such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Forbes, BusinessWeek, and Hotel Business. A frequent author and speaker, Jim's books, articles and many expert panel presentations cover topics such as negotiating, re-negotiating or terminating hotel management agreements, development, acquisition and sale, hotel finance, complex joint venture and entity structure matters, workouts, as well as many operating and strategic issues.
Jim Butler is a Founding Partner of Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro LLP and he is Chairman of the firm's Global Hospitality Group®. If you would like to discuss any hospitality or condo hotel matters, Jim would like to hear from you. Contact him at jbutler@jmbm.com or 310.201.3526.
