Leisure Industry
40% of London’s GDP is accounted for by the hotels, catering and transport industries. Businesses in the leisure sector often have significant property portfolios and large workforces which can give rise to significant legal issues.
There is a maze of regulatory issues to navigate for businesses in the sector – whether this is in employment, premises management, brand and marketing, international operations, raising capital, debt management or sometime even restructuring. The challenging market conditions of the last few years have also seen many operators being acquired by larger organisations and opportunistic overseas investors.
As well as having experience in the travel and transport sector (and in particular the airlines sector), Royds has experience of working across the leisure industry whether this is in entertainment (see creative industries), recreation or sports.
There is a specialist team supporting pubs, hotels and restaurants both in London and the South East as well as further afield and there are property, corporate and dispute resolution experts at the firm.
Lawyers in our private client and family teams also advise a number of organisations and people in the sports sector.
For further information, please contact Robert Lloyd-Davies, Gareth Williams and John North.
