Retail & Hospitality

Greenberg Glusker provides sophisticated, cross-disciplinary counsel to clients across the retail, hospitality, leisure, and destination sectors. Our team blends deep expertise in real estate, corporate, tax, bankruptcy and restructuring, environmental, intellectual property, employment, and litigation, enabling clients to develop, operate, protect, and grow high-value consumer destinations and brands across major metropolitan markets and resort corridors.

Retail

We represent retail brands, shopping center owners, restaurant groups, and developers on matters ranging from brick-and-mortar expansion to brand protection and commercial operations. Our team regularly advises on large-scale leasing programs, high-value retail acquisitions and dispositions, and multi-state development strategies for owners, operators, and tenants alike.

Our cross-disciplinary approach enables retail clients to navigate issues involving leasing, development, environmental compliance, employment practices, data privacy, manufacturing and distribution, product recalls, corporate structuring, and strategic brand partnerships. We also draw upon the firm’s deep entertainment, influencer, and digital media capabilities to help consumer brands maximize their visibility through endorsements, licensing, and collaborations.

The firm’s insolvency group has considerable experience working with retailers facing financial difficulties and needing to restructure their operations. Their expertise also extends to dealing with vendors, landlords, and other stakeholders in retail businesses.

Golf Courses

Our lawyers are among the most experienced in the country in the golf industry, advising owners, operators, clubs, developers, and private equity partners on transactions and operational matters involving premier golf properties nationwide. We handle everything from multi-state acquisitions and sales, equity and non-equity club structuring and conversions, and RFP processes to loan modifications, capital improvement projects, construction arrangements, and member relations.

Our experience spans private clubs, daily-fee courses, resort golf assets, and large destination communities, where we regularly advise on real estate, financing, environmental review, development strategy, joint ventures, restructuring, and long-term operating arrangements.

Hotels & Resorts

Greenberg Glusker represents developers and operators of hotels, resorts, second home communities, and mixed-use leisure properties. Our work includes acquisitions, sales, financing, construction, redevelopment, management agreements, licensing, regulatory compliance, and negotiations with governmental bodies and unions.

We have advised clients on boutique hotel acquisitions in major urban markets, destination resort developments, branded hospitality transactions, vacation ownership structures, and complex refinancing arrangements. Our attorneys also guide clients through issues involving labor and employment, environmental diligence, operational disputes, intellectual property licensing, and tax planning.

Full-Service Support

Clients across the hospitality, retail, resorts, and leisure sectors rely on Greenberg Glusker for guidance on:

• Real estate development, acquisitions, sales, and leasing
• Strategic partnerships, joint ventures, and entity formation
• Environmental compliance, diligence, and regulatory negotiations
• Licensing, brand protection, endorsements, and intellectual property matters
• Employment law counseling and litigation
• Product development, manufacturing, distribution, and recall strategies
• Tax structuring, pre-transaction planning, and cross-border considerations
• Litigation, disputes, and creditors’ rights
• Workouts, restructuring, and distressed M&A
• E-commerce, data privacy, advertising, and digital consumer engagement

Our integrated approach ensures that clients receive seamless support across all aspects of their business operations—from project conception through long-term management and growth.