Deep Experience and Knowledge.
Milbank’s Gaming & Hospitality Group is recognized as a market leader in the global gaming and hospitality industry. Our multi-disciplinary Gaming & Hospitality Group is comprised of some of the world’s leading corporate, real estate, finance, tax and private equity attorneys. It is led by Ken Baronsky and Peter Benudiz, each of whom has been recognized by both peers and clients as being at the top of their field. Our Gaming & Hospitality Group focus spans all facets of the industry – from gaming and hospitality mergers & acquisitions, financings, “bet the company” restructurings, purchases and sales of “one off” hotels and casinos and portfolio transactions, to cross-border strategic joint ventures and private equity real estate opportunity deals, to all operational aspects of the gaming and hospitality industry, including management and licensing arrangements and the other critical operational agreements overlaying the industry.
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With more than 30 lawyers active in Milbank’s Gaming & Hospitality Group, our clients have access to attorneys who deliver the unusual combination of in-depth legal expertise along with a thorough understanding of the industry. Over the past 25 years, Milbank lawyers have played key roles in transactions involving some of the world’s most well-known names in gaming & hospitality – Peninsula Hotel Group, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, Raffles Hotels & Resorts, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Four Seasons Hotels, Hilton Hotels, Intercontinental Hotels, Ritz Carlton Hotels, Marriott Hotels, Tropicana, Station Casinos, Fertitta Entertainment, The Palms Casino, Hard Rock Casino and Trump Casinos & Hotels.
We also represent the leading lenders, bondholders, private equity funds, institutional investors and owners of internationally recognized gaming, hotel and resort properties.
We have become the “go-to” firm for many in the industry by carefully cultivating a culture that attracts the most talented attorneys focused on creating value for our clients. We do this seamlessly across our offices both domestically and around the world.
Clients call upon us from the inception of a transaction or project to assist in formulating the investment, financial and operational structures that create a foundation for success. We work with them to formulate and execute well-grounded business plans needed in an increasingly competitive global industry.