Retail & Hospitality
GRSM attorneys address the unique circumstances and challenges that clients in retail and hospitality sectors face on employment claims, litigation, business transactions, real estate and risk management. National and regional employers view our 50 state platform as a value-add that delivers consistent and effective legal strategies, predictable budgets and efficiencies of scale.
GRSM is counsel of choice for the largest and most sophisticated property owners and managers throughout the country. Our clients’ customers are consumers and the general public, which can make for volatility and obligations that may change according to societal norms, popular trends and emerging laws. Our legal counselors, litigators and deal makers, across all 50 states, aim to add certainty to the lawyer-client relationship.
We use an integrated, cross-discipline approach to managing matters, and draw from our in-house practices in construction, real estate and intellectual property, among other areas. Highlights include:
- Litigation avoidance strategies while leveraging experience in state and federal courts nationwide to find a pretrial resolution
- Dram shop coverage, including defense of bars, taverns, hotels and other social organizations against claims from third parties for injury or death arising from the sale of alcohol to intoxicated patrons or to minors
- Privacy & data security representation, such as response to data breaches, best practices counsel and regulatory compliance
- Business transactions, from negotiation of simple commercial leases to complex construction contracts and the sale of resort properties
- Construction, design and premises liability litigation experience, including the defense of hotels, restaurants, developers, and retailers
Retailers and hospitality clients also turn to our counsel for corporate reorganizations, hotel and resort security, and franchising law and operations for coordinated and comprehensive representation.