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Hotel and Restaurant Law

Boston Hotel and Restaurant Law Attorneys

The needs of hotels and restaurants are often significantly different than those of other businesses. At the law firm of Rudolph Friedmann LLP, we understand your needs and will work hard to meet them.

Contact our restaurant and hotel law lawyers at 617.723.7700 to schedule an initial consultation.

At Rudolph Friedmann LLP, we offer the decades of knowledge and experience you expect from a large law firm, coupled with the personal care and reasonable fees typical of the small firms. If you are in the restaurant or hotel business, we are available to stand by your side to see that your business venture is a successful one. From starting your business to selling your business, and every step on the road that lies between, we will be here for you.

We can assist with every hotel and restaurant law matter, including:

  • Business entity formation: limited liability companies (LLCs), limited liability partnerships (LLPs), sole proprietorships, joint ventures, partnerships and corporations
  • Business organization: structuring your business, corporate governance, drafting and reviewing bylaws and other charter documents
  • Franchising: franchise agreements, becoming a franchise, joining a franchise
  • Licensing and permits: including obtaining a liquor license
  • Negotiations with state agencies: Massachusetts Department of Revenue, construction boards, licensing boards, Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission
  • Business transactions: purchase and sale agreements, mergers, acquisitions
  • Business litigation: business disputes, contract disputes, breach of fiduciary duties, stockholder member or partnership disputes
  • Business contracts: non-compete agreements, non-solicitation agreements
  • Real estate law: leases of property for your hotel or restaurant, financing, zoning and land use, landlord/tenant law
  • Employment law: wrongful termination, discrimination, drafting employee manuals, non-compete agreements, employment contracts
  • Intellectual property, trademark, and patent Law: trademark, copyright registration, searches, infringement, litigation
  • Business dissolution
  • Reorganizations
  • Insurance and liability matters
  • Shareholder matters
  • Financing
  • Taxes and filing
  • General legal guidance

Our attorneys are available to assist in hotel and restaurant law matters throughout Massachusetts, including Boston, Cambridge, Brockton, and Lynn.

As your lawyers, we will take the time to learn about your hotel or your restaurant. We feel that getting to know you and the services you offer is intended to ensure that the legal strategy we provide is in line with your goals. We will listen to you and find out about what your plans are, then work hard to help your business move in the right direction.

To speak with one of our hotel and restaurant law attorneys, contact us at 617.723.7700 .


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The law firm of Rudolph Friedmann LLP represents individuals and businesses throughout New England and in the greater Boston area and throughout Eastern Massachusetts and the North Shore, including Cambridge, Quincy, Newton, Lynn, Brockton, Somerville, New Bedford, Framingham, Lowell, Lawrence, Fall River, and all cities within Suffolk County, Essex County, Plymouth County, Middlesex County, and Norfolk County.