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Strategic Legal Advice for the Hospitality Industry
The hospitality industry involves complex commercial relationships between hotel owners, operators, international and domestic brands, franchisees, investors, property managers and business partners. These arrangements require careful structuring to balance operational flexibility, brand requirements, investment protection and commercial returns.
At Vishvas Law Offices, we provide end-to-end legal and commercial advisory for hospitality and food & beverage businesses, with a particular focus on structuring, reviewing and negotiating hospitality agreements and protecting our clients’ commercial interests.
Our Hospitality Advisory Services
We advise clients on:
- Strategizing the commercial structure that aligns with the business idea
- Franchise Agreements – advising franchisees and brand owners on commercial terms, brand standards, territorial rights, fees, performance obligations and exit provisions.
- Food & Beverage and Restaurant Ventures – structuring investments, partnerships, shareholder arrangements and operating relationships for restaurants and F&B businesses.
- Profit-Sharing and Revenue-Sharing Arrangements – structuring commercial arrangements between owners, operators and property managers.
- Lease and Property Arrangements – drafting, reviewing and negotiating leases and other property-related agreements for hospitality establishments.
- Brand and Intellectual Property Due Diligence – examining ownership, licensing and use of hospitality brands and related intellectual property.
- Development and Construction Arrangements – advising on construction obligations, timelines, specifications and compliance with brand requirements.
- Ancillary Commercial Agreements – including NDAs, consultancy agreements, service agreements and other arrangements supporting hospitality operations.
- Shareholders' and Investors' Agreements – structuring investments and governance arrangements for hospitality and restaurant ventures.
- Regulatory and Local Law Compliance – advising on applicable local requirements and compliance considerations in connection with hospitality projects.
- Contractual Disputes and Exit Strategies – advising on defaults, termination, transition, handover and disputes arising from hospitality arrangements.
- Contractual Disputes and Exit Strategies – advising on defaults, termination, transition, handover and disputes arising from hospitality arrangements.
Experience that Understands the Business
Our hospitality experience includes advising on franchisee arrangements, hotel operating agreements, restaurant investments, property management and profit-sharing structures. This has included work involving Cafe Del Mar, Marriott, Lemon Tree, IHCL (Taj – Tree of Life), Adaab Hotels, Covah& Congo and Nikki Beach, among others.
Our experience has included negotiating agreements from the perspective of both property owners and franchisees/operators, conducting brand and property due diligence, addressing construction and operational obligations, structuring investment arrangements and advising on local compliance.
Commercially Driven. Legally Protected.
We recognise that hospitality contracts are not merely legal documents—they determine who controls the property, who bears the investment and operational risks, how revenues are shared, how the brand is protected, and how the parties can exit the relationship.
Our approach combines legal expertise with a practical understanding of the underlying commercial and financial considerations, enabling clients to negotiate contracts that are legally robust, commercially workable and aligned with their long-term objectives.
For hotel owners, operators, brands, franchisees, investors and F&B businesses, Vishvas Law Offices provides strategic legal counsel across the entire lifecycle of a hospitality venture—from investment and contracting through operations, restructuring and exit.
Our Expertise
- Family office or Estate advisory services
- Insolvency Resolution and Stressed asset acquisition
- Alternate Dispute Resolution – Arbitration, Mediation & Conciliation
- Foreign Exchange Management – Inbound and Outbound Transactions
- Corporate Governance and Compliances
- Banking & Finance
- Corporate Litigation
- Commercial Laws
- Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate Restructuring
- White Collar Crimes
- Hospitality Industry
