Hospitality, Food and Beverage

Hospitality industry organizations are faced with increasing economic and operational challenges, ranging from the navigation of complex and technical government regulations, to business planning and the resolution of employee disputes. Our Nashville hospitality industry lawyers offers counsel and solutions that only come from direct, daily involvement in the hospitality industry.  GSRM Law’s Hospitality, Food and Beverage lawyers in Nashville are dedicated to helping clients successfully navigate the myriad of issues involved in this very complex industry.

Our attorneys represent the full spectrum of clients, including restaurants, hotels, spas, theme parks, convention centers, manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers, distributors, processors, brewers/vintners, bottlers, packers, farmers, storage holders, investors and brokers, to name only a few.

Our clients place a premium on the productive and often personal relationships cultivated over decades with key industry organizations and leaders.  Because of the firm’s overall and individual attorney reputation in negotiation and dispute resolution, challenges are often resolved quickly with organizations such as the Tennessee Department of Health, Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission, Food and Drug Administration and Tennessee Department of Agriculture, among many others.  Our Nashville hospitality industry lawyers offer an impressive record of success when called upon to analyze and navigate the ever increasing maze of state and federal hospitality, beverage and food laws.

GSRM Law attorneys consistently bring a practical and creative outlook to food and beverage transactions.  Our clients require solutions, not just a legal analysis of their commercial objectives.  GSRM Law offers comprehensive experience in real estate, financing, public/private partnerships and franchise law in the Nashville area. Our hospitality industry and food and beverage lawyers analyze leases and credit structures, as well as negotiate terms of real property purchase and sale.  Our tax attorneys work with clients to ensure maximum advantage to hospitality businesses.  The firm’s employment attorneys provide the full range employment law advice, particularly in the area of wage and hour law— a critical area of knowledge required by food, beverage and hospitality product and service companies.

GSRM Law consistently provides results in resolving hospitality industry disputes.  This experience ranges from breach of contract to franchise disputes, real estate and construction claims to labor and employment conflicts, and product liability and ownership disputes.  If a preliminary settlement cannot be initially achieved and arbitration or mediation is not advantageous to our client, GSRM Law stands ready to litigate.

GSRM Law attorneys work with clients to execute workouts, reorganizations and liquidations with an eye toward the preservation of financial integrity.  Hospitality companies of every size have been faced with circumstances that can force them into bankruptcy.  Our attorneys advise on the various aspects of assisting clients through these troubled times, often in conjunction with turn-around consultants and crisis management professionals.

GSRM Law assists clients to evaluate and implement workout alternatives and reorganizations that mitigate bankruptcy court proceedings.  Whether this advice includes the renegotiation of bank loans, the revision of debt instruments, or the negotiation of revised payment plans with trade vendors, our focus on preserving our client’s financial stake remains our unwavering commitment.