Hospitality/Retail

Trivedi & Khan has extensive experience in the hospitality industry. Our representation of various hotel and motel franchisees has included lender workouts and Chapter 11 bankruptcies that allowed motel owners to emerge from financial crisis with a new plan and profitable expectations. We have also represented restaurant and motel owners in various disputes, including partnership disputes, insurance coverage issues, Fair Labor Standards Act litigation, trademark and copyright disputes, eminent domain matters, and employment disputes. Our transaction practice has represented numerous restaurants in various matters including drafting and negotiating purchase agreements, vendor and distributor agreements, employment agreements and trade name reservation. We complete all work and prepare all necessary documents to ensure that our restaurant owners obtain all of the required licensing and registration in order to operate within the municipalities in which they are located. Our transactional practice has extensive experience in representing retail and franchise clients, both Franchisors and Franchisees.