Contractual Agreements

Hospitality contract disputes turn on the documents that govern a hotel's entire life: management agreements, franchise and license agreements, ground leases, development and construction contracts, purchase and sale agreements, and vendor contracts. A property's economics live inside these instruments. When a brand underperforms, when a counterparty defaults, or when a manager places its own interests ahead of the owner's, it is the owner's asset that is on the line - often hundreds of millions of dollars of it. Brewer steps in where the stakes are exceptionally high, litigating the provisions that determine who controls the property, who bears the losses, and whether an agreement survives at all. 

Brewer has built a hospitality practice defined by principled, relentless advocacy for owners, developers, and investors against the industry's largest brands - including Four Seasons, Marriott, and Starwood. The Firm prosecutes disputes over management agreements, fiduciary duties, territorial rights, and termination, pursuing remedies that range from monetary damages to termination of the agreement itself. Its lawyers prevail in state and federal courts and in arbitration, forums where brand counsel expect deference and rarely receive it. This is full-spectrum advocacy built for owners who refuse to accept underperformance as the price of a marquee flag.

That advocacy rests on an integrated model. Brewer's trial lawyers are supported in-house by business consulting, investigative, and public relations professionals - a structure that proves decisive when a dispute threatens brand value and revenue streams as much as the balance sheet. The Firm's focus is litigation and litigation alone; it does not draft or negotiate the agreements it later enforces. That singular, unwavering concentration on the courtroom and the arbitration table is what allows Brewer to bring cutting-edge strategy to the moments when an owner's most valuable asset is genuinely in play.

Featured Hospitality Contract Victory

In M Waikiki LLC v. Marriott International, Brewer represented the owner of a Honolulu resort in terminating its long-term hotel management agreement with Marriott's EDITION brand after severe operating losses. The manager was ousted, a new operator installed, and the property was rebranded as The Modern Honolulu - a matter that helped shape industry practice on management agreement termination.

Contract disputes are one dimension of the Firm's broader Hospitality Litigation practice.